Bengaluru: Samarth Dwivedi\u2019s week keeps getting better as he further extended his hold on the Tata Steel Southern India Amateur 2014 by carding a third consecutive under par round of 70, being played here at the Par-72 Karnataka Golf Association. He has now extended his lead over Viraj Madappa and Delhi\u2019s Pratap Atwal, who are tied for second place at a gross of two-under-par 214 at the end of round 3.<\/p>\n
Local lad Udayan Mane made good use of his home course when he came in at four-under par 68 for the day and went one-under-par 215 for the week to be tied for fourth place with Pukhraj Singh Gill. A further five strokes behind and tied for sixth place is the trio of Jaibir Singh, Aman Raj and Aalaap I. L., who also shot the only other under-par round of 70.<\/p>\n
Overnight leader Samarth Dwivedi began with a blockbuster drive on the 324 yards long Par-4 1st hole, to reach the green and hole out for an eagle 2. He followed that up with a birdie on the 2nd to go ten-under par for the week after 38 holes. However he dropped strokes on the next two holes before a birdie on the eighth had him take the turn at two under for the day and nine-under par for the week. He chipped in for another eagle on the par 5 11th hole before going bogey-bogey on the 14th and 15th holes to finish at a gross score of nine-under par 207.<\/p>\n
Udayan Mane began by rolling in five straight pars before making consecutive birdies on the 6th and 7th holes only to bogey the par 5 9th hole, to turn one-under for the day. He gained three further strokes on the back nine by scoring four birdies and one bogey to come in with the best card of the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeven shot advantage is very encouraging and I hope to close it out tomorrow and record my first win of the season.\u201d Said the leader, Samarth Dwivedi.<\/p>\n
Top Scores (after 54 holes):<\/strong><\/p>\n 207 Samarth Dwivedi (68,69,70); 214Viraj Madappa (69,73,72), Pratap Atwal (70,70,74); 215 Udayan Mane (75,72,68), Pukhraj Singh Gill (73,69,73); 220 Aalaap I. L. (72,78,70), Jaibir Singh (74,74,72), Aman Raj (78,69,73); 221 Hemendra Chaudhary (76,72,73), Syed Saqib Ahmed (73,72,76).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bengaluru: Samarth Dwivedi\u2019s week keeps getting better as he further extended his hold on the Tata Steel Southern India Amateur 2014 by carding a third consecutive under par round of 70, being played here at the Par-72 Karnataka Golf Association. He has now extended his lead over Viraj Madappa and Delhi\u2019s Pratap Atwal, who are tied for second place at a gross of two-under-par 214 at the end of round 3.<\/p>\n Local lad Udayan Mane made good use of his home course when he came in at four-under par 68 for the day and went one-under-par 215 for the week to be tied for fourth place with Pukhraj Singh Gill. A further five strokes behind and tied for sixth place is the trio of Jaibir Singh, Aman Raj and Aalaap I. L., who also shot the only other under-par round of 70.<\/p>\n Overnight leader Samarth Dwivedi began with a blockbuster drive on the 324 yards long Par-4 1st hole, to reach the green and hole out for an eagle 2. He followed that up with a birdie on the 2nd to go ten-under par for the week after 38 holes. However he dropped strokes on the next two holes before a birdie on the eighth had him take the turn at two under for the day and nine-under par for the week. He chipped in for another eagle on the par 5 11th hole before going bogey-bogey on the 14th and 15th holes to finish at a gross score of nine-under par 207.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n