Aryan Roopa Anand, the outright leader since round one, further consolidated his position at the top on Thursday with a flawless effort that featured three birdies on the front nine and two on the back nine.
Twenty-one-year-old Aryan Roopa Anand, currently India's top-ranked amateur golfer and a two-time All India Amateur champion, scored seven birdies and a bogey during his opening round. Aryan, a winner of five amateur and one junior title, enjoyed a good day with the driver and also sank four
Kapil Kumar, currently 21st in the PGTI Rankings with three top-10s to his credit in the season, fired it close to the hole at Golmuri to pick up three of his four birdies on the front-nine from a range of six feet.
Manu Gandas (69-66), lying overnight tied eighth, was off to a terrific start making five birdies between the 11th and the 16th where he rolled in long putts including a 27-footer on the 16th. Manu added two more birdies and a bogey on the front nine. The highlight of his front-nine was an a
Valimaki birdied more than half the holes - 10 of the 18 - and had no bogeys to give himself a lead over playing partner Oliver Bekker who was eight under par. He was second at the season-opening Joburg Open last month.
Karandeep Kochhar didn't look out of sorts despite returning to play at the RCGC after a long gap of five years. The 23-year-old four-time winner on the PGTI had an initial stutter when he bogeyed the 11th but got on a roll after his 30-feet birdie conversion on the 13th. Among Karandeep's s
Viktor Hovland, who had three eagles while winning the Challenge last year, already has two in two days this year as he attempts to become the first player since Tiger Woods in 2007 to win back-to-back Hero World Challenge titles. Scheffler is the only other player with an eagle this week.
As many as eight leaders or co-leaders were chased by rivals, who were two shots or less behind the front runners while in the Girls 9-10 Category Rabab Kahlon and Aanya Dandriyal were tied for the lead after two days.
PGTI Order of Merit leader Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (63-70), a 10th tee starter on Thursday, made yet another promising start with an early birdie on the 12th but then stumbled with a bogey on the 13th where he found the hazard and a double-bogey on the 14th where his ball was plugged in the bunk
The 2022 PGTI Order of Merit leader and a winner of four titles this season Yuvraj Singh Sandhu had a whirlwind start with three birdies on the first four holes. A bogey and birdie on the fifth and ninth respectively meant that he made the turn at three under.
Kapil Kumar sank seven birdies and an eagle for a bogey-free round. He was off to a terrific start with birdies on the first four holes making a couple of conversions from 10 to 12 feet. An eagle on the par-5 eighth followed by a birdie on the ninth took Kapil to seven under at the turn. Kum