Queensland’s Jake McLeod has moved inside the top 30 on the Asian Tour’s Habitat for Humanity standings after adding another strong finish at the TAKE Solutions Masters.

McLeod and New South Welshman Maverick Antcliff spent the majority of the week in India entrenched inside the top 10 but were unable to challenge for the title on Sunday, McLeod’s 3-under par round of 68 seeing him finish six shots behind eventual winner Viraj Madappa.

After opening with rounds of 67-65 Antcliff faded on Sunday with a 3-over 74 to drop to 22nd position while Victorian Josh Younger went the other way, making five birdies in a front nine of 30 to end the week alongside McLeod in a tie for 10th.

Playing in just his sixth Asian Tour event of the year, McLeod carried through the form that saw him finish tied for sixth at the Fiji International to register his third top-10 in succession and climb two more spots to be 30th on the order of merit.

Younger’s Sunday surge saw him rise 10 places in the rankings to now sit 74th with Antcliff moving up three spots to be 80th as the Asian Tour takes a month-long hiatus.

Matt Stieger and Scott Barr finished the week in India at 5-under par to be tied for 29th, one shot to the better of Marcus Both who was tied 33rd.

A Sunday 73 saw Andrew Martin finish in 43rd position at 2-under par with David Gleeson the only other Australian to qualify for the weekend.

On the European Challenge Tour Dimitrios Papadatos missed an opportunity to move inside the top 10 n the Road to Ras Al Khaimah rankings with a disappointing weekend at the Vierumaki Finnish Challenge at the Vierumaki Resort.

Rounds of 66-67 to start the tournament had Papadatos contending for the lead through 36 holes but a weekend of 74-72 saw him drop down to a tie for 25th, 12 shots behind champion and Finnish local Kim Koivu.

Fellow Australians Jack Munro and Ben Eccles both failed to make the cut.

In a rare appearance on the Mackenzie Tour in Canada Mathew Goggin book-ended his tournament with 67s but a third round 76 prevented a better finish than his tie for 49th, Brett Coletta and Ruben Sondjaja unable to qualify for the weekend.