Arjun sitting fairly with a six-shot lead

Overnight chief Arjun Prasad of Delhi shot a four-under 68 to keep up his lead for the second day on the trot within the Rs. 1 crore Tamil Nadu Open golf, introduced by SIPCOT and TANCEM, on the par-72 Coimbatore Golf Club course in Chettipalayam right here on Thursday.

After returning with two-under 70s within the first two rounds, Arjun determined to take it one shot at a time. He began the day with a birdie on the second however faltered with a bogey within the very subsequent gap. However, he walked his journey with confidence, stayed targeted and fired 5 birdies on his method again to complete with a three-day tally of eight-under 208 for a six-shot lead.

The 26-year-old, ranked second within the 2025 PGTI Order of Merit, has now strengthened his probabilities of clinching his maiden title.

“I began nicely after which had a strong section with a row of pars the place I saved the ball in play. On the back-nine, I began hitting it nearer and reaped the rewards for it with extra birdies,” stated Arjun. “I’ve hit good tee photographs and given myself numerous probabilities on the greens. Today, I additionally hit my approaches nicely. The focus will likely be on repeating the identical and sticking to the fundamentals within the final spherical,” he added.

Sri Lanka’s N. Thangaraja has performed this course a number of instances up to now and understands it a lot better than the others. He gained six locations following his spherical of 69 to finish the day in tied second at two-under 214.

Noida’s Arjun Sharma (72, 72, 70) jumped 4 spots to be positioned second as nicely together with Delhi’s Anshul Kabthiyal (74, 69, 71). The 20-year-old got here up with a 71 to go up three positions.