Prom Makes a Strong Start at the Hero Indian Open
Thailand’s Prom Meesawat opened his campaign with a four-under-par 68 to trail first-round clubhouse leaders Stephen Gallacher of Scotland and American Julian Suri by one shot at the Hero Indian Open on Thursday.
The 34-year-old Thai traded five birdies against one bogey to stay close behind the leading duo who posted matching 67s at the US$1.75 million event staged at the challenging DLF Golf and Country Club.
India’s Shubhankar Sharma, Australia’s Scott Hend, Thai duo Poom Saksansin and Prayad Marksaeng and Japan’s Masahiro Kawamura stayed two shots off the lead following their rounds of 69.
Starting on the tenth hole, Prom remained patient as he tackled the demanding course, rolling in four birdies before stumbling with his only blemish of the day on the eighth hole.
Hend, who was victorious in Malaysia last week, completed an amazing turnaround for his opening efforts. The big-hitting Australian recovered brilliantly with three closing birdies after making a triple bogey on the ninth hole where he found the water hazard twice.
Play was abandoned at 6.40pm local time due to fading light. Three players will return at 7.40am to resume their first round with the second round scheduled to start as planned.
Results
0 Y Chandra (Ind) ,
0 N Fung (Mas) ,
0 J Higginbottom (Aus) ,
67 J Suri (USA) , S Gallacher (Sco) ,
68 R Karlsson (Swe) , P Larrazábal (Esp) , C Bezuidenhout (RSA) , P Meesawat (Tha) ,
69 R Ramsay (Sco) , E Van Rooyen (RSA) , P Marksaeng (Tha) , M Kawamura (Jpn) , S Hend (Aus) , S Sharma (Ind) , E Molinari (Ita) , A Chesters (Eng) , P Saksansin (Tha) ,
70 W Ormsby (Aus) , J Morrison (Eng) , A Otaegui (Esp) , R Gangjee (Ind) , B Henson (USA) , J Campillo (Esp) , J Dantorp (Swe) , R Rock (Eng) , D Nisbet (Aus) , G Coetzee (RSA) , R Jacquelin (Fra) , N Bertasio (Ita) ,
71 B Wiesberger (Aut) , M Korhonen (Fin) , V Dubuisson (Fra) , M Kieffer (Ger) , J Veerman (USA) , T Kaewsiribandit (Tha) , M Waite (Eng) , S Chan (Tpe) , O Chouhan (Ind) , H Tanihara (Jpn) , D Burmester (RSA) , J Catlin (USA) , S Kjeldsen (Den) , A Da Silva (Bra) , M Fraser (Aus) , S Yongcharoenchai (Tha) , P Pittayarat (Tha) , N Thangaraja (Sri) ,
72 G Bhullar (Ind) , G Green (Mas) , D Horsey (Eng) , W Liang (Chn) , D Boonma (Tha) , B Campbell (Nzl) , C Shinkwin (Eng) , S Vincent (Zim) , N Elvira (Esp) , J Singh Brar (Eng) , R Khan (Ind) , M Schwab (Aut) ,
73 K Horne (RSA) , J Hansen (Den) , J Kruger (RSA) , G Singh (Ind) , S Brazel (Aus) , P Figueiredo (Por) , J Wang (Kor) , M Mollah (Ban) , H Porteous (RSA) , R Wannasrichan (Tha) , S Brown (Eng) , T Ghai (Ind) , J Todd (USA) , R Gouveia (Por) , O Fisher (Eng) , M Dharma (Ind) , M Warren (Sco) ,
74 A Rai (Eng) , S Ahmed (Ind) , S Khan (Ind) , J Walters (RSA) , J Janewattananond (Tha) , A Sandhu (Ind) , S Chikkarangappa (Ind) , S Chawrasia (Ind) , S Kapur (Ind) , M Shin (USA) ,
75 D Howell (Eng) , T Pilkadaris (Aus) , M Kokocinski (Swe) , A Rohana (Sri) , N Srithong (Tha) , J Norris (Aus) , K Samooja (Fin) , A Pavan (Ita) , H Gupta (Ind) ,
76 S Kim (USA) , S Rahman (Ban) , A Sharma (Ind) , P Tangkamolprasert (Tha) , M Perera (Sri) , U Mane (Ind) , Y Chang (Kor) , J Randhawa (Ind) , S Soderberg (Swe) , L Gagli (Ita) , D Kataoka (Jpn) , K Joshi (Ind) ,
77 R Wattel (Fra) , M Manassero (Ita) , V Madappa (Ind) , C Kumar (Ind) , C Nirat (Tha) , H Park (Kor) , A Lahiri (Ind) , A Raj (Ind) , D Bajaj (Ind) , V Ahlawat (Ind) , K Kumar (Ind) , A Chadha (Ind) , V Parikh (am) (Ind) ,
78 S Norris (RSA) , K Kochhar (Ind) , B Stone (RSA) , M Choi (Kor) , Z Lombard (RSA) , P Peterson (USA) , D Law (Sco) ,
79 M Mamat (Sin) , H Baisoya (Ind) , M Kumar (Ind) , A Singh Ahlawat (am) (Ind) ,
80 S Das (Ind) , A Wu (Chn) , C Wood (Eng) , K Sharma (am) (Ind) ,
81 T Pulkkanen (Fin) , R Lee (Can) ,
83 D Singh (Ind) ,
84 D Gleeson (Aus) , A Quiros (Esp) , A Malik (Ind) ,
87 H Sethie (am) (Ind) ,
** S Manley (Wal) ,
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