Delhi’s Karanjit Singh Sandhu led the rupees eight million Crompton Greaves Open 2010 here on Wednesday with a lowest score of 63.
Sandhu’s splendid display equalled the course record (of Gurbaaz Mann) for a single round on the par-70 layout of the Bombay Presidency Golf Club, Chembur. His best endeavour so far in the professional circuit helped him finish the opening day three strokes ahead of the PGTI leader Ashok Kumar, Dinesh Raghuvanshi and Sujjan Singh.
“I got off to a solid start and was hitting it well through the day. The putts rolled in for me. This is my lowest score at a professional event so it’s the ideal start to the week. I have always enjoyed playing on this course. One has to be patient on this course and being too aggressive does not help. The greens are in great shape. The birdie that stood out for me today came on the par-three 17th where I landed my tee shot within six feet of the pin. The 17th is not an easy hole and sinking a birdie there gave me a lot of confidence when I stood on the 18th tee,’’ said Sandhu placed 40th after 19 events in the Aircel-PGTI.
Eight golfers - Mandeo Singh Pathania, Vinod Kumar, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Digvijay Singh, Vivek Bhandari, Harendra Gupta, Akshay Butta and Rafick Ali Mollah - share the fifth place at three under 67.
