Rashid 3rd, Chawrasia 7th; Lahiri misses cut in Hawaii

Hong Kong, January 11

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Rashid Khan rocketed to the third place with a card of a 7-under 63 as three Indians were inside the top-10 at the end of third round of the Hong Kong Open.

SSP Chawrasia dropped a bogey on the 18th to slip to tied-7th at an 8-under total, carding a 7-under 63. Shiv Kapur lapsed on the front nine with three bogeys in his 69 and was tied-9th at 7-under. Rashid is four shots behind the leader, Wade Ormsby (66).

Australia’s Ormsby remained the player to catch after he signed for a 4-under 66 to head into the final round. S Chikkarangappa (69) was tied-39th while Rahil Gangjee (69) and Ajeetesh Sandhu (72) were tied-45th. Aman Raj (72) was tied-57th and Jyoti Randhawa was disqualified for turning in a wrong scorecard.

Lahiri misses cut in Hawaii

Honolulu (Hawaii): Anirban Lahiri birdied the final hole of his second round but still missed the cut by one shot at the Sony Open. The Indian star, who shot a 2-over 72 on the first day, ended with an even-70 for 2-over as the cut fell at a 1-over 141 and 66 players made it. Brendan Steele and Cameron Davis shot 66 each to share the lead at the top. Justin Thomas (71) and Patrick Reed (74) missed the cut as both finished at 3-over. Also missing out was the defending champion Matt Kuchar.

Oosthuizen leads in SA

Johannesburg: Defending champion Louis Oosthuizen profited from a birdie rush in his first few holes to card a 64 and take a single shot lead after the third round of the European Tour’s South African Ope. Oosthuizen has dropped just one shot after 54 holes and carded another seven birdies in his third round to move to 15-under-par for the tournament as he seeks to record back-to-back wins in his home Open championship. — Agencies