The 28-year-old Yuvraj (63-67-61), the current PGTI Order of Merit leader, who is staring at his fourth title of the season and second in two weeks, totalled 22-under 191 for three days.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Olympian Udayan Mane (67-65-62) of Pune, who was overnight tied second, struck a nine-under 62 on Thursday to move into sole second position at 19-under 194. Delhi\u2019s Kshitij Naveed Kaul (68-67-64) came up with a 64 in the penultimate round to move up one spot into third position at 14-under 199.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Teenage amateur Veer Ganapathy of Bengaluru returned a 63 to be placed tied sixth at 11-under 202.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Yuvraj Sandhu, who will be looking to become wire-to-wire champion for the second week in succession, extended his overnight two-shot lead by another shot with the help of a tournament low of 61 that was punctuated by five birdies each on the front-nine and back-nine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sandhu\u2019s error-free round featured two drives that found the greens on Par-4 holes, two 12-foot conversions, two terrific nine-iron approach shots, and a couple of quality up and downs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Yuvraj said, \u201cIt was all about continuing the momentum from the previous rounds. I finally broke nine-under after almost two years, so that\u2019s a big personal achievement for me, as it was something I had been aiming to do.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sandhu\u2019s error-free round featured two drives that found the greens on Par-4 holes, two 12-foot conversions, two terrific nine-iron approach shots, and a couple of quality up and downs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Udayan Mane\u2019s third round of 62 was highlighted by a 16-foot eagle conversion on the 12th, along with seven other birdies. The 34-year-old Mane, searching for his first win in four years, also sank a 40-footer on the 17th and drove the Par-4 15th green to set up birdies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n