India's Arjun Atwal scores 6 under 66 in round 3 of Rocket Mortgage Classic
Arjun Atwal was on fire today as he hammered 7 birdies and one eagle in round 3.
In round two, Atwal got a good score of three under par and today he stumbled, when he got a bogey of the second hole but after that Atwal rarely got a loose shot as the West Bengal born golfer got his first birdie of the day in hole 3 and from there on it was never looking back as he got two more birdies and one eagle to end first nine at -4. Now, first nine's four under par helped him to jump 43 places high to T12 from round two's T55.
Atwal missed birdies in first two holes (hole 10 and 11) of second nine and his first birdie of second nine came in the 12th hole followed by one more in 14th hole and for the next two holes, Atwal got even-par scores to stay at eleven under par for a T3.
The most amazing thing happened in the very next hole (17), when Atwal got his seventh birdie of the round which boosted him to move in the top of the leaderboards at T1 and for the first time in a while, Atwal was leading in a PGA Tour event and in just 17 holes, his score improved rapidly from round two's -3 to -7 which was fantastic.
Now, Atwal twice got bogey in final hole of round one and two so, the biggest fear of his fans came true in round three's hole 18, when he got a bogey in the final hole and for the third successive time, Atwal ended his round with a bogey and due to this, Atwal slipped sixteen places back to T17 from leading the tournament and finishing round three at 6 under 66 for a total score of -11.
Arjun Atwal might go up in leaderboard because still a large no. of players are completing their rounds so, his current position of T17 might improve as the round progresses.
In 2004, Arjun Atwal made history when, he became the first Indian origin golfer to get a PGA Tour card and 6 years later, he became the first Indian golfer to win a PGA Tour event (Wyndham Championship 2010) and today, 10 years later, after his maiden victory, Atwal has a great opportunity to create history by becoming two-time PGA Tour winner.
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July 05, 2020 - By Dhruv Trivedi