Om Prakash Chouhan of Mhow
Gurgaon, September 13, 2012: Om Prakash Chouhan of Mhow (Madhya Pradesh) shot a
solid even-par-72 to seize the lead in round three of the PGTI Players
Championship being played at the Golden Greens Golf & Country Club in
Gurgaon. Chouhan’s total now stands at six-under-210.
Mukesh Kumar, who also hails from Mhow, is in joint second along with Kolkata’s Md Sanju at five-under-211.
Om Prakash Chouhan (69-69-72), who was overnight second, made his move to the top of the leaderboard with a hard-fought 72 on Thursday.
Chouhan’s opening birdie of the day came on the ninth where his third shot from 125 yards was hit with pin-point precision as it landed five feet from the hole. The 26-year-old added another birdie to his card on the par-3 13th hole thanks to a superb tee-shot that stopped just inches from the flag. He then slipped back to even-par for the day after dropping bogeys on the 14th and 15th as a result of a couple of poor tee-shots.
Om Prakash, a winner on the PGTI in 2012, said, “I hit it well today and played a steady and consistent game. I now feel very confident in the final stages of a tournament courtesy of my maiden professional win earlier this year. I’m determined to finish well this week. I will play a little cautiously on the front-nine in the final round. I will analyze the situation at the turn and then decide on my game-plan for the back-nine.”
Mukesh Kumar (69-68-74), the overnight leader, fired a two-over-74 on Thursday to fall back to tied second place. Mukesh made an eagle, two birdies and six bogeys in round three.
Kolkata’s Md Sanju (73-67-71) carded a 71 in the third round to join Mukesh Kumar in tied second place. Sanju’s round featured five birdies against four bogeys.
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