Panasonic Open: Shiv Kapur takes share of lead, four Indians in top-10

Golfer Shiv Kapur carded a second straight five-under 67 to grab a share of the three-way lead at the Panasonic Open which saw four Indians feature in the top 10 here on Saturday.

Giving Kapur company in top-10 were Rashid Khan (67-70), S Chikkarangappa (69-68) and Vikrant Chopra (67-70) at seven-under and tied-sixth place.

Though play began on the at 7 am for the first time this week, the tournament has been reduced to 54 holes due to severe smog earlier this week. The third and final round will be played from two tees.

The cut fell at one-under with 67 players making it, of them as many as 30 were Indians.

At the end of the day, Kapur at 10-under shared the lead with Australians, Adam Blyth (71-63) and the seasoned Terry Pilkadaris (68-66).

Kapur found a second wind in his career in 2017 when he had three wins, two of them on Asian Tour including the Panasonic Open India at his home club, the Delhi Golf Club. He had a third win, the Royal Cup, but it was then not on the Asian Tour schedule.

Siddikur Rahman of Bangladesh, who has finished runner-up in this event thrice, was bogey free in his 67 and reached eight-under and was two behind the leading trio. Also at eight-under was Taipei's Hung Chien-yao (69)