DELHI GOLF CLUB NOVEMBER 5, 2017 DAILY LEADING SCORES AFTER ROUND 3 FINAL ROUND NEWSLETTER 203: Shiv Kapur (65-69-69); MATCH TIME TEE COMPETITORS Paul Peterson (69-64-70) 1 9:25 10 Khalin Joshi (Ind) Steve Lewton (Eng) Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 204: NEW DELHI NOVEMBER 5, 2017 DELHI GOLF CLUB Shamim Khan (66-69-69) 2 9:35 10 Sanjeev Kumar (L) (Ind) Digvijay Singh (Ind) Amardip Malik (Ind) 205: Om Prakash Chouhan (70-69-66); 3 9:45 10 Zamal Hossain Mollah (Ban) Vinod Kumar (Ind) Abhijit Chadha (Ind) Sudhir Sharma (69-70-66); S.S.P. Chawrasia (67-69-69) 4 9:55 10 Ranjit Singh (Ind) Gaurav Ghei (Ind) Pijit Petchkasem (Tha) 206: Thaworn Wiratchant (67-71-68); 5 10:05 10 R. Murthy (Ind) Daniel Chopra (Swe) Brett Munson (Usa) 208: Suradit Yongcharoenchai (73-71-64); 6 10:15 10 Arnond Vongvanij (Tha) Settee Prakongvech (Tha) Harendra Gupta (Ind) Aman Raj (66-73-69); Karandeep 7 10:25 10 Akshay Sharma (Ind) Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) Manav Jaini (Ind) Kochhar (71-68-69); Honey 8 10:35 10 Nicholas Fung (Mas) Chanat Sakulpolphaisan (Tha) Gaurav Pratap Singh (Ind) Baisoya (69-68-71); Divyanshu Bajaj (68-68-72) 9 10:45 10 Ashok Kumar (Ind) Rahul Bajaj (Ind) Raju Ali (Ind) 209: Veer Ahlawat (71-70-68); 10 10:55 10 Ankur Chadha (Ind) MD. Sanju (Ind) Syed Saqib Ahmed (Ind) Ajeetesh Sandhu (64-73-72) 11 11:05 10 Shankar Das (Ind) Jason Knutzon (Usa) Himmat Rai (Ind) 210: Scott Barr Rashid Khan (71-69-70); 12 11:15 10 Gulfam (Ind) Feroz Singh Garewal (Ind) Oscar Zetterwall (Swe) (68-71-71); M Gandas (72-67-71); 13 9:30 1 Sachin Baisoya (Ind) Udayan Mane (Ind) Pawan Kumar (Ind) Chiragh Kumar (68-71-71) 211: N. Thangaraja (75-69-67); Sujjan 14 9:40 1 Nicolas Paez (Usa) Angad Cheema (Ind) M Dharma (Ind) Singh (71-73-67); Rahil Gangjee 15 9:50 1 Mithun Perera (Sri) Sorachut Hansapiban (Tha) Sihwan Kim (Usa) (73-67-71); Prom Meesawat 16 10:00 1 Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) Natipong Srithong (Tha) Mukesh Kumar (Ind) (69-71-71) 17 10:10 1 Kapil Kumar (Ind) Shubhankar Sharma (Ind) Prom Meesawat (Tha) 212: Shubhankar Sharma (69-74-69); 18 10:20 1 Rahil Gangjee (Ind) Sujjan Singh (Ind) N. Thangaraja (Sri) Kapil Kumar (73-69-70); Mukesh Kumar (72-69-71); Natipong 19 10:30 1 Chiragh Kumar (Ind) Manu Gandas (Ind) Scott Barr (Aus) Srithong (68-72-72); Gaganjeet 20 10:40 1 Rashid Khan (Ind) Ajeetesh Sandhu (Ind) Veer Ahlawat (Ind) Bhullar (70-70-72) 21 10:50 1 Divyanshu Bajaj (Ind) Honey Baisoya (Ind) Karandeep Kochhar (Ind) Shiv Kapur Paul Peterson 213: Sihwan Kim (72-71-70); Sorachut 22 11:00 1 Aman Raj (Ind) S Yongcharoenchai (Tha) Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) Hansapiban (74-69-70); Mithun Perera 23 11:10 1 S.S.P Chawrasia (Ind) Sudhir Sharma (Ind) Om Prakash Chouhan (Ind) (73-69-71); M. Dharma (70-70-73) 214: Angad Cheema (73-70-71); 24 11:20 1 Shamim Khan (Ind) Paul Peterson (Usa) Shiv Kapur (Ind) Nicolas Paez (71-73-70); Pawan Kapur and Peterson land eagles on 18th; Kumar (69-75-70); Udayan Mane (72-74-68) 215: Sachin Baisoya (72-71-72); Khalin share lead at Panasonic Open Joshi (70-72-73); Steve Lewton (68-73-74); J Randhawa (71-73-71); Winner of the Sanjeev Kumar (L) (73-71-71); Lucky Draw chip-in from Paul Peterson and a long (69), 9-under and sole third at the start, ended “Suddenly, that 11-under became 13-under and Digvijay Singh (72-73-70); held on putt from Shiv Kapur had the gallery the day at 12-under and in the same sole it looked a whole lot different.” Amardip Malik (68-71-76); Zamal Saturday at around the 18th hole enthralled as third place. “My hitting was not good at all, and it was my Hossain Mollah (69-70-76) the Panasonic A 216: Vinod Kumar (73-70-73); Abhijit Open India they gave the duo a massive applause when they Tied at fourth was seasoned SSP Chawrasia short game that has been very sharp and it Chadha (76-67-73); Ranjit Singh 2017 came off the green at the end of the third day with four birdies, three of them in last seven saved me. But I am proud of the way I hung (70-74-72); Gaurav Ghei of the Panasonic Open India on Saturday. holes. He had for company Om Prakash and showed a lot of grit to save pars and that (71-71-74); Pijit Petchkasem First, Peterson, who started the day with an Chouhan (66), the Mhow-based former protégé eagle was a great way to end the day.” (73-72-71); R. Murthy (70-75-71); eagle on first before peppering the front nine of legendary Mukesh Kumar, and Sudhir Peterson began the day with an eagle and Daniel Chopra (75-70-71); Brett Munson (69-77-70) with errors, chipped in from the edge on 18th Sharma (66), who has just shifted his base from ended it similarly, but with a chip-in from the 217: Arnond Vongvanij (71-70-76; Settee for an eagle. Minutes later, watched by wife, Army Golf Club, Meerut, to Jaypee Greens, edge. In between he bogeyed three times on Prakongvech (72-72-73); H Gupta Maya, and three-month old daughter, Veda, Greater NOIDA. Chouhan’s card included front nine and looked out of sorts at times as (73-72-72); Akshay Sharma among others, Kapur holed his 25-foot putt two chip-in birdies on 7th and 11th and Sudhir he dropped shots on second, fourth and ninth. (68-70-79); T Pilkadaris (73-73-71) and doffed his cap to the crowd and colleagues. had eight birdies and two bogeys, at 11-under. Then came the eagle and he let out his pent-up 218: Manav Jaini (72-71-75); Nicholas Fung (73-71-74); C Sakulpolphaisan With that Peterson and Kapur moved from a With just two shots separating the top six frustration with a yell and fist pump. (74-71-73); Gaurav Pratap Singh one-shot deficit to a one-shot as Shamim players, the stage is set for a gripping finish. Peterson said, “I tried to stay patient as best (76-69-73); A Kumar (74-71-73) missed his birdie putt from inside 10 feet to go Thaworn Wiratchant (68) lurks at 10-under, as I could and I am glad it paid off with that 219: Rahul Bajaj (72-72-75); Raju Ali one behind. while five players, including five Indians Aman eagle again on 18. I got off to a great start with (75-70-74) The last time Kapur held a share of the Raj (69), Karandeep Kochar (69), Honey an eagle and it feels really good to start the 220: Ankur Chadha (75-70-75); Md. Sanju (71-74-75); Syed Saqib leading going into the final day of a tournament Baisoya (71) and Divyanshu Bajaj (72) are at round well and end it well too. I’m trying to get Ahmed (73-73-74) at his home club, the DGC, was at the 2010 8-under. my first Asian Tour win and patience will be 221: Shankar Das (72-72-77) SAIL Open. He, however, finished second to Kapur admitted he struggled for good part of the key for me tomorrow.” 223: Jason Knutzon (72-74-77) Swede Rikard Karlberg, and is still searching the day and did not have his ‘A’ game in place. Shamim Khan, said, “It was definitely not my 224: Himmat Rai (70-76-78) for his first pro win at the DGC. He opened with a bogey on Par-5 first and then best round of the week but for those two 226: Gulfam (76-70-80); Feroz Singh Garewal (72-74-80) Peterson (70), who started the day in sole barely managed to save a par on 10th. Then on birdies, when I converted two long putts from 227: Oscar Zetterwall (73-72-82). Golf Clinic held by Khalin Joshi Golf Clinic held by Mithun Perera lead at 11-under is now 13-under as is Kapur 11th, he erred again and made a double. 12 feet and 25 feet on 16th and 17th. That kept Produced by K2Communications by Produced (69), who began the day at 10-under. Shamim Talking of the eagle on 18th, Kapur remarked, me in the hunt.” NOVEMBER 5, 2017 NOVEMBER 5, 2017 Clockwise from top left: Om Prakash Chouhan; Shamim Khan, Shiv Kapur and Paul Peterson; Divyanshu Bajaj, SSP Chawrasia and Ajeetesh Sandhu; Paul Peterson with his caddie; SSP Chawrasia; Shiv Kapur with his caddie; Thaworn Wiratchant; Ajeetesh Sandhu; Sudhir Sharma; Shamim Khan. Photos by Arep Kulal/ Asian Tour. THEY SAID IT... hitting a bad shot because the guys playing next I didn't see the leaderboard all day. But when I Panasonic Open shows PGTI has a to you can easily hit one out as well. saw it on the 17th, I realized I was joint leader. It Shiv Kapur (Ind) made me a little nervous and that was evident good talent pool Third Round 69 (-3), Total 203 (-13) Shamim Khan (Ind) with the three-putt for bogey on the 17th. It was a hard fight and I didn’t have my A game by Third Round 69 (-3), Total 204 (-12) he Panasonic Open India has always been Calcutta Golf Club, and Aman Raj have the Asian Tour, if there are 20-25 Indians any means.