St. Andrews, Scotland, Aug 8: Shubhankar Sharma was within striking distance of being in the Top-10 when he ran into a nightmarish stretch in tricky weather conditions right at the end of his third round at the Hero Open. Sharma, beginning the third round inside Top-10 was 3-under through 15 holes, when double bogeyed the Par-4 16th and bogeyed the last two holes to fall to 1-over 73 on the east coast of Scotland. It saw him dip to T-21 on the leaderboard.
Gaganjeet Bhullar, who made the cut on the line, had five birdies against one bogey for a 68 that helped him atone for his first round 76. He now has rounds of 76-67-68 and at 5-under he is T-40. SSP Chawrasia (76-67-75) was T-60th.
Scotsmen Grant Forrest and Calum Hill share the lead ahead of the final round of the Hero Open by just two strokes at Fairmont St Andrews.
Forrest set the clubhouse target of 18 under par after a stunning ten under par 62, which included 11 birdies despite tricky conditions on Scotland’s east coast. He was joined on that number by Calum Hill, who carded a five under par round of 67.
They will be joined in the final group by Spaniard Santiago Tarrio, who leads the Challenge Tour’s Road to Mallorca Rankings. Tarrio matched Hill’s round of 67 for a 17 under par total.
Law carded one of the few bogey free rounds of the day, a six under par 66 to share fourth with 36-hole leader Lucas Bjerregaard.
Forrest, Hill and Law are bidding to become the first Scottish winner on home soil since Paul Lawrie won the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles in 2012.
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