India’s Aditi Ashok produced a fine round of three-under 69 to jump into the lead in the girls’ A & B categories at the end of the third round of the Asia-Pacific junior golf championship at the RCGC here on Saturday. The Bangalore-based girl was on 144 after two rounds.
Aditi’s effort also put India ‘B’ ahead in the team standing with a total of 294.
India’s Feroz Singh Garewal carded two-under par 70 to jump to the third position in the boys sections. Overnight leader Suradit Yongcharoenchai led the field at level-par 216, three strokes ahead of the second-placed Viraj Madappa.
The India ‘A’ team of Manu Gandas and Viraj Madappa enhanced its lead to five shots with the Thailand ‘B’ team lying second.
The results: Boys’ (A&B) 54 holes:216: Suradit Yongcharoenchai (74, 70, 72) (Tha); 219: Viraj Madappa (73, 73, 73) (Ind); 222: Feroz Singh Garewal (75, 77, 70) (Ind); 223: Sung I Yu (69, 79, 75) (Tpe), Manu Gandas (73, 75, 75) (Ind).
Girls’ (A&B) 36 holes:144: Aditi Ashok (75, 69) (Ind); 145: Natnicha Chomchoei (74, 71) (Tha); Gurbani Singh (73, 72) (Ind), Min-Jou Chen (72, 73) (Tpe); 146: Cih-Hui Chen (76, 70) (Tpe); 150: Ridhima Dilawari 72, 78 (Ind).
‘C’ Category 36 holes:152: Kshitij Naved Kaul (76, 76) (Ind); 153: Sunhit Bishnoi (78, 75) (Ind); 154: Saarthak Chhibber (79, 75) (Ind).
Team standing: Boys:442: India ‘A’ (Viraj Madappa, Manu Gandas); 447: Thailand ‘B’ (Ekthumrong Luanganuruk, Suradit Yongcharoenchai); 449: Chinese Taipei ‘A’ (Sung I Yu, Chun An Yu).
Girls: 294: India ‘B’ (Aditi Ashok, Ridhima Dilawari); 297: Chinese Taipei ‘A’ (Yu-Hsin Chang, Min-Jou Chen); 298: Thailand ‘A’ (Pinyada Kuvanun, Natnicha Chomchoei).
Published - December 07, 2013 07:00 pm IST
