Cheonan (Korea), Oct 24 (PTI) India’s Shubhankar Sharma recovered from an early wobble to card a four-under 67 and lie tied 15th after three rounds at the Genesis Championship on the DP World Tour.
Sharma dropped a bogey on the third hole but recovered with five birdies over the next 15 holes to lie six-under overall.
Sharma shot 72-68 in the first two rounds and can still make it into the Top-10 with a good final round.
Japan’s Yuto Katsuragawa took a two-shot lead into the final day after equalling the course record with an eight under 63 at Woo Jeong Hills.
The 28-year-old entered the week outside the top 100 on the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World, fighting to keep his playing privileges for 2027, but is now projected to catapult to 27th after moving to 13 under par, two ahead of Casey Jarvis (70) in second.
The Japanese started the day five shots behind overnight leader Jarvis and Antoine Rozner, before a birdie blitz on his front nine and three more gains in his last five holes saw him match the course record set by Jinam Kang in 2006.
Rozner is T-3 at 10-under.
World Number 14 Si Woo Kim joined Katsuragawa on double figures after his fourth birdie of the day at the 12th.
Spaniard Jorge Campillo, France’s Martin Couvra and Champion Golfer of the Year Ryan Fox were one shot further back, while Frenchman Frederic Lacroix, England’s Dan Bradbury, Japan’s Rikuya Hoshino and American Johannes Veerman were at eight under. PTI Cor ATK
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