{"id":40915,"date":"2025-04-10T07:16:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=40915"},"modified":"2025-04-10T07:16:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:16:28","slug":"indorama-ventures-open-golf-championship-2025-pukhraj-singh-gill-and-abhinav-lohan-fire-opening-rounds-of-66-to-hold-joint-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=40915","title":{"rendered":"Indorama Ventures Open Golf Championship 2025: Pukhraj Singh Gill and Abhinav Lohan fire opening rounds of 66 to hold joint lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-40914\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pukhraj_Singh-PGTI.jpg\" alt=\"Pukhraj Singh PGTI\" width=\"850\" style=\"display: block; margin: 8px auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pukhraj_Singh-PGTI.jpg 863w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pukhraj_Singh-PGTI-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pukhraj_Singh-PGTI-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pukhraj_Singh-PGTI-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pukhraj_Singh-PGTI-696x505.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/>Ahmedabad:&nbsp;<\/strong>Pukhraj Singh Gill of Ludhiana and Faridabad\u2019s Abhinav Lohan fired opening round scores of six-under 66 to hold the joint lead at the INR 2 crore Indorama Ventures Open Golf Championship 2025 being played at the Kalhaar Blues &amp; Greens Golf Club in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<p>The five players bunched in tied third place at four-under 68 were Mysuru\u2019s Yashas Chandra, Delhi golfers Sachin Baisoya and Anshul Kabthiyal, Hyderabad\u2019s Vishesh Sharma and Chandigarh\u2019s Amrit Lal.<\/p>\n<p>Among the Ahmedabad-based professionals, Varun Parikh was the highest-placed at tied 48<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;after he shot a 74.<\/p>\n<p>Pukhraj Singh Gill produced a bogey-free effort during his round of 66 on day one. The 28-year-old Pukhraj, who made most fairways and greens thanks to his excellent ball-striking, sank three birdies each on the front-nine and back-nine.<\/p>\n<p>Gill left himself two tap-ins and also chipped-in for birdie on the 15<sup>th<\/sup>. He holed a 15-footer for birdie too.<\/p>\n<p>Pukhraj said, \u201cThis course suits me as it rewards good ball-striking, especially off the tees. I played both the nines well. The wind was up early on in my round so the pars at the beginning were quite stabilizing for me and gave me a decent start. A bogey-free start is always welcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had a consistent run so far this season and I enjoy a good comfort level at this course. I therefore feel confident of performing well this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abhinav Lohan was co-leader with Pukhraj. Lohan, a winner of multiple&nbsp;PGTI&nbsp;titles, made seven birdies and a bogey in round one.<\/p>\n<p>Indian golf legend Jeev Milkha Singh\u2019s 15-year-old son Harjai Milkha Singh, playing the tournament as an amateur, carded an 81 on Wednesday to be tied 110<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmedabad:&nbsp;Pukhraj Singh Gill of Ludhiana and Faridabad\u2019s Abhinav Lohan fired opening round scores of six-under 66 to hold the joint lead at the INR 2 crore Indorama Ventures Open Golf Championship 2025 being played at the Kalhaar Blues &amp; Greens Golf Club in Ahmedabad. The five players bunched in tied third place at four-under 68 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40915","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>Indorama Ventures Open Golf Championship 2025: Pukhraj Singh Gill and Abhinav Lohan fire opening rounds of 66 to hold joint 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=40915\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Indorama Ventures Open Golf Championship 2025: Pukhraj Singh Gill and Abhinav Lohan fire opening rounds of 66 to hold joint 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=\"Ahmedabad:&nbsp;Pukhraj Singh Gill of Ludhiana and Faridabad\u2019s Abhinav Lohan fired opening round scores of six-under 66 to hold the joint lead at the INR 2 crore Indorama Ventures Open Golf Championship 2025 being played at the Kalhaar Blues &amp; Greens Golf Club in Ahmedabad. 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