Bengaluru’s M. Dharma and Aman Raj shared the lead at the end of third round and Gaurav Pratap Singh shattered a course record with a brilliant 10-under 61 to be tied fourth in the Golconda Masters golf championship at Hyderabad Golf Club course here on Thursday. Dharma and Aman, who were overnight tied second, shot rounds of seven-under 64 for the second day in succession to surge into the joint lead at 14-under 128. Gaurav came up with an impressive error-free 61 that catapulted him 36 places to be tied fourth at 11-under 131. In the process, he went one better than the previous course record of 62 first set by Ajeetesh Sandhu in 2016 and then equalled by Amardip Malik record on Wednesday. Rookie Priyanshu Singh of Gurugram, the 2019 PGTI Qualifying School champion and Delhi’s Rashid Khan also produced second round scores of 64 to share fourth place with Gaurav.

Source: The Hindu February 07, 2019 16:07 UTC