{"id":36513,"date":"2018-11-24T20:31:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T20:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36513"},"modified":"2018-11-24T20:31:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T20:31:04","slug":"defending-champ-shamim-khan-dominates-round-three-with-a-fine-65-takes-commanding-four-shot-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36513","title":{"rendered":"Defending champ Shamim Khan dominates round three with a fine 65, takes commanding four-shot lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-36512\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Shamim-Khan-Round-3-leader-1132x670.jpg\" alt=\"Shamim Khan Round 3 leader 1132x670\" width=\"525\" height=\"311\" style=\"margin: 1px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Shamim-Khan-Round-3-leader-1132x670.jpg 1132w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Shamim-Khan-Round-3-leader-1132x670-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Shamim-Khan-Round-3-leader-1132x670-1024x606.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Shamim-Khan-Round-3-leader-1132x670-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Shamim-Khan-Round-3-leader-1132x670-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Shamim-Khan-Round-3-leader-1132x670-696x412.jpg 696w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Shamim-Khan-Round-3-leader-1132x670-1068x632.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>Delhi\u2019s<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Shamim Khan strengthened his claims for a title defense at the IndianOil Servo Masters Golf 2018 after he fired the tournament\u2019s best round of seven-under-65 on day three that catapulted him into a commanding four-shot lead at 11-under-205 at the Digboi Golf Links.<\/p>\n<p>Kolkata\u2019s Mohammad Sanju, the halfway leader by four shots, dropped to tied second at seven-under-209 after posting a score of 76 on Friday. Sanju was joined by Chandigarh\u2019s Harendra Gupta (72) and Noida\u2019s Gaurav Pratap Singh (69) in tied second.<\/p>\n<p>Shamim Khan (70-70-65), who was seven shots off the lead in tied fourth at the halfway stage, had a sedate front-nine on Friday as he exchanged two birdies for a bogey. The 40-year-old reigning PGTI Order of Merit champion then began turning on the heat on the back nine as his putter was on fire.<\/p>\n<p>Khan, a two-time champion in Digboi and the current holder of the trophy, picked up a birdie on the 11<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;and followed that up with an astonishing streak of five successive birdies from the 13<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;to the 17<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;to emerge as the prime contender for the title.<\/p>\n<p>Shamim, one among only two players along with Om Prakash Chouhan, to have returned three-under-par scores so far this week, sank a 40-footer on the 14<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;and also four other putts from a range of 12 to 20 feet on the back-nine.<\/p>\n<p>Khan, who is currently ranked 15<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;in the PGTI Order of Merit, said, \u201cIt was all about those long putt conversions on the back-nine today. After the birdie on the 11<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;I was feeling good about my game and felt like I could go deep. The good memories from last year helped for sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe greens at this course have really improved over the years and are rolling well. But short putts still hold the key. I feel even a four-shot lead is not enough if one can\u2019t hold those short putts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important for me to start the final round with some solid pars so that I can get a feel of the conditions. After that I\u2019ll look to build on my lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Sanju, the leader for the first two days, slipped one spot to tied second after signing for a 76. He was one-under through the front-nine but then conceded five bogeys on the back-nine as a result of a number of missed putts from short range.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harendra Gupta too missed a lot of opportunities on the greens during his round of 72 that featured three birdies, a bogey and a double-bogey. Gupta, sole second after round two, is now tied for second.<\/p>\n<p>Gaurav Pratap Singh moved up two places to tied second thanks to a round of 69 which saw him make six birdies and three bogeys.<\/p>\n<p>Om Prakash Chouhan (70) of Mhow was in fifth place at six-under-210.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi\u2019s&nbsp;Shamim Khan strengthened his claims for a title defense at the IndianOil Servo Masters Golf 2018 after he fired the tournament\u2019s best round of seven-under-65 on day three that catapulted him into a commanding four-shot lead at 11-under-205 at the Digboi Golf Links. Kolkata\u2019s Mohammad Sanju, the halfway leader by four shots, dropped to tied [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Defending champ Shamim Khan dominates round three with a fine 65, takes commanding four-shot lead - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36513\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Defending champ Shamim Khan dominates round three with a fine 65, takes commanding four-shot lead - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Delhi\u2019s&nbsp;Shamim Khan strengthened his claims for a title defense at the IndianOil Servo Masters Golf 2018 after he fired the tournament\u2019s best round of seven-under-65 on day three that catapulted him into a commanding four-shot lead at 11-under-205 at the Digboi Golf Links. 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