Piyush takes lead at IGU Haryana Juniors golf championship

Piyush Sangwan shot a brilliant round of 4-under 68 to take the sole lead at the end of the second round of the IGU Haryana Junior Golf Championship played here today.
Piyush added a 68 to his overnight 76 to be level par 144 for the tournament and was leading by a shot from overnight joint-leader Feroz Singh Garewal who shot a 1-over 73, at the Golden Greens Golf Club.
Kartikey Vashist was tied for the third place along with Shubham Narain at 147.
Manu Gandas occupied the fifth position at 148 while Pukhraj Singh Gill (149) was sixth, with the tournament favourite Viraj Madappa lying in the seventh spot at 152.

In Category B, it was Karan Sharma who hit the front at 154. As many as three players - Kartik Sharma, Vignesh Thakur and Jaiveer Singh were tied for the second place at 156. Arjun Puri was fifth at 158.
Piyush, a 10th tee starter, began in great style with an eagle on the par-5 11th. A bogey on the 12th and 16th was followed by a birdie on the 18th.
Having learnt from his mistakes, the 15-year-old went about clinically in his back nine opening with a birdie. He went on to make two more birdies on the sixth and his finishing hole without any errors to submit a card of 68.

"I am happy with my round. Both my hitting and putting was good," said the leader who had won the Northern India amateur last month.