Manav Das carded a hole-in-one on his way to a brilliant five-under par 67 which catapulted him to the top of the leaderboard in the individual category while helping Haryana 'B' to virtually seal the title in the team event of the Tata Steel Inter-State Amateur Golf Championship.
Manav was ably supported by Ankur Chadha (72) as the duo were 10 shots clear of the fancied Karnataka 'A' represented by Trishul Chinnappa and Syed Saqib Ahmed.
Manu Gandas, who shot a two-under par 70, shared the lead along with Manav while his team Haryana 'A' was lying third at 444 in the championship being played at the Noida Golf Course.
Samarth Dwivedi was tied for the third place along with Trishul with a total of 218.
Top scores after 54 holes:
Team: 433 Haryana 'B' (Manav Das, Ankur Chadha); 443 Karnataka 'A' (Trishul Chinnappa, Syed Saqib Ahmed); 444 Haryana 'A' (Manu Gandas, Ainesh Ahluwalia); 446 Uttar Pradesh 'A' (Simarjeet Singh, Samarth Dwivedi); 447 Karnataka 'B' (Udayan Mane, Jaibir Singh)
Individual: 212 Manav Das (73, 72, 67), Manu Gandas (71, 71, 70); 218 Samarth Dwivedi (73, 74, 71), Trishul Chinnappa (70, 76, 72); 219 Pratap Atwal (73, 72, 74); 221 Ankur Chadha (70, 79, 72); 223 Babloo Yadav (76, 73, 74), Udayan Mane (73, 76, 74); 224 Jaibir Singh (71, 80, 73), 224 Karan Taunk (76, 72, 76).
