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\"ShivChiba, Japan:<\/strong> Shiv Kapur of India was rewarded for his patience when he grabbed the third round lead with a two-under-par 69 at the Panasonic Open Golf Championship on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Kapur parred 14 straight holes before hitting back-to-back birdies on 15 and 16 to seize the outright lead on nine-under-par 204 at the 150 million Yen (approximately US$1.27 million) event sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.<\/p>\n

Overnight leader Kodai Ichihara of Japan, chasing for a first career win, posted a 71 to trail by one-shot while a host of proven champions including Marcus Fraser of Australia and K.T. Kim of Korea are two shots back at the Chiba Country Club, Umesato course.<\/p>\n

Fraser, the current Order of Merit leader, Kim, who won last week, Yuta Ikeda of Japan, Hung Chien-yao of Chinese Taipei, Sanghee Lee of Korea and Thailand’s Thanyakon Khrongpha are tied in third place on 206s.<\/p>\n

After making a stretch of pars including a huge 40-feet putt on the eighth hole, Kapur stayed cool under pressure to give himself a fighting chance to end an 11-year title drought on the Asian Tour.<\/p>\n

“It is a great feeling to lead in a tournament. At the start of the day, the goal was to keep doing what I’ve been doing. It was a battle of patience for me because the putts didn’t fall,” said Kapur, who recently tied the knot on April 3.<\/p>\n

“I had a 40 feet par save on the eighth hole. That was a bonus and it kept my head in it so to speak. That hole seems to have troubled me the whole week but I got one back today and steadied ship. From there I played steady golf,” he explained.<\/p>\n

Kapur hopes to keep a level head in the final round as he aims to become the third Indian after Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa to win in Japan. <\/p>\n

“It is never easy to win a tournament. You have to go out and play good golf. You can’t play average golf and win. Whether it is 10 or 15 guys in contention I have to go out there and play good golf,” said Kapur.<\/p>\n

Ichihara struggled with his ball striking and was disappointed not to build on his overnight lead as he returned with two birdies against as many bogeys.<\/p>\n

“I was just trying to focus on my own game because I wasn’t playing that well. I need to practice on my ball striking. I’m not concerned about other people, I just need to improve on my game,” said the 33-year-old Ichihara.<\/p>\n

Fraser, who won in Malaysia in February to top the Asian Tour Merit rankings, fought back from a poor start where he was two-over after eight holes to return with four birdies and one eagle for a 67.<\/p>\n

“I was frustrated and a bit disappointed with how I started. My game was there and to start like that wasn’t nice. It was frustrating more than anything but things just clicked and I made a few putts. I played great at the end and that’s nice especially when you are trying to get into contention,” said Fraser.<\/p>\n

The highly rated Thanyakon enjoyed a hot putting streak, needing only nine putts in the first nine holes highlighted by five birdies. He marked his card with another birdie on 14 to charge into contention for a first Asian Tour title.<\/p>\n

“I was very lucky because I had nine putts on the front nine and chipped in from the bunker on the eighth hole. My only mistake was when I hit a bad drive on the first hole to finish with a bogey. Overall I’m very confident with my game,” said the 25-year-old Thanyakon.<\/p>\n

Scores after round 3 of the Panasonic Open Golf Championship being played at the par 71, 7130 Yards Chiba CC course (am – denotes amateur):
204 – Shiv KAPUR (IND) 68-67-69.
205 – Kodai ICHIHARA (JPN) 69-65-71.
206 – Thanyakon KHRONGPHA (THA) 72-68-66, Yuta IKEDA (JPN) 67-73-66, Sanghee LEE (KOR) 73-66-67, Marcus FRASER (AUS) 71-68-67, K.T. KIM (KOR) 69-69-68, HUNG Chien-yao (TPE) 70-67-69.
208 – Hidemasa HOSHINO (JPN) 67-74-67, Michio MATSUMURA (JPN) 71-69-68, Jeunghun WANG (KOR) 71-68-69, Toshinori MUTO (JPN) 71-67-70.
209 – Shintaro KOBAYASHI (JPN) 72-71-66, Mingyu CHO (KOR) 71-70-68, Shugo IMAHIRA (JPN) 69-71-69, Hyungsung KIM (KOR) 70-70-69, Chinnarat PHADUNGSIL (THA) 73-67-69, Tetsuji HIRATSUKA (JPN) 71-69-69, Ryutaro NAGANO (JPN) 65-73-71.
210 – Yoshitaka TAKEYA (JPN) 75-68-67, Sam BRAZEL (AUS) 73-69-68, Kiyoshi MIYAZATO (JPN) 70-70-70, Hosung CHOI (KOR) 71-69-70, Kazuhiro YAMASHITA (JPN) 68-72-70, Azuma YANO (JPN) 67-69-74.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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