The 17-year-old carded two-over 74 in the third round to take his aggregrate score to two-over 218 and opened a five-stroke lead over Bangalore’s Chikkarangappa in the Category A. While Chikkarangappa hit another three-over 75, City-mate Khalin Joshi lies third at 11-over 223 after carding three-over 75.
Top scores (54 holes unless mentioned): Category A & B: 218: Ashbeer Saini (73, 71, 74); 223: Chikkarangappa (75, 73, 75); 225: Khalin Joshi (74, 76, 75); 230: Kumal Bhatia (73, 77, 80).
Category A: 218: Ashbeer Saini (73, 71, 74); 223: Chikkarangappa (75, 73, 75); 225: Khalin Joshi (74, 76, 75).
Category B: 233: Ankur Chadha (80, 75, 78); 234: Tarundeep S Chadha (80, 78, 76); 241: Kushal Singh (79, 77, 85).
Category C: 245: Jairaj S Sandhu (89, 77, 79); 248: Viraj Madhappa (83, 84, 81); 251: Piyush Sanghwan (85, 82, 84).
Category D (after 36 holes): 171: Karandeep S Kochar (84, 87); 174: Arjun Prasad (88, 86); 181: Siddarth K (89, 92).
Girls (A,B & C, after 36 holes): 153: Laverry Kumar (75, 78); 155: Sherya Ghei (77, 78); 160: Gurbani Singh (83, 77).
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