JOIN USThe lead changed hands for the third day in a row with Kartik Sharma coming out on top in the penultimate round of the Rotary Bangalore-IGU Karnataka State Amateur Golf Championship here on Thursday.
Unlike the opening two rounds where Harimohan Singh and Aniudh K scorched the Eagleton Golf Resort with blistering performances to seize the lead, West Bengal’s Kartik stayed sedate to take a one-shot lead.
Kartik carded an even-par 72 to total 210 while Varun Parikh hit 70 to lie second. Pukhraj Singh Gill also nailed a 70 to lie third at 212 while pace-setter Harimohan kept himself in the hunt with a 74 (213).
Gurjot Badwal shot a second successive 80 to stay on pole in the Ladies segment but Anika Varma from Category B was the overall best performer with a total of 150 (74, 76).
Leading scores: Men: (after 54 holes): 210: Kartik Sharma (68, 70, 72); 211: Varun Parikh (70, 71, 70); 212: Pukhraj Singh Gill (73, 69, 70); 213: Harimohan Singh (66, 73, 74); 214: Dhruv Sheoran (72, 74, 68), K Surya Kumar (69, 73, 72), Yashas Chandra (71, 69, 74).
Ladies (afer 36 holes): 160: Gurjot Badwal (80, 80); 161: Sifat Alag (86, 75), Geetika Ahuja (82, 79).
Category A: 152: Ishvari Prasanna (78, 74); 154: Arshia Mahant (76, 78), Sifat Sagoo (75, 79).
Cat B: 150: Anika Varma (74, 76); 151: Khushi Hooda (75, 76); 156: Rhea Purvi Saravanan (80, 76).
Cat C: 157: Rishika M (82, 75); 158: Monisha Chowdary (79, 79); 160: Rashmi S (82, 78).