Pranavi Urs takes lead after Day 3 of Asian Games golf

Pranavi Urs moved into the lead in the women’s individual golf event at the Asian Games after shooting a four-under 66 in Round 3. She is 15-under overall, while India also moved to second in the women’s team event.

Kasugai: Pranavi Urs continued her strong run in the women’s individual stroke play to sit on top of the board after Day 3 of the golf event at the Kasugai Country Club East Course here on Friday.

Pranavi shot a four-under 66 on Day 3 to sit at -15 after the first three days of the women’s individual stroke play. She hit five birdies and a bogey to jump from second after Day 2 to the top spot after Day 3. She has a strong chance of winning a medal going into the final day of the event.

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However, Indian men golfers endured another tough day as they remained out of medal positions after the three days, with Veer Ahlawat sitting at 10th spot with six-under 204 across the three days. In the men’s team event, India dropped from fifth spot to sixth place.

While the men’s team needs to put in a lot of effort on the final day, Pranavi and the women’s team would fancy their chances of two medals. Pranavi leads with Singapore’s Shannon Tan (-12) in second, followed by China’s Ruoning Yin (-11). She has a nine-stroke lead over the fourth-placed Sophie Han of Hong Kong (-6) but would be aware not to let the advantage slip on the final day, as was seen with Aditi Ashok, who was first after Day 3 but slipped to second for a silver.

Diksha Dagar and Aditi Ashok did not had a great time for another day as they remained joint 18th with five-over 215 in the stroke play.

Meanwhile, in the women’s team event, India jumped from the third spot to the second place with a four-under 136 score. Scores of top two golfers from a nation are counted for the team event.

India have a combined 11-under 409 after three days and sit second behind toppers China (-15) but ahead of Hong Kong, China (-9) and fourth-ranked Chinese Taipei (6).

In the men’s event, Saptak Talwar continued dropping down as he went to 11th spot after Day 3 with a total six-under 205. He was joint third with a four-under 66 after Day 1 and joint seventh after a combined six-under 134 after two days.

Veer is up from joint 16th to 10 after Day 3 as he carded five-under 65 on Day 3 to tally -6. In the men’s team, India dropped from fifth to sixth.