Following contrasting performances on Saturday, new front-runner Rashid Khan dethroned chief S. Chikkarangappa and gate-crasher Honey Baisoya saved alive prospects of a home-grown champion on the $750,000 DGC Open on Sunday.
Rashid began with a double-bogey to path Chikkarangappa by 5 pictures however ended the day three pictures forward after a four-under 68 saved him at 11-under 205.
On a day when play was interrupted and suspended briefly as a consequence of inclement climate, Rashid twice discovered the bushes on the opening gap. After taking a penalty drop, Rashid missed a bogey-putt from below 5 toes on the par-5 gap. But thereafter, Rashid didn’t put a foot unsuitable.
He birdied the second, fourth, fifth and seventh holes to place the strain again on Chikkarangappa who dropped a shot on the third and held par proper by way of the front-nine. At the flip, the gamers have been degree at nine-under the place they have been quickly joined by Nirat Chapchai however the Thai quickly misplaced his approach on the back-nine.
Rashid moved into the lead at 10-under on the eleventh gap, doubled his lead on the 14th gap and enlarged it to 3 strokes when a luckless Chikkarangappa bogeyed the fifteenth. Having recovered nicely to avoid wasting pars, Rashid performed to par on the final 4 holes.
A startling truth was, Chikkarangappa remained birdie-less even after reaching 14 greens in regulation. In distinction, Baisoya fired seven birdies after hitting all 18 greens in regulation.
After three birdies on the front-nine, Baisoya discovered 4 extra for a bogey-free 65 – the day’s greatest.
Chapchai had a blended spherical. After a flawless 32 on the opening 9 holes, Chapchai had a double-bogey, three bogeys and two birdies for a back-nine 39.
Scores
Third spherical: 205 – Rashid Khan (67, 70, 68); 208 – S. Chikkarangappa (68, 66, 74); 210 – Honey Baisoya (71, 74, 65), Chapchai Nirat (Tha) (68, 71, 71), Om Prakash Chouhan (69, 68, 73); 211 – Miguel Tabuena (Phi) (68, 71, 72), Justin Quiban (Phi) (67, 71, 73) and Matt Killen (Eng) (68, 69, 74).
Other Indians: 213 – S. S. P. Chawrasia (72, 70, 71), Gaganjit Bhullar (74, 71, 68); 214 – Yashas Chandra (72, 72, 70), Karandeep Kochhar (71, 69, 74); 215 – Shamim Khan (72, 70, 73), Shaurya Bhattacharya (A) (71, 75, 69); 217 – Karan Pratap Singh (75, 68, 74); 218 – Sachin Baisoya (71, 72, 75), Harshjeet Singh Sethia (74, 72, 72); 219 – Ranjit Singh (70, 75, 74), Jyoti Randhawa (73, 69, 77); 220 – Shiv Kapur (75, 69, 76), Angad Cheema (72, 73, 75); Veer Ahlawat (72, 73, 75); 221 – Manav Jaini (65, 75, 81).