Inzai [Japan], October 15 (ANI): Sahith Theegala was on hearth by his first 9 with seven birdies and no bogeys for an excellent 7-under 2 after which had a good par on his second 9. He had two birdies towards a double bogey at Par-4 fourth, the place he went into the water. His whole of 7-under 63, the perfect card of the day.
After 71-67 earlier, he’s now 9-under 201 and moved to Tied-eighth. Theegala is 5 behind chief Rickie Fowler (66) who’s 14-under. Fowler’s earlier rounds had been 67-63 and final received greater than three years in the past.
Keegan Bradley (66) was mendacity second at 13-under and Andrew Putnam (68), one of many 36-hole leaders, was third at 12-under. Viktor Hovland (64) was fourth and three gamers Maverick McNealy (64), Cameron Champ (64) and Hayden Buckley (64) had been tied for fifth.
Theegala, who has been very enthusiastic about being in Japan for his Zozo debut, stated, “The first 29. Yeah, it was a lot of fun. I made a couple of nice putts early and then I started hitting some shots really close that I didn’t really try to, but we had some good numbers and it’s just one of those days where the numbers are right and I kind of fired at some pins. Even played well on the back (front side of the course) honestly, just hit a couple really loose drives that cost me a couple of shots, but yeah, overall really fun day.”On his gorgeous 9-under for 9 holes, Theegala stated, “No, I’ve never shot 7 under in nine holes, so no. I definitely felt like I had a couple like I made like a 25-footer on 11 and it felt kind of a bonus. Yeah, I played really well on the front nine (back end of the course). I actually parred, I made like a six-footer for par on the first par 5, so that’s a hole that a ton of people are going to have birdie looks at. So if I’m being really picky, I guess I could have gotten one more there, but no, I played incredibly on that back nine, for sure.””It’s been so awesome, people have been the best part of being out here. Well, along with the food. I’d say people and food are tied. Yeah, today (round 3) the fans were awesome again. I was playing right behind the lead group on the back, so I think a couple of them stayed behind to kind of cheer my group on,” he added. (ANI)