{"id":14413,"date":"2013-05-03T04:53:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T04:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14413"},"modified":"2013-05-03T04:53:03","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T04:53:03","slug":"indonesian-masters-shiv-sujjan-tied-21st-hend-hwang-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14413","title":{"rendered":"Shiv, Sujjan tied 21st; Hend, Hwang lead in Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/golf\/shivkapuratthirdplace.jpg\" alt=\"Indonesian Masters: Shiv, Sujjan, tied 21st, Hend, Hwang lead\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" \/>Jakarta: Shiv Kapur and Sujjan Singh carded two-under 70 each to be tied 21st on the opening day of the USD 750,000 CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters, here on Thursday. The Indians were four shots behind the leaders, Australian Scott Hend and Hwang In-Choon of Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Apart from Kapur and Sujjan, only two other Indians &#8212; Rahil Gangjee and Ajeetesh Sandhu &#8212; returned sub-par rounds of 71 each and are tied 38th. Anirban Lahiri and Shankar Das, both 72, were 52nd, while Abhijit Chadha two-under after 16 dropped three shots in last two holes, to score 73 alongside Jyoti Randhawa and Digvijay Singh in tied 73rd place.<\/p>\n<p>Himmat Rai and C Muniyappa carded 74 and Chiragh Kumar shot 77.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s Scott Hend continued his dominant Asian Tour run by shooting a six-under-par 66 to share the opening round honours with Hwang Inn-choon of Korea at the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Reigning Open Championship winner Ernie Els of South Africa was also in the mix after returning with a 68 at the US$750,000 Asian Tour event which is staged at the Royale Jakarta Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>Bernd Wiesberger of Austria, who finished tied-seventh last year, fired 67 for third while Thai rising star Arnond Vongvanij, Jason Knutzon of the United States, Adilson Da Silva of Brazil and Australians David Lutterus, Unho Park and Scott Barr, who is playing in his 200th Asian Tour event, were a further shot back with Els.<\/p>\n<p>The big-hitting Hend renewed his fondness of playing in the country where he won his first Asian Tour title in 2008. He was delighted to be in position to win his second victory this season following his triumph at the Chiangmai Golf Classic in Thailand in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m in a good position. The scores are going to be low this week so I\u2019ve got to keep grinding those numbers and add that into a good score,\u201d said Hend, who traded six birdies and one eagle against one double bogey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ball is not rolling very far because of how wet it is from the rain last night. We (big hitters) have an advantage over the other guys but you still have to get those putts into the hole,\u201d said the three-time Asian Tour winner.<\/p>\n<p>Starting from the 10th tee, Hend got off to a fast start with three straight birdies from 12. He double bogeyed five but it was swiftly erased with an eagle two on the subsequent hole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGot a bit unlucky and hit an average drive and chipped out from the rough where I hit into the cart path which went into an unplayable lie and took a double bogey. These things happen in golf but I got straight back into business with an eagle,\u201d said Hend.<\/p>\n<p>Korea\u2019s Hwang, who won on the Asian Tour in 2008, put his new putter to good use when he birdied four of his closing five holes to share the lead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t been putting good enough so on Wednesday, I decided to go to the pro-shop to buy a new Odyssey putter. It felt very good and that\u2019s why I played so well!\u201d he smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy because my putting was so good and I hit a lot of drives on the fairways. I like to play on this golf course. It has very good fairways and fast greens,\u201d added Hwang.<\/p>\n<p>A return to Asia has brought out the best from four-time Major champion Els, who finished tied 13th at the Masters Tournament and was placed 15th on the PGA Tour on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m starting to feel more comfortable with my game. The last time I played in Chiangmai, I wasn\u2019t too comfortable with my game. I played okay at the Masters Tournament and had a nice week at New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel that things are starting to come around so I got to thank the Asian Tour for getting my game back in shape. I like playing out here,\u201d said the world number 24.<\/p>\n<p>Scores after round 1 of the CIMB NIAGA Indonesian Masters being played at the par 72, 7340 Yards Royale Jakarta GC course (a- denotes amateur):<\/p>\n<p>66 &#8211; HWANG Inn-choon (KOR), Scott HEND (AUS).<\/p>\n<p>67 &#8211; Bernd WIESBERGER (AUT).<\/p>\n<p>68 &#8211; Adilson DA SILVA (BRA), Ernie ELS (RSA), David LUTTERUS (AUS), Jason KNUTZON (USA), Scott BARR (AUS), Arnond VONGVANIJ (THA), Unho PARK (AUS).<\/p>\n<p>69 &#8211; Jake HIGGINBOTTOM (AUS), Carlos PIGEM (ESP), Chawalit PLAPHOL (THA), Thaworn WIRATCHANT (THA), Simon DYSON (ENG), Wade ORMSBY (AUS), Javi COLOMO (ESP), Gunn CHAROENKUL (THA), Thongchai JAIDEE (THA), Sattaya SUPUPRAMAI (THA).<\/p>\n<p>70 &#8211; Jazz JANEWATTANANOND (THA), Namchok TANTIPOKHAKUL (THA), Shiv KAPUR (IND), Iain STEEL (MAS), HUNG Chien-yao (TPE), Sujjan SINGH (IND), Chris RODGERS (ENG), Daisuke KATAOKA (JPN), Ryan MCCARTHY (AUS), Kieran PRATT (AUS), Darren CLARKE (NIR), Angelo QUE (PHI), Zaw MOE (MYN), Antonio LASCUNA (PHI), Chinnarat PHADUNGSIL (THA), Peter RICHARDSON (ENG).<\/p>\n<p>71 &#8211; Adam GROOM (AUS), Matt JAGER (AUS), Peter GUSTAFSSON (SWE), PARK Hyun-bin (KOR), HSU Mong-nan (TPE), Rahil GANGJEE (IND), Danny CHIA (MAS), Matthew STIEGER (AUS), Kalle SAMOOJA (FIN), Ajeetesh SANDHU (IND), Jonathan MOORE (USA), Chapchai NIRAT (THA), Nicholas FUNG (MAS), Panuwat MUENLEK (THA), Adam BLYTH (AUS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jakarta: Shiv Kapur and Sujjan Singh carded two-under 70 each to be tied 21st on the opening day of the USD 750,000 CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters, here on Thursday. The Indians were four shots behind the leaders, Australian Scott Hend and Hwang In-Choon of Korea. 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