{"id":63,"date":"2011-10-05T11:34:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T11:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=63"},"modified":"2011-10-05T11:34:31","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T11:34:31","slug":"mukesh-kumar-takes-early-lead-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=63","title":{"rendered":"Mukesh Kumar takes early lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Panchkula: <\/strong>Mukesh Kumar of Mhow fired a six-under 66 to take  the first round lead at the Haryana Open 2011 presented by Vatika, HUDA  &amp; Panchkula Golf Club (PGC). Abhishek Jha of Bangalore, Patna\u2019s Md  Islam and Sri Lankan Mithun Perera posted the next best score of 68 to  be tied for second.<\/p>\n<p> Mukesh Kumar began the day with a bogey on the first having missed a  five feet putt. He then rallied with birdies on the third, sixth and  eighth thanks to some quality chip-putts. One of the highlights of his  round was driving the green on the par-4 11th that helped him set up his  fourth birdie of the day.<\/p>\n<p> The 46-year-old Mukesh gathered further momentum with successive birdies  on the 14th and 15th. He chipped it within a foot on the 15th. The  veteran picked up his last birdie of the round on the 17th to end the  day on a high.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p> \u201cI chipped and putted really well today. I was trying to place the ball  rather than playing aggressively but my putting helped me in posting a  low score. This is my lowest score on this course and I\u2019ll be looking to  make the most of it as this is one of the few venues in India where I  haven\u2019t won a tournament,\u201d said Mukesh, who is currently second on the  Rolex Rankings for 2011.<\/p>\n<p> Abhishek Jha, who won the Aircel Emerging Player of the Year title  during the 2010 Aircel PGTI season, made five birdies against a bogey in  his opening round effort of 68. He was joined by Md Islam and Mithun  Perera, both of whom shot six birdies and two bogeys, in tied second  place.<\/p>\n<p> Chandigarh\u2019s Harmeet Kahlon and Kapurthala-based amateur Ashbeer Saini  share fifth place along with Md Zamal Hossain Mollah, Deepinder Singh  Kullar and Md Nawab at three under 69.<\/p>\n<p> Rashid Khan of Delhi, who shot a one under to be tied 15th after round  one, fired a hole-in-one on the 17th on Wednesday. Rashid hit his  eight-iron tee shot to perfection on the 17th as the ball bounced four  feet short before rolling in smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Panchkula: <\/strong>Mukesh Kumar of Mhow fired a six-under 66 to take  the first round lead at the Haryana Open 2011 presented by Vatika, HUDA  &amp; Panchkula Golf Club (PGC). 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