Randhawa, Feroz Ali fire five-under cards

MEERUT, MARCH 27: Basad Ali and Uttam Singh Mundy stayed ahead in the field, but on the third day it was Jyoti Randhawa and Feroz Ali's t...

MEERUT, MARCH 27: Basad Ali and Uttam Singh Mundy stayed ahead in the field, but on the third day it was Jyoti Randhawa and Feroz Ali’s turn to grab the limelight with blistering rounds of five-under 67s during the third round of the Rs 5-lakh AGC-Wills Meerut Open today.

Basad and Mundy shot identical rounds of one-over 73 in extremely windy conditions to aggregate six-under 210 after 54 holes. But the leaders will now have to play really well on the final day as pre-tournament favourites Randhawa and Feroz closed gap with superb rounds.

Randhawa, the reigning Hero Honda Masters champion, moved to within one stroke of the leader with his 67, while Feroz, 1998 Wills Indian Open champion and winner of the last professional event played here, was in sole possession of the fourth place with a four-under 212.

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In joint fifth place were this year’s Indian Open runner-up Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia, who shot a four-under 68 today, and Color Plus Open champion Sanjay Kumar (Lucknow) and veteran Rohtas Singh,both playing level-par rounds to be three-under 213 for the tournament so far.

Among the very few who managed to master the wind was Randhawa. Playing on the course where he honed his skill, the 27-year-old fired seven birdies and two bogies in his round of 67.

Leading Scores (after 54 holes)

210: Basad Ali (66+71+73), Uttam Singh Mundy (68+69+73); 211: Jyoti Randhawa (70+74+67); 212: Feroz Ali (71+74+67); 213 Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (73+72+68), Rohtas Singh (73+68+72), Sanjay Kumar (71+70+72); 214: Mukesh Kumar (71+71+72); 215: Balbir Verma (70+72+73), Mohammed Maqbool (70+75+70); 216: Akbar Ali (67+74+75), Vivek Bhandari (70+71+75), Amritinder Singh (68+73+74); 217: Vijay Kumar (70+72+75), Gaurav Ghei (68+76+73), Shiv Prakash (73+73+71), Yusuf Ali (71+76+70); 218: Ali Sher (74+68+76), Rafiq Ali (72+75+71).

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