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Saptak on tied 18 with 1-under 69 on Hotel Planner Tour
Saptak Talwar started his week at the Golf Bluegreen de Pleneuf Val Andre with a steady round of 1-under 69 to place himself at tied 18 in the standings at the Blot Play9 in Brittany.
Talwar has been playing as many events as possible on the Hotel Planner Tour, the second rung of the DP World Tour, and has had modest results but has made seven cuts in nine previous starts.
His best finish has been T-37 in the UAE Challenge.
Talwar began his round on the front nine and had two bogeys against one birdie by the turn of the round.
On the back nine he picked up the pace and picked up shots on the 11th and 14th holes to close the day at one under.
-PTI
Ajeetesh plays steady first round, lies 13th in Morocco
India’s Ajeetesh Sandhu started his week at the Morocco Rising Stars event with a bogey-free round of 4-under 68 and was tied 13th after the first day.
Sandhu began his day at the Samanah Golf Club on the front nine and had only one birdie on the first nine holes. On the back nine, Sandhu made birdies on the 12th and 16th holes before ending his day with his fourth birdie on the 18th hole.
There are a total of eight Indians taking part this week including Sandhu. The others included Karandeep Kochhar (70) at T-26th, Khalin Joshi (71) at T-32, Arjun Sharma (72) at T063.
The remaining Indians—Rahil Gangjee (74) at T-78, S. Chikkarangappa (75) and Aman Raj (75) and T-93 and Pukhraj Singh Gill (76) at T-106—will need to to pick up the pace if they hope to make cut.
-PTI
