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Kahlon tied at 18th spot

Macau: Harmeet Kahlon was tied at 18th spot with an aggregate of under-3 210 at the end of third day's play in the 275,000 US Dollar Macau Open at the 71-par Macau Golf and Country Club here today.

The Chandigarh pro could have given an improved display had he not dropped one stroke each on the 17th and 18th holes.

After playing at par 39 on the front nine, Karmeet played one over on the 12th hole. He had birdies on the third, sixth, seventh, 13th and 15th holes. Kahlon's progressive scores were 71, 67, 72. Arjun Singh was placed tied 20th with two-under total of 211. Despite a triple bogey on the eighth hole Arjun Singh returned a par card 71.

It was his second par round in three day. On Friday, he had played one under 70.

Amandeep Johl, another Indian from Chandigarh, scored second successive par round of 71 which paved the way for him to occupied a tied 24th spot with one-under total of 212. Johl started by dropping one stroke on the first green itself.

However, he played a steady round till going wayward on the three-par 10th hole where he committed a triple bogey. Johl still managed to pay a par round.

On day one, the Chandgarh golfer had played one-under 70.

Yet another Indian Rahul Gangjee was tied at the 33rd place with an aggregate three days' score of 213. Today, he played a par round. His scores were 70, 72 and 71.

Young Gurbaaz Mann played a par round 71. His first two days' scores were 73 and 71. His aggregate is one over 214.

Leading third round scores: 202 - Wang Ter-chang (TPE) 66-69-67; 203 - Edward Loar (USA) 71-66-66; 204 - Jarrod Lyle (AUS) 67-70-67, Jason Knutzon (USA) 67-68-69; 205 - Suk Jong-yul (KOR) 67-68-70, Lu Wei-lan (TPE) 66-66-73, Marcus Both (AUS) 65-68-72; 206 - Lin Chie-hsiang (TPE) 69-71-66, Terry Pilkadaris (AUS) 67-68-71, Jason Dawes (AUS) 67-67-72; 207 - Corey Harris (USA) 68-71-68, Kao Bo-song (TPE) 71-66-70, Zheng Wen-gen (CHN) 65-70-72; 209 - Fred Couples (USA) 68-72-69, Andrew Pitts (USA) 69-70-70, Lu Wen-teh (TPE) 69-70-70, Anthony Kang (USA) 70-68-71; 210 - Adam Blyth (AUS) 71-71-68, Harmeet Kahlon (IND) 71-67-72; 211 - Brad Oh (KOR) 70-73-68, Scott Strange (AUS) 72-70-69, Chen Tze-chung (TPE) 69-70-72, Arjun Singh (IND) 71-68-72; 212 - Gerry Norquist (USA) 71-72-69, P. Gunasegaran (MAS) 73-69-70, Frankie Minoza (PHI) 73-69-70, Amandeep Johl (IND) 70-71-71, Yeh Chang-ting (TPE) 71-70-71, Lin Wen-Ko (TPE) 73-68-71, Boonchu Ruangkit (THA) 71-70-71, Thaworn Wiratchant (THA) 71-68-73, Alejandro Quiroz (MEX) 70-68-74.

Other Indians: 213- Rahil Gangjee (IND) 70-72-71; 214- Gurbaaz Mann (IND) 73-70-71; 216- Uttam Singh Mundy 70-71-75; 218: Sandeep Lehl (IND) 73-71-74. — UNI

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