AMN / Ahmedabad
Seasoned M Dharma ( Bengaluru) and Ahmedabad-based rookie Anshul Patel shot scores of three-under-33 over nine holes to take the first round lead at the inaugural Glade One Masters here on Tuesday.
The first ever professional round played at the Glade One Golf Resort saw the six players bunched together in tied third place with scores of two-under-34 were Delhi’s Honey Baisoya, Patna’s Aman Raj, Bengalureans Khalin Joshi and Trishul Chinnappa, Chandigarh’s Yuvraj Singh Sandhu and Faridabad-based Abhinav Lohan.
Aman Raj had the highest birdie count on day one as he accumulated five birdies at the expense of three bogeys.
The unique format for the tournament is as follows. The first two rounds will comprise of nine holes each. After 18 holes the cut will be applied. The third and fourth rounds will then comprise of 18 holes each. The tournament will be played over a total of 54 holes.
Anshul Patel, who turned professional earlier in the season in 2020, looked quite comfortable at a course where he’s played about seven or eight times before. He fired eight greens in regulation to set up his birdies on the third, sixth and eighth.
M Dharma, a two-time winner on the PGTI, made a 15-feet birdie conversion early on the third but then made a three-putt bogey on the sixth after missing a few short birdie putts on the fourth and fifth.
Dharma finally rallied with some outstanding iron shots to pick up birdies from short range on the seventh, eighth and ninth and close the round in the joint lead.
Among the prominent names, Chikkarangappa, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Karandeep Kochhar and Viraj Madappa shot scores of one-under-35 to be placed tied ninth.
Udayan Mane’s one-over-37 placed him tied 50th.
