Arshpreet Thind
The burly Arshpreet Thind had a solid start to the final
event of the 2014 Feeder Tour season as he picked up two strokes on the first
three holes. The 31-year-old, currently ranked 36th on the Feeder Tour
Order of Merit, added another birdie on the seventh and came up with a hat-trick
of birdies on the 15th, 16thand 17th to end up with a bogey-free 66.
Thind said, “I hit it close all day and didn’t leave myself
anything longer than 10 feet on the greens. I capitalized well on the par-5s,
making birdies on three out of four par-5s. I’m quite happy with the effort as
I hadn’t played for about two months during the middle of the year due to
personal reasons. I was therefore a little rusty and short of practice. This
round has set me up well for the remaining two days.”
Bhanu Pratap Singh also posted a bogey-free 66. Some great
hitting saw him land birdies on the first, seventh and eighth. He drove the
green on the 11th and 17th, both par-4s, and reaped the reward with
birdies. The 23-year-old’s longest putt of the day was the birdie conversion
from 12 feet on the 12th.
“I was good off the tee today. I created quite a few eagle
opportunities, however had to be content with birdies on all those occasions.
My eagle putt lipped out on the 11th. I’ve played well in the last three Feeder
Tour events as my putting has improved with each passing event. It’s great to
start with such a low score. I’ll look to repeat this performance in the next
two rounds,” said Bhanu, currently placed 26th in the Feeder Tour.
Amarjeet Baisoya produced four birdies and shared third
place with Aditya Singh Chauhan who made five birdies and a bogey on day one.
Among the professionals from Lucknow , Sanjeev Kumar, Sheeraz Kalra and
Rishi, were the highest placed at tied 12th. The Lucknow trio returned scores of one-under-71
along with four other players.
Akshay Sharma of Chandigarh
Press release
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