Ali, Amritinder share 20th spot with Jyoti

NEW DELHI, AUG 21: Two-time Indian Open champion Ali Sher shot a super three-under par 67 round, while his compatriots Amritinder Singh c...

NEW DELHI, AUG 21: Two-time Indian Open champion Ali Sher shot a super three-under par 67 round, while his compatriots Amritinder Singh carded his second successive par 70 round and Jyoti Randhawa returned one over par 71 in the third round to be placed joint 20th as Rodrigo Cuello of The Phillipines took a two-shot lead in the $200,000 Tianjin Teda Open Golf at Tianjin (China) today.

RESULTS

INDIANS: 20th place: 209 Ali Sher (74, 68, 67); Amritinder Singh (69, 70, 70); Jyoti Randhawa (68, 70, 71); 40th place: 213 Amandeep Johl (70, 73, 70)

Shruti shines

Shruti Khanna, the top amateur women golfer of the country, kept her nerves to win the AVT South India Ladies Amateur Open Championship at the Cosmopolitan links at Chennai, sparing three strokes to second-placed Parnita Garewal.

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Indian team cleared: The Indian team for the Hong Kong Open (October 7-10) has been cleared, said Dilip Thomas, chairman, selection committee. Shruti Khanna, Parnita Garewal and Lalitha Balasubramaniamwill form the squad.

Final Scores – Open (gross): Shruti Khanna (77, 75, 70, 73) 295; Parnita Garewal (72, 77, 75, 74) 298; Tuhasini Selvaratnam (72, 76, 76, 76) 300; Lalitha Balasubramanian (76, 80, 83, 72) 301; Anjali Chopra (77, 75, 77, 78) 307. Handicap: HS Kwon 274, Lalitha Balasubramanian 277, Anjali Gaekwar 282, Renuka Philips 287, Uma Hataria 287.