Viraj Madappa, who became the youngest Indian to win on the Asian Tour last month, put himself in contention for another title as he shot a fine 5-under 67 at the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship Saturday.
He moved within a shot of the co-leaders, American John Catlin and local hope Hung Chien-yao.
Madappa was seven-under 209 and tied third in the tournament.
Hung shot 68 and Catlin carded two-under-par 70 to share the third round lead and they were one shot ahead of Madappa, Panuphol Pittyarat (71) and Korean-American Sihwan Kim 69) at the Linkou International Golf and Country Club.
The next best Indian was Shiv Kapur (71) at tied 24th at 1-under 215 and Karandeep Kochhar (71) and Rashid Khan (71) were tied 34th at even par 216. S Chikkarangappa (72) was tied 46th, SSP Chawrasia (76) slipped to tied 57th alongside Khalin Joshi (75) and Himmat Rai (75).
Madappa said, "Physically I felt I was playing well the last three weeks. I didn't feel like there was a loss of confidence or anything like that. It was just a bunch of mistakes I made mentally over the last three weeks."
"Because of that, I'm heading in the right direction and giving myself more chances now. I've been in this position many times as a junior, amateur before so I'm just going to let my natural instinct take over and just play my own game. I just hope for the best result."
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