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Sharma, Chouhan T-Thirtieth at British Masters after first spherical
Indian golfers Shubhankar Sharma and Om Prakash Chouhan fired an identical playing cards of 1-under 71 to be tied Thirtieth after the opening spherical of the Betfred British Masters.
Each Sharma and Chouhan had three birdies in opposition to two bogeys.
Paul Waring of England posted a five-under par on the again 9 to seize a share of the lead alongside Frenchman Jeong weon Ko.
Warring combined a birdie with a bogey on the entrance 9 however got here alive after the flip, beginning with 4 birdies in a row, to publish a spherical of 67 and share a one-stroke benefit from South African Thriston Lawrence and Spain’s Jorge Campillo.
The 39-year-old Waring matched the goal set by Frenchman Ko, who equally posted a stage par entrance 9 earlier than attacking the again.
Lawrence and Campillo, who share third place on 4 underneath, sit one stroke away from a gaggle of 12 gamers in a share of fifth, together with the English quartet of Laurie Canter, Tyrrell Hatton, Jordan Smith and Andrew Wilson.
One other Englishman, Todd Clements, celebrated his twenty eighth birthday by recording the primary hole-in-one of the week on the par three seventh.
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Pranavi falters on the again 9, Diksha lies T-29 in Dublin
Indian golfer Pranavi Urs gave away all of the features she made on the primary 9 with three bogeys on her second 9 to open the Girls’s Irish Open with an excellent par 73.
Pranavi was 3-under by her first 4 holes with birdies on the eleventh, twelfth and the thirteenth. She then traded a bogey on fifteenth with a birdie on the seventeenth.
On her second 9, the entrance aspect of the Par-73 O’Meara Course at Carton Home, she bogeyed fourth, eighth and ninth to be tied forty fifth after the primary spherical.
A a number of winner on the Hero Girls’s Professional Golf Tour in India, Pranavi is in her rookie season. She is making her first begin because the Aramco Group Collection London in the beginning of July and is hoping to get again to the shape that noticed her bag three High-10s within the first half of the season.
Compatriot Diksha Dagar, who’s coming from begins in two Majors and the Paris Olympics, carded a 1-under 72 which included three birdies and two bogeys. She sits at T-29.
Whereas Tvesa Malik (76) was T-93 and Ridhima Dilawari (79) was T-128th.
Three gamers are tied on five-under-par on the high. Italy’s Alessandra Fanali, Finland’s Ursula Wikstrom and Spain’s Luna Sobron Galmes all shot opening rounds of 68.
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Indian-American Theegala lies ninth as Scheffler pulls forward at TOUR Championship
Beginning with a three-stroke benefit because of his FedEx Cup standings, India-American golfer Sahith Theegala shot a four-under 67 within the first spherical to take the ninth spot within the TOUR Championship right here.
Theegala, who has certified for this yr’s President’s Cup, is making his debut on the TOUR Championships alongside one other Indian-American Akshay Bhatia and Indo-British participant Aaron Rai.
Rai, who began at even par, shot five-under and was five-under to be tied 14th, whereas one other Indian-American Bhatia, beginning at two-under, shot one-under 70 and was three-under for the twenty fifth place from among the many 30 gamers on the occasion.
On the TOUR Championship, main gamers get beginning strokes based mostly on their end within the FedExCup standings.
Scottie Scheffler began the week with a two-stroke lead on Xander Schauffele and a 10-stroke lead on Justin Thomas, the final man within the area at No. 30 within the standings.
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Veer Ahlawat high Indian at Tied-Tenth in Jakarta
FILE PHOTO: India’s Veer Ahlawat in motion.
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FILE PHOTO: India’s Veer Ahlawat in motion.
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Indian golfer Veer Ahlawat had a very good begin to the week as he carded a 4-under 67 to be positioned tied Tenth on the USD 500,000 Mandiri Indonesia Open.
Ahlawat, who had 5 birdies and one bogey, is six pictures behind Australian Aaron Wilkin, who sensationally broke Frank Nobilo’s 30-year course report at Damai Indah Golf – PIK Course.
Wilkin shot a bogey-free 10-under-par 61, one higher than New Zealander Nobilo. Wilkin had a three-shot lead over Australian Andrew Dodt, who carded a 64.
Ahlawat was the lone Indian within the top-10 after the primary spherical with Saptak Talwar, Varun Chopra and Khalin Joshi, who shot an identical 69s, at T-30.
Angad Cheema (70) sits at T-53 whereas S Chikkarangappa, SSP Chawrasia and Rashid Khan carded even par 71 every to be T-66. Yuvraj Sandhu (72) was T-87 and Karandeep Kochhar (73) was T-104 alongside Gaganjeet Bhullar (73). Ajeetesh Sandhu and Honey Baisoya (76 every) had been T-129.
Ahlawat, who was the runner-up on the Indian Open, had 5 birdies on the primary, fourth, sixth, 14th and the seventeenth. His lone bogey got here on the eighth.
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