Kolkata’s Mohammad Sanju established an early lead with a formidable six-under 66 within the Vizag Open golf championship, after a delayed begin, at East Point Golf Club right here on Wednesday.

Sanju was the clubhouse chief as the primary spherical was but to be accomplished with play being referred to as off at 6 pm native time.

Six gamers out of a complete of 126 are but to complete spherical one and can resume play at 6:45 A.M. on Thursday.

Four gamers had been bunched in tied second at 67 together with the Chandigarh trio of Harendra Gupta, Akshay Sharma and Rajiv Kumar Jatiwal and Ahmedabad’s Anshul Patel.

The heavy in a single day rain delayed the beginning by 45 minutes as play started at 7:30 A.M. native time. The circumstances had been overcast and there was a light-weight drizzle all through the day.

Mohammad Sanju, not having the most effective of seasons with only one top-10 within the yr, had a subject day making 4 birdies and an eagle to take the early benefit. Sanju made a 16-feet eagle conversion on the twelfth gap and in addition sank a 20-footer and a 12-footer for birdies on the tenth and seventeenth respectively.

“It was a pleasure playing at EPGC for the first time. This course has a fantastic layout and is quite challenging with the narrow fairways and the thick rough on both sides. This track rewards accuracy off the tees,” Sanju stated.