Kapur fights back in third round, ready for final sprint

An unfortunate visit to the water hazard on the 11th derailed Shiv Kapur's determined bid at the USD 7 million CIMB Classic here, but he fought back with two birdies later on to card one-under 71 and keep himself in line for a good finish.
Kapur is six-under through 54 holes to be tied 16th and six shots behind the leaders, Chris Stroud (68) and Ryan Moore (69) at the only event co-sanctioned by Asian and PGA Tours.
Kapur is the third best Asian after Kiradech Aphibarnrat (69), who is tied third, and KJ Choi (70) who is tied 11th.

Other Indians in the fray, Gaganjeet Bhullar, a four-time Asian Tour winner, returned with a 71 to sit at tied 27th on 213, while Anirban Lahiri struggled with a 75 for 64th place.
Asian hopes lie with Kiradech, who is just one behind the leaders. A win on Sunday will earn Kiradech a handsome cheque of USD 1.26 million, playing rights on the PGA TOUR for essentially the next three years, a place at the Masters Tournament next April plus a host of other invitations.
Kapur conceded he must erase the mental mistakes to overcome a six-shot deficit from leaders Stroud and Moore.

"All parts of my game feel in good shape. I don't see any weakness right now. I just need to eliminate some mental mistakes," said Kapur.

"My goal is to go as low as I can. Obviously it is going to be tougher pins. They are going to make it as tough as possible. You want to try and make as many birdies. I haven't set myself any goals so it is just go out and shoot as low as I can and get to double digits," he added.
He traded two birdies against a bogey and another double bogey on 11th when his tee shot found water but is confident of shooting a low round & haul himself up on the leaderboard.

"It is tough to recover from a double bogey. I was playing pretty steady for most of the day. I played pretty well even after the double bogey. It is disappointing to shoot one-under-par even though you played better than that
"I'm taking in the positives because I fought back well to give myself birdie chances. I birdied 14 and 16, so am feeling good about my game going into tomorrow. I know there's a low one in the bag somewhere," said Kapur.