Kolkata’s Mohammad Sanju established an early lead with a formidable six-under 66 within the Vizag Open golf championship, after a delayed begin, at East Level Golf Membership right here on Wednesday.
Sanju was the clubhouse chief as the primary spherical was but to be accomplished with play being known as off at 6 pm native time.
Six gamers out of a complete of 126 are but to complete spherical one and can resume play at 6:45 A.M. on Thursday.
4 gamers have been bunched in tied second at 67 together with the Chandigarh trio of Harendra Gupta, Akshay Sharma and Rajiv Kumar Jatiwal and Ahmedabad’s Anshul Patel.
The heavy in a single day rain delayed the beginning by 45 minutes as play started at 7:30 A.M. native time. The situations have been overcast and there was a light-weight drizzle all through the day.
Mohammad Sanju, not having the very best of seasons with only one top-10 within the yr, had a area day making 4 birdies and an eagle to take the early benefit. Sanju made a 16-feet eagle conversion on the twelfth gap and likewise sank a 20-footer and a 12-footer for birdies on the tenth and seventeenth respectively.
“It was a pleasure taking part in at EPGC for the primary time. This course has a implausible structure and is kind of difficult with the slim fairways and the thick tough on either side. This monitor rewards accuracy off the tees,” Sanju mentioned.