Rashid Khan fired an excellent six-under 66 on the opening day to take the early lead.© PGTI
Rashid Khan, the Delhi-based stalwart, fired an excellent six-under 66 on the opening day to take the early lead within the Rs 2.7 crore Indorama Ventures Golf Championship on Thursday. The 35-year-old skilled, a winner of 14 titles together with two on the worldwide stage, put collectively seven birdies and a lone bogey within the opening spherical to maneuver one stroke forward of Jhared Hack, the American who received the season’s first occasion. Jhared carded a five-under 67 within the opening spherical, registering six birdies in opposition to a lone bogey on the Kalhaar Blues & Greens Golf Membership.
5 golfers together with Arjun Prasad, Brijesh Kumar, Saptak Talwar, Manav Bais and Kartik Singh occupied the tied-third place as they returned scores of four-under 68.
Rashid made two birdies and a bogey on the back-nine. The veteran golfer, trying to finish his seven-year title drought, then produced 5 birdies on the front-nine to make his approach to the highest of the leaderboard.
“The course is enjoying nice, totally different from final time and the pin positions have been tough. However I got here up with some good photographs and putts and created possibilities for myself by putting the ball in the proper locations. I haven’t got any expectations and simply need to give it my finest from right here on,” stated Rashid.
Moreover Jhared, the opposite overseas gamers who loved a very good outing in spherical one have been Frenchmen Clement Sordet and Pierre Pineau in addition to Austrian Christoph Bleier, all of whom shot scores of three-under 69 to be tied eighth.
Among the many Ahmedabad-based professionals, Aditya Raj Kumar Chauhan had the very best opening spherical as he fired a 70 to be tied fifteenth.
Pre-tournament favourites Veer Ahlawat (71) and Yuvraj Sandhu (73) have been positioned tied twenty second and tied forty first respectively.
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