Rabat (Morocco), Dubai-based Rehan Thomas was the top Indian tied 11th after the first round of the USD 2 million International Series Morocco golf tournament here.
The youngster, who graduated from Oklahoma and is looking to make some forays into Asia, is tied for 11th after shooting a 4-under 69 on the par-73 Red Course at Royal Golf Dar es Salaam.
Jointly on top were Order of Merit leader John Catlin of the United States who carded a seven-under-par 66 and New Zealand's rising star Kazuma Kobori also shot 67. Filipino Miguel Tabuena finished second with 67.
Zimbabwe's Scott Vincent, playing with borrowed clubs and suffering a two-shot penalty after arriving late to the first tee (just 30 seconds away from the DQ), lost to Taichi Kho of Hong Kong, New Zealand's Ben Campbell, the Frenchman Scored a remarkable 68 with Sebastian Gross. , Eugenio Chacarra of Spain, Yanwei Liu of China and Genichiro Kozuma of Japan.
The next best Indians were Gaganjeet Bhullar, Veer Ahlawat and Rashid Khan, who carded 3-under 70 and were T-17. Varun Chopra (71) was T-29, Honey Baisoya (72) was T-42 and others were below the estimated cut line.
SSP Chawrasia (74) was T-80, Shiv Kapoor (75) was T-99, and so was Karandeep Kochhar. Jeev Milkha Singh, Ajitesh Sandhu and Khalin Joshi each played cards of 76 and secured T-116 position. S Chikkarangappa and Karthik Sharma shot 77 each to finish at T-131st, while Saptak Talwar (80) finished at T-148th and Yuvraj Sandhu (82) finished at 155th.
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The youngster, who graduated from Oklahoma and is looking to make some forays into Asia, is tied for 11th after shooting a 4-under 69 on the par-73 Red Course at Royal Golf Dar es Salaam.
Jointly on top were Order of Merit leader John Catlin of the United States who carded a seven-under-par 66 and New Zealand's rising star Kazuma Kobori also shot 67. Filipino Miguel Tabuena finished second with 67.
Zimbabwe's Scott Vincent, playing with borrowed clubs and suffering a two-shot penalty after arriving late to the first tee (just 30 seconds away from the DQ), lost to Taichi Kho of Hong Kong, New Zealand's Ben Campbell, the Frenchman Scored a remarkable 68 with Sebastian Gross. , Eugenio Chacarra of Spain, Yanwei Liu of China and Genichiro Kozuma of Japan.
The next best Indians were Gaganjeet Bhullar, Veer Ahlawat and Rashid Khan, who carded 3-under 70 and were T-17. Varun Chopra (71) was T-29, Honey Baisoya (72) was T-42 and others were below the estimated cut line.
SSP Chawrasia (74) was T-80, Shiv Kapoor (75) was T-99, and so was Karandeep Kochhar. Jeev Milkha Singh, Ajitesh Sandhu and Khalin Joshi each played cards of 76 and secured T-116 position. S Chikkarangappa and Karthik Sharma shot 77 each to finish at T-131st, while Saptak Talwar (80) finished at T-148th and Yuvraj Sandhu (82) finished at 155th.
Catlin traveled without hindrance like Kobori and Tabuena. orr pds pds
public distribution system
