Chowrasia keeps Indian hopes alive

NEW DELHI, February 10: The final day of the first ever European Tour event in India, the $2.5 million Indian Masters teed off at 0720 hrs IST on Sunday at the Delhi Golf Club.
With the weather being much golfer-friendly vis-à-vis day three, the top Indian golfers who made a top-10 finish after round three - comprising Arjun Atwal, SSP Chowrasia, Gaurav Ghei and Digvijay Singh - are currently playing their front nine.
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Playing in the same group, Chowrasia and Atwal teed off with a birdie. With the play in progress, Chowrasia hit three birdies and even parred the other two after five holes.
India's Jyoti Randhawa, currently playing his back nine, shot two birdies and two bogeys putting his aggregate to 36 on the front nine. Randhawa finished at 1-over on the leaderboard after round three to be tied 23rd with four others.
Shiv Kapur continued his dismal run as he finished the tournament on 6-over 294, carding a fourth round even par 72.
The man who took the lead on the penultimate day was Raphael Jacquelin of France who carded an even par 72 on day three to be on top of the leaderboard at 6-under.