{"id":93,"date":"2011-10-07T13:10:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T13:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=93"},"modified":"2011-10-07T13:10:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T13:10:12","slug":"mithun-perera-maintains-lead-on-day-three-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=93","title":{"rendered":"Mithun Perera maintains lead on day three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Panchkula: <\/strong>Sri Lankan Mithun Perera shot a scorching  eight-under 64 to wrest the initiative in round three of the Haryana  Open 2011 presented by Vatika, HUDA &amp; PGC. Perera opened up a  massive nine-stroke lead on Friday as his total moved to 18 under 198.  Ashok Kumar, who shot a 68 in the third round, is placed a distant  second at nine under 207.<\/p>\n<p> Mithun Perera (68-66-64) set the Panchkula Golf Club on fire with nine  birdies and a bogey in the penultimate round. The short and stocky  24-year-old from Colombo built on his overnight two-stroke lead with the  help of some booming drives and fabulous approach shots. Perera,  playing his first season as a professional, accumulated four birdies on  the front nine (first, third, fifth and eighth). He landed his chip  within a few inches of the hole for birdie on the eighth.<\/p>\n<p> Mithun carried on the good work on the back nine as he birdied the 11th  and 12th to go six under for the day. A bogey on the 13thdid not deter  him since he came back with a hat-trick of birdies on the 15th, 16th and  17th. Perera produced a magical second shot from 100 yards out on the  16th where his ball ended up just three feet from the pin. He converted  his longest putt of the day, a 20-footer for birdie, on the 17th. Mithun  thus ended up with his lowest score on the Aircel PGTI and the lowest  score of the tournament so far, an eight under 64.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI am high on confidence this week since I\u2019ve been driving well and  hitting it well with the wedges. I used the pitching wedge to great  effect today as I hit some fantastic approach shots. I also made a few  good chip-putts from the edge. Whenever I felt the pin position was not  too tough, I attacked the pin.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI was rewarded for my consistency in all departments of the game as I  hit 17 fairways today and made 24 putts. I\u2019ll now look to stick to the  basics in the final round,\u201d said the ever-smiling Perera, who is now  eyeing his maiden professional title.<\/p>\n<p> Ashok Kumar (70-69-68) leapfrogged from overnight tied seventh to second  place as a result of his 68 in round three. The Delhi golfer made six  birdies against a double bogey on Friday to be placed nine strokes  adrift of the leader.<\/p>\n<p> Mukesh Kumar (66-70-72), who was Perera\u2019s nearest challenger at the  start of round three, had a forgettable day after he fired a 72 to drop  from overnight second to joint third. Mukesh made six birdies, four  bogeys and a double bogey on the closing 18th on day three.<\/p>\n<p> Chiragh Kumar (71-70-67) of Delhi, who fired a 67 to make a creditable  move up the leaderboard from overnight tied 16th and Bangalore\u2019s  Abhishek Jha (68-69-71) joined Mukesh Kumar in joint third at eight  under 208.<\/p>\n<p> Feroz Ali Mollah and Md Islam share sixth place at seven under 209.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Panchkula: <\/strong>Sri Lankan Mithun Perera shot a scorching  eight-under 64 to wrest the initiative in round three of the Haryana  Open 2011 presented by Vatika, HUDA &amp; PGC. Perera opened up a  massive nine-stroke lead on Friday as his total moved to 18 under 198.  Ashok Kumar, who shot a 68 in the third round, is placed a distant  second at nine under 207.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mithun Perera maintains lead on day three - 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=93\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mithun Perera maintains lead on day three - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Panchkula: Sri Lankan Mithun Perera shot a scorching eight-under 64 to wrest the initiative in round three of the Haryana Open 2011 presented by Vatika, HUDA &amp; PGC. 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