Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) member and India’s ace golfer Jyoti Randhawa is right on track in pursuit of a major title of his career as he headed into the final round of the Maybank Malaysian Open with a tied third position in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
The world no. 72, Randhawa shot 70 in the third round to be tied third along with Englishman Simon Dyson and Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen. The three golfers have a total of fourteen under 202 and they trail the leader by three strokes.
Sweden’s Peter Hedblom (66, 68, 65) is currently holding the third round lead with an overall score of seventeen under 199. Argentine Daniel Vancsik (65, 72, 64) is in second position, two strokes behind Hedblom.
The second round was completed earlier on Saturday with all those professionals whose rounds were held up due to the lightning storm on Friday, went ahead and finished their rounds.
The cut was made at four under 140. Sixty-nine golfers made the halfway cut. Among the eight Indians in the field, half of them made the cut. Jeev Milkha Singh (70, 71), Rahil Gangjee (70, 72), Shiv Kapur (74, 69) and Amandeep Johl missed the cut.
Leading the charge for India was Jyoti Randhawa. He had emerged as the joint second round leader along with Malaysian Danny Chia and Englishman Nick Dougherty earlier in the day after he carded 65 in round two.
The leading trio had a total of twelve under 132. Randhawa completed his remaining two holes of the second round with a birdie on the 17th and a par on the 18th.
Randhawa was in trouble during the third round when he dropped three consecutive bogeys on the sixth, seventh and eighth after having birdied the third. He then came back stronger on the back nine with birdies on the 11th, 12th, 17th and 18th.
PGTI member Arjun Atwal (70, 68, 68) is tied 11th at ten under 206. His bogey-free 68 on Saturday included birdies on the fifth, ninth, 12th and 14th.
SSP Chowrasia and Gaurav Ghei were the other two PGTI members who made the cut. While Chowrasia (66, 73, 69) is tied 23rd at eight under 208, Ghei (67, 71, 72) is tied 37th at six under 210.
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