Khalin celebrates birthday with 7-under 64 to get to 2nd place

Local golfer Khalin Joshi celebrated his 26th birthday with a stunning bogey-free seven-under 64 that saw him rise to Tied-2nd after the third round of the TAKE Solutions Masters here today.

Joshi is now just one shot behind new leader Argentine Miguel Carballo (67).

On the traditional moving day, none moved better than Joshi, who a year ago had come within a whisker of grabbing his maiden Asian Tour title here.

Sitting at 13-under, Joshi said the course was yielding good scores and 20-under could be the target.

"Shubhankar and I spoke about it and he said you shoot 20-under. I spoke to my caddie as well and he said you shoot 20-under and you'll win! For me it was always a goal to shoot 20-under this week."
"I have been playing good this year, both on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) and the Asian Tour. This is my first time playing in the final group on the Asian Tour. I wasn't feeling any pressure."