New Delhi: Shiv Kapur birdied three times in last five holes to close the gap between him and the leader at the end of the third day of Royal Cup in Pattaya, Thailand, on Saturday.
Kapur, who is the defending champion, started the day six behind leader Justin Harding (71) but finished two adrift, as he carded 3-under 67. Kapur is now second and 9-under 201 to Harding’s 11-under 199.
Gaganjeet Bhullar also made a move up into the top 10 as he registered 1-under 69 to get to 5-under 205 and was tied at 9th place. Bhullar had one birdie and 17 pars.
Among other Indians, Viraj Madappa (69) is 2-under and T24, while Honey Baisoya (72) and S. Chikkarangappa (67) are 1-under and T30. Himmat Rai (70) and Khalin Joshi (71) are even par through 54 holes and T38 and Rashid Khan (72) is 4-over and T63. Early this morning when the second round was completed, Chiragh Kumar, Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa missed the cut.
Kapur, speaking on the third round and the conditions said, “It was just one of those days where you stay patient when the conditions are tough and you get rewarded.”
