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This is an archive article published on February 13, 2009

Mukesh takes lead with a five-under

After two dream days,M Dharma’s luck finally ran out...

After two dream days,M Dharma’s luck finally ran out on Thursday. The Bangalore player,having barely made the tournament after struggling in January’s qualifying school,and gushing about how the last two were the best rounds of professional golf he’d ever played,fell off the top spot at the PGTI Solaris Chemtech Open.

Dharma only managed a two-over 74 in the third round,and with a total of six-under 210,is five shots off the pace of the new leader.

Mukesh Kumar shot up on a fog-delayed day after a thoroughly entertaining round of five-under 67. Mukesh made eight birdies and three bogeys,keeping assured accuracy with the putter,though the hitting swayed off the path on another windy day at the Golden Greens golf resort.

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Mukesh has a two-shot lead over Delhi’s Gaurav Pratap Singh,who followed up Wednesday’s blistering seven-under with a rather sedate two-under 70.

Joing the two in the leadergroup on the final day is Rahil Gangjee.

Gangjee,playing without a practice round after having landed from the Asian Tour event in Bangkok just a day before the tournament began,has obviously found his groove. He shot a bogey-free seven-under 65,and is tied third at eight-under 208 along with Arjun Singh.

Scores

1 Mukesh Kumar -11 (205)

2 Gaurav Pratap Singh -9 (207)

3 Rahil Gangjee,Arjun Singh

-8 (208)

5 M Dharma -6 (210)

6 Anirban Lahiri -5 (211)

7 Raj Randhawa -4 (212)

8 Ranjit Singh Rathore,Raju Singh,Ashok Kumar -3 (213)

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