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Vishal and Bikramjit joint round one leaders in Jaipur

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Press Trust of India Jaipur
Jaipur's Vishal Singh and Bangalore's Bikramjit Singh Sandhu returned scores of four-under 66 to be the joint leaders in the first round of the PGTI Feeder Tour event being played at the Rambagh Golf Club here.

Rahul Bajaj of Noida was in third place with a score of three-under 67.

Local-lad Vishal Singh, a winner on the PGTI, mixed seven birdies with three bogeys in the opening round to take the early advantage.

Vishal said, "I hit my irons well. I capitalised on the par-5 holes with birdies on three of the four par-5s. However, I missed some crucial chip-putts today. One of my best birdies in round one came on the 17th where I made an up and down from the bunker."
 

Bikramjit came up with five birdies against a lone bogey on Wednesday to set the pace along with Vishal.

Bikramjit said, "I was solid through the day. I missed a hole-in-one by a whisker on the 16th where the ball was just two rolls short of the cup. I've not had a good season so far so it's important for me to do well here. A good performance this week will give me the much-needed confidence."

Rahul, a winner on the Feeder Tour, was one stroke off the lead in third place. His round included four birdies and a bogey.

Lucknow's Bhoop Singh and Suleman Ali of Delhi were a further shot back in joint fourth position.

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First Published: Jun 18 2014 | 5:49 PM IST

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