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Macau Open Golf: Anirban Lahiri, Chikka lead race

PTI
Published : Oct 16, 2016, 2:30 am IST
Updated : Oct 16, 2016, 2:30 am IST

Close friends Anirban Lahiri and S. Chikkarangappa were locked in an intense battle as the Bengaluru duo shared the lead after three rounds in the Venetian Macao Open here on Saturday.

Close friends Anirban Lahiri and S. Chikkarangappa were locked in an intense battle as the Bengaluru duo shared the lead after three rounds in the Venetian Macao Open here on Saturday.

The two, who played in the second last and last groups on the penultimate day will go out together on Sunday, while fellow Indian Rashid Khan will be in the second last group, as he lies tied third.

Lahiri played a steady round with two birdies on the front nine and bogeyed one before finding a birdie on 18th.

Chikka briefly held the lead at 10-under before Lahiri found the last birdie.

Chikka had four birdies and a double bogey.

Rashid, whose form has been somewhat patchy before this week, finished in style with a birdie and an eagle to get within a shot of his two leading Indian colleagues.

Of the other Indians, Rahil Gangjee (70) was tied 12, while Jyoti Randhawa (69) and Shankar Das (72) were tied 18 and Chiragh Kumar (74) T-37.

S.S.P. Chawrasia, who squeezed inside the cut, shot a 69 to move to tied-45, Gaganjeet Bhullar (70) was tied-53 and Khalin Joshi (75) and Daniel Chopra (73) slipped to T-64 while Arjun Atwal (77) was 81st.

Lahiri said, “It’ll be serious business (with Chikka) tomorrow but we care very deeply for each other. At the same time, we both want to win. There’s no doubt neither of us would like the other person to win unless the person himself doesn’t win.”

Chikka was ecstatic about playing with Anirban.

He said, “It’ll be a dream to play with Anirban where he’s won here. It’s been a long time since we last played competitive golf together and I’m looking forward to it tomorrow. We’ll have a blast. Think we last played together three years ago locally.”

Location: Macao