Kshitij Naveed Kaul Takes Lead As Rain Halts Coal India Open In Kolkata

Coal
I dia
Ope
2026:& bsp;Kshitij
Naveed
Kaul
moved
i to
the
clubhouse
lead
at
the
Coal
I dia
Ope
afte
ca di g
a
fou -u de
66
i
the
seco d
ou d
at
Tollygu ge
Club
o
Wed esday.
Heavy
ai
the
fo ced
play
to
be
suspe ded,
with
almost
half
the
field
still
to
complete
thei
ou ds.

Kaul,
who
ope ed
with
a
64,
eached
10-u de
130
afte
maki g
five
bi dies
a d
o e
bogey.
He
bega
the
day
two
shots
behi d
the
ove ight
leade s
befo e
movi g
to
the
top
of
the
leade boa d.

Kaul
Takes
O e-Shot
Lead
Befo e
Rai
I te ve es

Sta ti g
f om
the
fi st
tee,
Kaul
made
five
st aight
pa s
befo e
fi di g
his
fi st
bi die
o
the
sixth.
He
followed
it
with
a othe
bi die
o
the
seve th
a d
added
th ee
mo e
shots
o
the
back
i e.

His
o ly
d opped
shot
came
o
the
18th,
whe e
wo se i g
weathe
made
co ditio s
i c easi gly
difficult.

A
20-foot
bi die
putt
o
the
sixth
spa ked
Kaul’s
ou d,
while
he
also
came
close
to
a
eagle
o
the
10th
befo e
settli g
fo
a othe
bi die.
A
impo ta t
up-a d-dow
o
the
14th
helped
him
mai tai
his
mome tum.

The
seco d
ou d
was
officially
suspe ded
at
3:45
pm
local
time
because
of
heavy
ai
a d
wet
cou se
co ditio s.
Play
will
esume
at
7
am
o
Thu sday.

“We
played
the
fi al
hole
i
the
ai
a d
we e
fo tu ate
to
fi ish
befo e
the
weathe
wo se ed.
I
do & squo;t
thi k
the
g oup
behi d
us
ma aged
to
complete
its
ou d,& dquo;
Kaul
said.

Akshay
Sha ma
Moves
I to
Seco d

Cha diga h’s
Akshay
Sha ma
p oduced
o e
of
the
day’s
best
completed
ou ds,
ca di g
a
five-u de
65
to
move
f om
tied
i th
i to
seco d.

Sha ma’s
66-65
agg egate
of
i e-u de
131
leaves
him
o e
shot
behi d
Kaul.

Ove ight
leade
Om
P akash
Chouha
could
ot
match
his
stu i g
ope i g
ou d
of
62.
The
Mhow
golfe
shot
a
eve -pa
70
afte
maki g
th ee
bi dies
a d
th ee
bogeys,
taki g
his
total
to
eight-u de
132.

He
sha es
thi d
place
with
cu e t
DP
Wo ld
PGTI
Ra ki gs
leade
Saptak
Talwa ,
who
also
ca ded
a
five-u de
65.
Talwa
climbed
f om
tied
14th
to
thi d
afte
eachi g
eight-u de .

Kaul
Ca ies
J&K
Ope
Fo m
I to
Kolkata

Kaul
said
the
co fide ce
gai ed
f om
last
week’s
J&K
Ope
i
S i aga
has
helped
him
mai tai
his
fo m
i
Kolkata.

“The
cou se
played
a
little
lo ge
today
a d
the
co ditio s
we e
toughe ,& dquo;
Kaul
said.
“I
had
a
few
ea ly
bi die
oppo tu ities
that
I
could & squo;t
co ve t,
but
I
stayed
patie t
a d
am
pleased
with
the
way
I
kept
myself
i
co te tio .& dquo;

Ajeetesh
Sa dhu,
who
was
seco d
afte
ope i g
with
a
63,
ma aged
o ly
th ee
holes
i
the
seco d
ou d
a d
emai s
seve -u de .

Shau ya
Bhattacha ya,
who
was
tied
thi d
afte
a
six-u de
64
o
the
ope i g
day,
had
o ly
just
sta ted
his
seco d
ou d
whe
the
ai
stopped
play.

The
p ojected
cut
cu e tly
sta ds
at
o e-ove .

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