<p>Piyush Sangwan alternated from the brilliant to the ordinary to emerge as the round-one leader in the Toyota Etios Southern India Juniors Golf Championship here on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 14-year-old from Gurgaon, who is competing in Category B, carded a topsy-turvy one-over 73 to steer one shot clear (Category A&B combined) of a jam-packed leaderboard on a largely overcast day at the Karnataka Golf Association.<br /><br />Yashas Chandra, Viraj Madappa and Prakhar Asawa were tied second at 74 while the trio of Abhishek Kuhar, Shubhankar Sharma and Tanvir Kahlon were bunched together at 75.<br />Sangwan, who has finished second in the three tournaments he has competed so far this season, started on a bright note, picking up a stroke on his opening 10th hole.<br /><br /> Two 20-footer birdie putts on 14th and 16th helped him go three-under before a bogey on the 17th and a double bogey on the 18th brought him back to level terms.<br /><br />The back-to-back misses seemed to play on Sangwan’s mind as he dropped a shot on the first hole. Struggling with his hitting, Sangwan found another bogey on the fifth but signed off the day on a happy note, birdieing the ninth hole to walk away with the opening round honours.<br /><br />Leading scores (after 18 holes): Category A&B: 73: Piyush Sangwan; 74: Yashas Chandra, Viraj Madappa, Prakhar Asawa; 75: Abhishek Kuhar, Shubhankar Sharma, Tanvir Kahlon; 76: Mohan Sardar; 77: Harjot Singh Soni, Arjun Singh, D Venkat Gautam; 78: Arjun Malik, Dhruv Sheoran, Feroz Singh Garewal, S Sidharta, Karan Arjun, Jairaj Singh Sandhu, Vashista Pawar, Manu Gandas.<br /><br />Category B: 73: Piyush Sangwan; 74: Viraj Madappa, Prakhar Asawa; 75: Tanvir Kahlon; 76: Mohan Sardar; 81: Tutul Ali, BC Ganapathy, Kartik Sharma.</p>
<p>Piyush Sangwan alternated from the brilliant to the ordinary to emerge as the round-one leader in the Toyota Etios Southern India Juniors Golf Championship here on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 14-year-old from Gurgaon, who is competing in Category B, carded a topsy-turvy one-over 73 to steer one shot clear (Category A&B combined) of a jam-packed leaderboard on a largely overcast day at the Karnataka Golf Association.<br /><br />Yashas Chandra, Viraj Madappa and Prakhar Asawa were tied second at 74 while the trio of Abhishek Kuhar, Shubhankar Sharma and Tanvir Kahlon were bunched together at 75.<br />Sangwan, who has finished second in the three tournaments he has competed so far this season, started on a bright note, picking up a stroke on his opening 10th hole.<br /><br /> Two 20-footer birdie putts on 14th and 16th helped him go three-under before a bogey on the 17th and a double bogey on the 18th brought him back to level terms.<br /><br />The back-to-back misses seemed to play on Sangwan’s mind as he dropped a shot on the first hole. Struggling with his hitting, Sangwan found another bogey on the fifth but signed off the day on a happy note, birdieing the ninth hole to walk away with the opening round honours.<br /><br />Leading scores (after 18 holes): Category A&B: 73: Piyush Sangwan; 74: Yashas Chandra, Viraj Madappa, Prakhar Asawa; 75: Abhishek Kuhar, Shubhankar Sharma, Tanvir Kahlon; 76: Mohan Sardar; 77: Harjot Singh Soni, Arjun Singh, D Venkat Gautam; 78: Arjun Malik, Dhruv Sheoran, Feroz Singh Garewal, S Sidharta, Karan Arjun, Jairaj Singh Sandhu, Vashista Pawar, Manu Gandas.<br /><br />Category B: 73: Piyush Sangwan; 74: Viraj Madappa, Prakhar Asawa; 75: Tanvir Kahlon; 76: Mohan Sardar; 81: Tutul Ali, BC Ganapathy, Kartik Sharma.</p>
