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Chiranjeev in eighth spot

New Delhi Sept. 27. Indian golfing maestro Chiranjeev Milkha Singh, looked poised to return his best finish of the season on the Japanese PGA Tour after a round of four-under 67 propelled him to the tied eighth position going into the final round of the 120-million yen Acom International.

Chiranjeev, whose tournament tally stands at nine-under 204 has a tied 15th finish at the Crowns In Aichi earlier this year as his best finish for 2003.

According to information reaching here today, Masahiro Kuramoto, who became the first player in the history of the Japanese Tour to break the 60 barrier on Thursday, fired a one-under 70 to boost his tournament tally to 15-under 198.

Kuramoto now leads the field by four strokes with Yusaku Miyazato placed second at 11-under 202. Hirofumi Miyase, Prayad Marksaeng, Toru Taniguchi, Naomichi Ozaki and Masashi Ozaki were tied for the third place at ten-under 203.

Hero Honda-sponsored Chiranjeev, who teed off from the first tee, hit a purple patch right away, with birdies highlighting the first three holes of his card.

Another birdie on the fifth followed by a string of pars, saw him make the turn at a healthy four-under. His return journey began with his fifth birdie of the day.

However, an unfortunate dropped shot on the closing hole of his round, the par-418th, prevented him from essaying a better finish.

The leader, Kuramoto, had birdies on the third, fifth and seventh on his front nine. His back-nine saw him drop shot on the 12th and 15th, for a card of 70.— UNI

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