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Muniyappa returns day's best

By Our Sports Reporter

BANGALORE Aug. 9. For the third day in succession, Jyoti Randhawa stayed in the lead in the Hero Honda Open South Golf tournament at the KGA course. Randhawa, with a card of one under 71, had a cumulative six under 210 for the three days. Randhawa had alongside him again as joint leader, Vijay Kumar who logged two under 70 for the third day in a row.

The day's best card, however, was submitted by the KGA sponsored caddie C. Muniyappa. The 22-year-old from KGA, who has been toting golf bags since the age of seven, returned three under 69 to be up there among the challengers for the title. Muniyappa, whose best finish till date has been at greater Noida in 2001 where he tied for eighth spot, had career best at the KGA with his hitting, driving and putting falling into place. Muniyappa's birdies came on the 4th, 7th, 13th and 17th and his worst effort was on the sixth where he three putted to end up with a bogey.

"I am very happy with my day's showing and will try my best in the final round,'' said Muniyappa.

Randhawa began the day in superb fashion. A birdie on the first gave him the impetus for birdies on the third, ninth, 11th and 17th. After his birdie on the ninth Jyoti doffed his cap at his wife Tina and she in return egged him on with a "come on Jo,'' after the birdie on the 11th. But Randhawa, who was three under after the first nine, slipped up a bit and scored bogeys on the 10th, 15th, 16th and 18th. He also lipped out a couple of times yet managed to save par but for which his card would have been a lot better.

Yusuf Ali, whose second day's card had promised much, had mixed luck for the day. A birdie on the first was cancelled by a bogey on the second. Later a bogey on the 11th was repaired with a birdie on the 13th. Another birdie on the next hole was quickly set back with a double bogey on the 16th where Yusuf had to take a penalty drop from the water hazard. However, the stout hearted Kolkattan came back with a great show on the 18th where he missed an eagle landing about 18 inches from the pin on the second shot. He ended up with a birdie and stayed in contention in joint second place.

Among the amateurs David D'Souza, despite a card of eight over 80 for the day, enjoyed a 17-stroke lead over Prem Bhatia. Rohan Puri and Sripad Renu were in third and fourth positions respectively.

The scores (after third round): 1.Vijay Kumar (70, 70, 70), Jyoti Randhawa (70, 69, 71) 210; 2. Mukesh Kumar (72, 69, 70), Yusuf Ali (72, 67, 72) 211; 3. C. Muniyappa (71, 72, 69) 212; 4. Ashok Kumar (71, 72, 70), Gaurav Ghei (70, 69, 74) 213; 5. Arjun Singh (74, 70, 72) 216; 6. Rohtas Singh (75, 72, 70), Rahul Ganapathy (71, 74, 72) 217.

Amateurs: 1. David D'Souza (78, 73, 80) 231; 2. Prem Bhatia (81, 83, 84) 248; 3, Rohan Puri (82, 89, 83) 254.

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