"I'm extremely satisfied with today's effort. I feel I'm carrying forward the confidence from last week's good finish. I also had a great practice round on Monday which got me in a good frame of mind. My game seems to be heading in the right direction as I feel my swing is in con'rol and I'm rolling the putts well," said Joshi."The two five-feet par putts at the start of my round today on the 10th and 11th were crucial as they helped me judge the speed of the greens. Thereafter, the consecutive birdies on the 12th, 13th, and 14th gave me the belief that I could shoot a low number today. I just decided to keep pushing from there on," he added.Kartik Sharma, fresh from top-10 finishes in the last three events, made some long conversions including a 40-footer for birdie on the ninth and a 15-feet eagle putt on the closing 18th. Sharma, who last played at the RGC as a junior golfer about four years back, also chipped in for birdie on the 15th.M Dharma made a chip-in for eagle on the 14th. He came extremely close to adding two more eagles to his card on the 17th and eighth where he missed the hole by inches.The Chandigarh duo of Harendra Gupta and Abhijit Singh Chadha were in tied fourth place with sco'es of 63. Kolkata's Viraj Madappa, last week's winner, occupied tied sixth place at 64 along with Gurugram golfers Veer Ahlawat and Dhruv Sheoran.PGTI Order of Merit leader Karandeep Kochhar of Chandigarh was in tied ninth place after a round of 65. Olympian Udayan Mane returned a 66 to be tied 17th.
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