Arjun all set to take title

CHANDIGARH, OCT. 12. Arjun Singh looked all set to annex his second title in last three appearances on the Hero Honda PGA tour when he extended his overnight four-stroke lead to finish the day at 11-under 205 after the penultimate round of the Rs. 10 lakh Chandigarh Open here on Friday.

Local golfer Rajiv Kumar retained his overnight second position with a tally of five-under 211. His city-mate Harmeet Kahlon was tied third with Kolkata's Basad Ali and amateur Gurbaaz Mann at four-under 212.

There was not one occasion today when Arjun Singh looked out of control. The Delhi Golf Club pro played sensible yet aggressive golf finishing the day with an effective one-under 71.

He started the day steadily paring all the holes on his front- nine. Birdies on the 11th and 13th sandwiched a bogey on the 12th. Rajiv Kumar had a rather inauspicious start to his round. Two-over at the half-way stage, the 22-year old recovered well with birdies on the 10th, 11th and 13th. He then missed a five- feet birdie on the 14th which was followed by a bogey on the following hole where he found the green-side bunker. He finally returned a card of one-over 73. Gurbaaz Mann, considered one of the longest hitters in the country, brought in the day's best card with his five-under 67 placing him at four-under 212, three strokes ahead of second placed amateur Girish Virk. Vikramjit Singh was placed third at 224.

The scores (after 52 holes): Arjun Singh 205 (65, 69, 71); Rajiv Kumar 211 (71, 67, 73); Harmeet Kahlon 212 (70, 72, 70); Basad Ali 213 (74, 67, 71); K.S. Sibia 213 (67, 72, 74); Mukesh Kumar 214 (72, 72, 70); Ranjit Singh (74, 72, 69); Amandeep Johl (72,70,73) 215; Gaurav Ghei (75, 73, 68); Yusuf Ali (73,70,73) 216; Rohtas Singh (72, 74, 71), Vinod Kumar (70, 75, 72), Rahil Gangjee (72, 70, 75), Pappan (69, 71, 77) 217.

Amateurs: Gurbaaz Mann (73, 72, 67) 212; Girish Virk (70, 73, 72) 215; Vikramjit Singh (77, 69, 77) 223.

- PTI

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