By IANS
New Delhi : On a day when no one managed to break the par score, Rahul Bakshi emerged as the leader after the penultimate round of the Sunfeast All India Junior/Sub-Junior Golf Championship here Thursday.
The Chandigarh lad carded two-over 74 to be three-under 213 for the competition at the Army Environmental Park and Training area.
Amanjyot Singh, who shot the day’s best score of one-over 73, was second at 218 while Rashid Khan had a disappointing day with a five-over 77 that put him in the third place at 219.
Chikkarangappa from Category B was tied with Angad Cheema for the fourth place at 223. Ankur Chadda and Abhijit Chadha shard the sixth spot at 224.
Bakshi made a good beginning with solid pars on the first four holes and went even better on the par-5 fifth making a birdie. However, he lost his concentration as he made a hat-trick of bogeys on the last three holes of his front nine.
On the back nine, Bakshi tried to resurrect his round by making a birdie on the 11th but lost the advantage on the very next hole making a double bogey.
With a birdie on the 14th he was one-over for the round but erred again on the par-3 16th when he went over and ended with a bogey to finish two-over for the day.
“It was a bit windy and I just could not get into the groove. I need to work on my putting as I missed a lot of them,” admitted the 17-year-old. ”
Amanjyot began with a birdie on the opening hole but lost the advantage immediately when he three-putted the next for a bogey.
After three steady pars, the Jaipur boy was in deep trouble on his drive and was forced to lose two strokes. His back nine was a shade better, despite a bogey on the 10th.
The stocky Amanjyot made an eagle on the par-5 12th to be one-over for the day. A bogey on the 15th put him two-strokes over par. However, the former Junior British Open winner salvaged a birdie on the par-4 17th to finish at one-over par.
“I wanted to attack and hence paid the penalty on the sixth. My driving was better today but my short game was a suspect,” he said.
Leading scores (after 54 holes):
Category (A & B): 213 Rahul Bakshi (69, 70, 74); 218 Amanjyot Singh (77, 68, 73); 219 Rashid Khan (70, 72, 77); 223 Chikkarangappa (72, 77, 74), Angad Cheema (78, 67, 78); 224 Abhijit S. Chadha (76, 73, 75), Ankur Chadha (75, 71, 78); 227 Kanishk Madan (72, 78, 77); 228 Ashbeer Singh Saini (79, 74, 75); 229 Ajay Verma (78, 74, 77); 230 Amar Guron (77, 77, 76)
Category B: 223 Chikkarangappa (72, 77, 74); 224 Ankur Chadha (75, 71, 78); 228 Ashbeer Singh Saini (79, 74, 75); 238 Tarundeep Singh Chaudhary (75, 81, 82); 240 Ainesh Ahluwalia (80, 80, 80)
Category C: 242 Rahul Ravi (85, 79, 78); 245 Varun Verma (84, 85, 76); 246 Viraat Badhwar (82, 82, 82); 249 Harman Virk (79, 87, 83); 250 Roshan Raj (83, 80, 87)
Category D (36 holes): 161 Vidit Singh (81, 80); 162 Jairaj Singh Sandhu (86, 76); 168 Piyush Sangwan (83, 85); 170 Prakhar Asawa (88, 82)