Press Trust of India
Manila, Nov 21: Golfer SSP Chawrasia played a bogey-free round of five-under 67 to make a significant upsurge in the third round and be tied sixth at the Resorts World Manila Masters tournament here Saturday.
The three-time Asian Tour winner, Chawrasia shot four birdies on the back-nine to get to nine-under 207 overall. He is five shots behind leader, Hung Chien-yao of Chinese Taipei, who carded four-under 68. Lying second was South African Jbe Kruger (69).
Among other Indians, Rahil Gangjee (70) was tied 12th at eight-under 208, while the rest of the Indians were way
behind. S Chikka (72) was three-under 213 and tied 44th, Shubhankar Sharma (72) was tied 50th at two-under and Jyoti Randhawa (74) was even par 216 in tied 54th place. Shiv Kapur (76) and Chiragh Kumar (75) were 63rd and 65th respectively.
Chawrasia was visibly pleased with his efforts Saturday. “I played very good today (Saturday). I am very happy that I didn’t make any bogeys which was great. I made a 30-footer for birdie on par-four 11th which got my game going,” he said after the end of the day’s play.
“Right now I am in the mix to finish among the first five. But then, my goal is to go for the title. I will have to improve my putting Sunday if I want to do that. Hope the conditions remain less windy as it was today,” he added.
Chawrasia birdied the third and then parred the next seven holes. The birdie on the 11th gave him the momentum he was looking for. He then birdied 12th, 15th and 18th for a round of 67.
