Brazil\u2019s Adilson Da Silva was alongside Singh and Randhawa on 4 under-par 68, three strokes behind event leader Joakim Haeggman, who fired home eight birdies against one bogey to sign off for a 7-under 65 card at the inaugural USD 500,000 HSBC India Legends Championship co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Clark Dennis of the USA, leader for much of the first morning was overhauled by Haeggman after setting the clubhouse total of 5-under 67 playing alongside Randhawa (68) and South Africa\u2019s Keith Horne (72), who is currently ninth on the Legends Tour Order of Merit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Legends Tour Qualifying School winner Randhawa started shakily, dropping three shots against one birdie before the turn. The 52-year-old sparked to life on the second nine, firing an astonishing sequence of birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie-birdie to pick up six strokes in the five-hole stretch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Said Randhawa later, \u201cI started not too well really. It was not a good putting experience in the first nine, but then I probably got hot in the back nine and made some putts. I knew what I wanted to do and I did that in the back nine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThat eagle on the second was great, I had also birdied the first. So that really kept me going. I think after the seventh hole, I just found out what I needed to do with my putting stroke because I was missing putts in the front nine. And then I just stuck with it in the back nine and made a lot of putts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Jeev said, \u201cI've been playing very good golf, to be honest, in the last few weeks. I've struggled with my short game, but it was a little better today. I've been working quite hard. I made five birdies and one bogey.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThat bogey shouldn't have happened also because I was on the edge of the green. I was only 10 feet from the hole. But that's okay. I had a lot of birdie opportunities on the golf course, which I didn't convert. I'll take today, tomorrow's another day and look forward to having a good week,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Teeing off from the front nine, Jeev played steady golf and picked up two strokes before the turn without a blemish on his card. The back nine was livelier with three birdies against one bogey that made for his 4 under total for the day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThat bogey shouldn't have happened also because I was on the edge of the green. I was only 10 feet from the hole. But that's okay. I had a lot of birdie opportunities on the golf course, which I didn't convert. I'll take today, tomorrow's another day and look forward to having a good week,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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