Ajeetesh Sandhu, the overnight leader by three shots, maintained his dominance in round three after he fired a steady three-under 69 to stay ahead by two shots at the INR 2 crore Vishwa Samudra Open 2024 being played at the esteemed Delhi Golf Club (DGC). The Chandigarh golfer’s 54-hole total read 11-under 205.
Bangladesh’s Jamal Hossain carded the day’s best score of 67 to rise one spot to second place at nine-under 207.
It seems to be a two-horse race between Ajeetesh (69-67-69) and Jamal (67-73-67) heading into the fourth and final round as there is daylight between the top two and the rest of the field. M Dharma (71) of Bengaluru was a distant third at four-under 212, while Chandigarh’s Yuvraj Sandhu (71) and Delhi’s Rashid Khan (72) were tied fourth at three-under 213.
International winner Ajeetesh began the day on a positive note with a birdie on the second but then had some anxious moments with bogeys on the eighth and ninth. After finding the bushes and having an unplayable ball on the ninth, 36-year-old Ajeetesh recovered well by making a tricky 10-feet conversion there to salvage a bogey when it could’ve been worse for him.
This was followed by an eight-feet birdie conversion by Ajeetesh on the 10th that proved to be the beginning of his comeback. Ajeetesh then capitalised on the remaining two par-5s, the 14th and 18th, with birdies and also scored a birdie with a short-range conversion on the 15th.
{{/usCountry}}This was followed by an eight-feet birdie conversion by Ajeetesh on the 10th that proved to be the beginning of his comeback. Ajeetesh then capitalised on the remaining two par-5s, the 14th and 18th, with birdies and also scored a birdie with a short-range conversion on the 15th.
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