Chouhan takes lead, local lad Yuvraj slips

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 25

Om Prakash Chouhan of Mhow produced a super 8-under-64 while Manu Gandas of the DLF Golf and Country Club, Gurugram, shot a determined 5-under-67, as the duo held the joint third round lead at 12-under-132, three shots ahead of the rest at the Glade One Masters in Ahmedabad.

Panchkula’s Angad Cheema also fired a brilliant 7-under-65 to lie third at 9-under-135.

Bengaluru’s Chikkarangappa, the winner on the PGTI last week, carded a 67 to be placed tied fourth at 6-under-138 along with Yuvraj Singh Sandhu of Chandigarh, who slipped two spots from his overnight second after returning a 72 on Thursday.

The unique format for the tournament is as follows. The first two rounds consisted of nine holes each. The cut was applied after 18 holes. The third and fourth rounds will now comprise 18 holes each. The tournament will be played over a total of 54 holes.

Delhi’s Rashid Khan and rookie Harshjeet Singh Sethie, another Delhi-based golfer, posted scores of 66 to be tied-6th at 5-under-139 along with PGTI Order of Merit leader Karandeep Kochhar (67) of Chandigarh, Bengaluru’s M Dharma (68) and Gurugram’s Veer Ahlawat (69). Pune-based Udayan Mane, India’s highest ranked golfer in the world, shot a 75 to be tied-41st at 4-over-148.

Among the three Ahmedabad-based professionals, Shravan Desai and Jay Pandya were both placed tied 46th at 6-over-150 while Anshul Patel was placed 56th at 11-over-155.