Amanjyot,Cheema in joint lead at LG Northern India Amateur

Gurgaon, Aug 7 (UNI) Teenager Angad Cheema and Jaipur's Amanjyot Singh fired opening rounds of level par 72 each to tie for the lead at the LG Northern India Amateur Golf Championship here today.

The trio of Manav Das, Gagan Verma and Karan Vasudeva were tied third at 73 apiece while the duo of Abhishek Jha and Akshay Maliwal were tied for sixth at 74 each. Mithun Perera, Jasjeet Singh, Rashid Khan and Moin Malak were a further stroke behind in tied eighth place at 75 while Vikram Rana, Ajeetesh Sandhu and Saurabh Bahuguna were tied 12th at 76.

Amanjyot started badly with a double bogey on the first where he three putted from 30 feet. He however managed to regain form to fire to birdie the fifth, sixth and seventh to make the turn at two-under.

AGC's Cheema had a near perfect round today. He started with a birdie and then followed it up with a birdie on the sixth. A bogey on the seventh saw him make the turn at one under. On the back nine, he dropped shots on the tenth, 11th and 13th but birdied the 12th and 17th to end at level par.

Scores (After 18 holes): 72 Amanjyot Singh, Angad Cheema; 73 Gagan Verma, Manav Das, Karan Vasudeva; 74 Abhishek Jha, Akshay Maliwal; 75 Jasjeet Singh, Mithun Perera, Rashid Khan, Moin Malak; 76 Vikram Rana, Saurabh Bahuguna, Ajeetesh Sandhu; 77 Simarjeet Singh, Navtez Singh, Rahul Bajaj.

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