Jasjeet sniffs title at Royal Challenge RCGC Cup

Kolkata, Dec 28 (UNI) Jasjeet Singh is now in hand-shaking distance of the title after a penultimate round of two-under 70 which opened a mammoth 12-stroke lead in the Royal Challenge RCGC Cup here today.

Jasjeet's tournament tally now stands at a whopping 14-under 202 in the ninth leg on the Royal Challenge National Amateur circuit.

Jasjeet started with a birdie on the first but then dropped shots on the third and the sixth to make the turn at one over.

On his return leg, Jasjeet birdied the 11th, dropped a shot on the 13th, but recovered well to fire birdies on the next three holes.

Himmat Rai, on his part, fired a round of one-over 73 to occupy the second place at two-under 214, two strokes ahead of Saurabh Bahuguna who compiled a round of two-over 74 to occupy the third place at 216 while Ranjeet Singh shot 73 for the fourth position with a three-day tally of 217.

It was, however, Raj Randhawa who shot the day's best score of four-under 68 to jump to fifth place at 218. He was tied with Joseph Chakola who shot a level-par 72 today.

Scores (After 54 holes): 202 Jasjeet Singh (63, 69, 70) 214 Himmat Rai (70, 71, 73) 216 Saurabh Bahuguna (72, 70, 74) 217 Ranjit Singh (71, 73, 73) 218 Raj Randhawa (77, 73, 68), Joseph Chakola (71, 75, 72) 219 Shaurya Singh (74, 72, 73), HS Kang (80, 70, 69), Gagan Verma (72, 73, 74), Sanjeev Mehra (73, 73, 73) 221 Simarjeet Singh (70, 77, 74), Samaresh Sardar (74, 71, 76) UNI XC AY DH HT1800