Lahiri moves to tied second as Garcia moves four shots ahead

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Press Trust of India Bangkok
Last Updated : Dec 14 2013 | 4:25 PM IST
Anriban Lahiri continued his great run this season, playing a sharp round of five-under 67 to move to tied second at the end of day three at the USD one million Thailand Golf Championships here.
With one more round to go, Spaniard Sergio Garcia (65) seemed to run away from the field opening a four-shot lead over Henrik Stenson (65) and Lahiri (67). The trio will go out in the lead group tomorrow.
"I am looking forward to that," said Lahiri. "Those two guys are great players and it should be fun playing with them."
Gaganjeet Bhullar (69) and Sujjan Singh (71) ensured they were in the neighbourhood, even if some distance away at eight-under 208 in the crowded 11th place alongside defending champion and former Masters winner, Charl Schwartzel (67), PGA Tour player DA Points (66) and Asian Tour No. 1 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (71) and five others.
Jeev Milkha Singh, the fourth Indian to make the cut this week, shot two-under 70 with six birdies and four bogeys to be way behind in tied 50th place.
Justin Rose (70) dropped a bogey on the last and was fourth at 13-under, while Frenchman Alexander Levy (70) was fifth two shots behind.
Lahiri started very well with birdies on second and third though he dropped a shot on fourth. But when he birdied seventh, he was momentarily in shared lead with Garcia at 11-under. On the back nine, he birdied 11th, 16th and 17th which has a Island green.
He said, "I'm very happy because I didn't hit the ball very good but I played really sharp golf, and that's good to see because I've been waiting for that to come around and I'm happy that I'm able to focus and get up-and-down when I miss it, and make some putts."
He admitted, "Yeah, Sergio is running away with it almost, so I'm glad I'm still within touching distance. Again, I can't really go into tomorrow expecting anything. I just want to play solid.
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First Published: Dec 14 2013 | 4:25 PM IST

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