Karan lies second, close to making final stage of Asian Tour

Indian golfer Karan Taunk salvaged his round with two closing birdies and moved to the second spot in the Asian Tour Qualifying School's First Stage Section A at the Royal Thai Army Sports Center.
Taunk, who was lying third after the second round, carded one-over 73 and is now two-under 214 for 54 holes after rounds of 72 and 69 on first two days.
But Taunk lies a whopping 14 shots behind runaway leader Simon Griffiths of England, who carded a three-under 69 to get to 16-under 200.
Mitchell Brown (74) is also tied second at two-under. In the other section of the Q-School First stage, Australia's Matt Jager put himself in prime position to secure a spot in the all-important Qualifying School Final Stage after shooting a four-under-par 68 in the third round.

The powerful Australian produced another consistent performance by trading five birdies against one bogey to take the lead on 11-under 205 at the Imperial Lakeview Golf Club.
Japan's Fukumi Yoshinaga shot a 68 for second position on 10-under 206, Andrew Martin of Australia was a further shot back in third after posting a 69 and he is at nine-under 207.
After four rounds of the First Stage Section A and Section B, the top 15% players from each venue will qualify for the all-important Final Stage from February 12-15.
They will then join players who are already exempted into the Final Stage at the Imperial Lakeview and Springfield Royal where the top-40 finishers and ties will earn their Tour cards for 2014.