Two weeks ago,when Chandigarh's Feroze Grewal claimed the second position in the South Eastern Asia U-13 Golf Championship held in Thailand,the 13-year-old youngster rated the experience of playing in domestic circuit highly. On Tuesday,the Chandigarh youngster made that count by claiming the top spot in the 14-16 years category after the end of the first round in the Toyota Etios Tour - Haryana Open got underway on Tuesday at the Golden Green Golf Resort,Gurgaon. The youngster returned with a day's score of 76 followed closely by Vidit Singh on 77 and Atreya Sinha on 78. Feroz scored four bogeys but could not make a single birdie in the round. Local favourite Honey Baisoya of Delhi is close behind on 79 but despite scoring three birdies,dropped two many shots on his round. "It was a perfect day but I could have played much better. The conditions were obviously hot but I wanted to be consistent on Day One. That's what happened today and I will be aiming to maintain the lead on Day Two," said the youngster from Chandigarh. In the 16-18 years category,Rahgav Bhandari,who scored an even par 72 with 5 birdies,was tied for the top spot with Tarundeep Chadha. Chadha started strong with four birdies on the first nine holes for a record score of 33 but couldn't sustain the momentum and came back with 39 to finish on 72. In the 12-14 years category,Gurgaon's Piyush Sangwan,ranked number one in his age group fulfilled the promise by shooting a 74 followed by Prakhar Asawa on 76 and second ranked Viraj Madappa on 78. Sangwan showed remarkable consistently with one birdie on the par three 16th off setting one bogey and one double bogey on the 15th. There is a cut at the halfway stage and the top 60 players or the top 15 in each age group will compete in the last two rounds.
