Jammu: Gurugram’s Kartik Sharma fired an impressive five-under 67 to take a three-shot lead at 10-under 206 in spherical three of the INR 50 lakh J&Ok Open 2024 introduced by J&Ok Tourism being performed on the Jammu Tawi Golf Course (JTGC) in Jammu.
Twenty-four-year-old Kartik (71-68-67), who was in a single day tied fifth and three off the lead, put collectively a flawless spherical to rise 4 spots on the leaderboard. The left-handed golfer, presently twenty sixth on the TATA Metal PGTI Rating, is looking for his maiden skilled title.
The Delhi duo of Sachin Baisoya (72) and Shaurya Bhattacharya (73), the in a single day chief, ended the penultimate spherical in tied second place at seven-under 209.
Kartik Sharma scored birdies from 40 ft and 12 ft on the second and fifth holes respectively to construct the tempo early on. Sharma adopted that up with some nice wedge photographs to arrange three extra birdies on the sixth, eighth and 18th. Kartik made a tap-in on the 18th.
Kartik mentioned, “I had a superb technique coming into this spherical and I executed it nicely. I stayed centered all by means of and took it one shot at a time. I struck it nicely, discovered most greens and transformed my alternatives with some constant placing.
“I’ve been working exhausting on my sport and am headed in the fitting route. I’ve good recollections from my top-10 end right here at Jammu two years again. This bogey-free spherical offers me plenty of confidence going into the ultimate spherical.”
Bengaluru’s C Muniyappa (69) occupied fourth place at six-under 210 whereas Pune’s Udayan Mane (69), Noida’s Amardeep Malik (69) and Delhi’s Arjun Prasad (72) have been an extra shot again in tied fifth.
Divyanshu Bajaj Jethmalani of Kolkata shot the bottom spherical of the event to this point, an eight-under 64, to rise 39 spots to tied eleventh at three-under 213. Divyanshu’s spherical featured six straight birdies from the 18th to the fifth gap.
