Press Trust of India
Perth, Feb 27: Two birdies in the last four holes of the third round kept golfer Shiv Kapur’s hopes alive of securing his first top 10 finish of the year at the ISPS HANDA Perth International, here Saturday.
Kapur, who began the week with a stunning 66 has since shot 73-71 in the next two rounds. At six-under 206, he is tied 20th, but only 11 shots behind the leader, Louis Oosthuizen who takes a three- shot lead into the final round.
Looking unstoppable at Lake Karrinyup Country Club here, Oosthuizen was seven-under the card through 15 holes and had stretched his lead out to five shots. However back-to-back bogeys saw him come back to the field, setting up the final round for a dramatic finish.
Himmat Rai (73) with three birdies, two bogeys and a double was tied 45th, while Gaganjeet Bhullar (71), who had an eagle at second, a double bogey, two other bogeys and three birdies, was tied 54th. Chiragh Kumar (74) was tied 63rd.
Kapur, who has a troublesome shoulder that flared up before the first round and has still not healed said: “It has been an up and down day again. I got off to a good start. But that stretch from six to 11 again pegged me back. I made a bogey on the seventh hole and that really hit me hard.
“But you just got to hang in there like I did yesterday (Friday) and post a good score to move up the leaderboard. It has been that kind of week. The first day was flawless and the last two days, I made too many mistakes.”
