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Wednesday, Feb 16, 2005

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Simarjeet in lead

CHANDIGARH, FEB. 15. Simarjeet Singh played a creditable round of par 72 to sit atop the leaderboard at the end of the rain-drenched opening day of the Royal Challenge Samarvir Sahi amateur golf tournament here today. The event is the 11th leg of the Royal Challenge Indian Golf Tour.

A stroke behind at 73 was Gaganjeet Bhullar, while Shaurya Singh was third with 74.

A light shower that gradually turned into a heavy downpour marked the beginning of the day's proceedings making playing conditions extremely tough for the amateurs. Simarjeet, however, overcame all obstacles to play a consistent round that comprised two birdies and two bogeys.

The Oil India Limited employee was concentration personified as he parred the first seven holes. He then followed it up with a birdie on the par-3 eighth hole when he sank a 15-foot putt from the apron of the green. However he faltered on the very next hole, the par-4 ninth, as he recorded his first bogey of the day to finish the front nine on an even note.

The scores: Simarjeet Singh 72; Gaganjeet Bhullar 73; Shaurya Singh 74; Jasjeet Singh, Balwinder S. Mattoo, Vikram Rana 75; H.S. Kang, Gagan Verma, Jaskirat Dullet, Rahul Bajaj, Amardip Singh Malik 76. — UNI

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