Ahmedabad (Gujarat)[India], March 2 (ANI): Ahmedabad-based Anshul Patel, taking part in at his dwelling course, together with Patna’s Aman Raj fired opening rounds of six-under 66 to emerge because the joint first-round leaders on the Gujarat Open Golf Championship 2023 being performed on the Kalhaar Blues and Greens Golf Club in Ahmedabad.
Rookie Makoto Iwasaki (68) of Japan was one shot behind the leaders in third place.
Anshul Patel, who started the yr with a top-10 on the Qualifying School to regain his PGTI card, was off to a cracking begin in his dwelling city as he picked up 5 photographs on the again 9 making two lengthy conversions and landed his strategy inside 4 toes for an eagle on the par-5 14th.
The 27-year-old Anshul then hit it out of bounds on the third which resulted in a double-bogey for him. Patel made up for the error on the third by including three extra birdies to his card.
Anshul mentioned, “It was one of those days where I felt I could’ve shot anything. I started off really well and had a feeling I could go low after being five-under through the first seven holes. I won’t say that I have the advantage playing at my home course but I do feel a different kind of comfort at Kalhaar since I play here four to five times a week. On the other hand, on home turf there is also the added pressure of performing well in the presence of your family and friends and for your home club. So that is something one has to contend with despite having the home comfort. One has to keep it in play here as all the slopes are in play right now. But there is also more run on the ball on these fairways.”Aman Raj, a winner on the PGTI, had early jitters with bogeys on the second and third holes. Aman then rallied with eight birdies together with three on the final three holes. He made 5 conversions from a variety of 10 to fifteen toes.
Aman mentioned, “Things were working for me today. The putts were falling. I just decided to stay calm and patient and was going with the flow and not really thinking much. Planning and course management are key here. You have to know where your misses are.”Varun Parikh, one other native skilled, was tied ninth at 70 together with Khalin Joshi.
Among the outstanding names, Viraj Madappa (73) was tied thirty third, Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (74) was tied forty fifth and Udayan Mane (76) was tied 72nd. (ANI)