Golconda Masters golf spherical 1: Defending champ Udayan Mane lies at 83rd place

Defending champion Udayan Mane and Harendra Gupta, winner of the inaugural version in 2015, discovered themselves in a troublesome place on the finish of the opening spherical of the gold season opener the Golconda Masters Telangana Open at Hyderabad Golf Association (HGA) course on Thursday.
Udayan who represented India within the Tokyo Olympics was mendacity at tied 83rd after carding 74 whereas Harendra was joint thirteenth at 68.
Pukhraj Singh Gill of Ludhiana and Manu Gandas of Gurugram with seven-under 64 had been in joint lead however in contrasting types. Yashas Chandra (65) of Mysuru was one shot behind the leaders with seven birdies with a bogey to be positioned third at six-under 65.
Pukhraj, 24, shot the very best spherical of his fledgling profession whereas Manu, 25, with 5 top-10s, was in good nick.
Meanwhile, Digraj Singh Gill, youthful brother of Pukhraj, had an eagle-two on the 14th and is tied for fourth with a rating of 66 together with Amardeep Malik of Noida.
PGTI Order of Merit chief Karandeep Kochhar of Chandigarh and 2019 champion Chikkarangappa of Bengaluru fired scores of 67 to be tied sixth.
Pukhraj, simply three years into professional golf, bagged three birdies on the primary six and on the final 4 holes to finish up with a bogey-free 64. He was within the bunker on the seventeenth however salvaged a birdie and on the 18th too, Pukhraj managed to select up a birdie from a tricky spot as he chipped-in after hitting his strategy over the inexperienced.
Manu collected two birdies and a bogey on the back-nine as he began from the tenth however added six birdies on the front-nine. He sank a 22-footer on the third and made chip-putt birdies after hitting it over the inexperienced on the sixth and eighth.
“It was my best day since I turned professional in 2018. My accuracy with the driver paid off as this course is playing tighter this time with the rough being up. I hope to keep the tempo. Playing after Covid-19 break of six months, it was difficult but then I was working on my swing during the break,” stated Pukraj about his first spherical present.
Manu felt he continued from the place he left earlier than the season got here to a halt. “I picked up birdies from tricky situations and shot a seven-under here before too. I’m at ease,” Manu stated.