Angad Cheema jumps into the lead

Angad Cheema shot a three-under 69 within the third spherical to steer the sphere with an general 11-under 205 within the Rs.1 crore Coal India Open on the Kensville Golf and Country Club on Thursday.

A champion of the final PGTI occasion in April this 12 months, the 35-year-old Angad had a bogey on the tenth however adopted with 4 birdies, to achieve a one-shot lead over in a single day chief Amardeep Malik.

“I performed regular, and hit the greens in regulation. My putter was sizzling on the back-nine that helped me sink a variety of lengthy putts,” stated Angad who had gained appreciable expertise by competing within the qualifying occasion of The Open in United Kingdom.

Udayan Mane continued to be spectacular together with his second successive spherical of 66, a outstanding change of fortunes after a disheartening 78 within the first spherical.

One of the leaders within the first spherical, Karandeep Kochhar had a three-under 69 to be third on the leaderboard.

The scores (third spherical): 1. Angad Cheema (69, 67, 69) 205; 2. Amardeep Malik (69, 65, 72) 206; 3. Karandeep Kochhar (69, 70, 69) 208; 4T. Udayan Mane (78, 66, 66), Arjun Prasad (71, 70, 69) 210; 6T. Jamal Hossain (75, 67, 69), Yuvraj Sandhu (70, 70, 71); Shaurya Bhattacharya (71, 66, 74) 211; 9. Anshul Kabthiyal (69, 73, 71) 213; 10. Rakshit Dahiya (72, 71, 71) 214; 11T. Om Prakash Chauhan (70, 74, 71), Manoj S (70, 71, 74) 215; 13T. Varun Parikh (74, 70, 72), Chandarjeet Yadav (73, 71, 72), Abhinav Lohan (71, 72, 73), Mohd. Azhar (73, 69, 74) 216.