Sunday, June 19, 2011

Abhijit Chadha finds form to take lead

Coimbatore, June 16, 2011: Asian Games silver medalist Abhijit Chadha returned back to his true form as he shot two-over to take the lead on day three at Inter State Amateur Golf Championship here on Thursday. Currently No. 1 amateur of the country, S. Chikkarangappa (77-79-72) who didn’t have a very good start in this tourney, hit level par as the best score of the day to finish in the second position while another Bengaluru lad Khalin Joshi carded 7-over for the total of 229 to end in the third place.

The leader of the first two days Siddharth Semwal from Delhi looked very disappointed as he couldn't play his level best and ended with the score of 11-over for the total of 230. The 20-year-old, Semwal said, “I had a trouble with my driver today and couldn't find many fairways. Though, my game plan was same but the wind was a tricky factor. I am sure I am going to play better game tomorrow and try to go back home as a winner.”

Coming from a city which produced talents like Jeev Milkha Singh, Chandigarh’s Abhijit Chadha already has experience of playing on this golf club thrice as a junior. Chadha started on a back-foot today as he dropped shots on 2nd, 4th, 8th and 16th but got back with the birdies on 9th and 11th to come into the contention.

Chadha who took second spot in Southern India Junior Championship at this course in 2008 said, “You actually don’t have to play badly to have a bad score on this golf course but I am glad that my game is good these days and I am back in my form. Also, Its very difficult to have a under par score on this course as the rough is 7-8 inches high, still I look forward to hit as good as I can in the final day.”

In the team Championship, Chandigarh’s Abhijit Chadha (74-76-74) and H. S. Kang (79-81-73) both took their team on the top of the leader board for total of 457 along with Karntaka A team which has S. Chikkarangappa who shot 228 for the day with teammate Khalin Joshi (75-75-79) tied for the second position. The third place was taken by team Haryana B which has Manav Das (78-77-75) and Sahil Kulkarni (79-80-79) for the total team score of 468.

Photo caption: Abhijit Chadha in action in Coimbatore on June 16, 2011.

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