Three Indians golfers -- Khalin Joshi, Chiragh Kumar and Himmat Rai -- were among those tied at eighth place at the end of the third round of the Bali National Golf Championship here today.
Joshi, who has been in top-5 for the past two days had a strange card with four birdies and three double bogeys for a 74 that saw him slip down, but Chiragh with a second successive 69 also moved to eighth as did Himmat (70).
Himmat had two birdies in his first three holes and two more in last three and in between suffered a double bogey on eighth.
Chiragh, on the other hand, started with two bogeys in first three holes and then recovered with five birdies.
Joshi, second at the Queen's Cup recently, birdied four times but double bogeyed the seventh, 11th and 14th holes.
Matthew Giles of Australia shot a two-under 70 to seize the third round lead after Hsieh Chi-hsien of Chinese Taipei struggled in the closing three holes today.
The 25-year-old Giles produced three birdies and one eagle against three bogeys to lead by one shot on nine-under 207 at the challenging Bali National Golf Club.
Hsieh was cruising on 11-under through 15 holes before making two disappointing double bogeys on holes 16 and 17.
Hsieh birdied 18 for a 71 to share second place with overnight leader Jake Stirling of Australia, who returned with a 73 at the US$76,000 ADT event.
Lindsay Renolds of Canada was a further shot back following a 70 while Micah Lauren Shin of the United States registered a 69 to trail the leader by three shots.
