Manila, The Philippines, 17-05-2014

Siddikur in tied eighth after round 3 of ICTSI Philippine Open, Rohana and Perera lie tied 13th

Bhullar tied 26th in Spain after round 2

PGTI member Md Siddikur Rahman of Bangladesh slipped from overnight third to tied eighth in round 3 of the Asian Tour's ICTSI Philippine Open. Rahman's (66-73-76) total of one-under-215 placed him four strokes behind the leader Chan Kim of USA.

The Sri Lankan duo of PGTI members Anura Rohana and Mithun Perera was in tied 13th place at even-par-216.

Among the three Indians who made the cut, Abhijit Singh Chadha and SSP Chowrasia were placed tied 25th with scores of two-over-218 while Anirban Lahiri was in tied 37th at four-over-220. Lahiri followed up his second round of 69 with an ordinary 76 on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Gaganjeet Bhullar (71-74) occupied tied 26th position at the halfway stage of the European Tour's Open de Espana in Girona, Spain. Bhullar's one-over-145 total placed him seven strokes behind the leader Thomas Pieters of Belgium.

Jeev Milkha Singh missed the halfway cut after posting a total of five-over-149 for the first two rounds.

 



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