Yannik Paul surges into lead with late birdies

Hero Indian Open R1

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Yannik Paul finished second last week in Thailand and continued to demonstrate his good form with four consecutive birdies to close his round with a 7-under 65 and take a one-shot lead in the Hero Indian Open at DLF Golf & Country Club.

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“I obviously played well today. I knew it was a challenging course but I just tried to focus on one shot at a time,” said the German.

“I had a great finish – four birdies in the last four – that helps, but tomorrow is a new day so I’ll focus on what I can control and see where I end up.

“I don’t really have a number that I want to get to because that’s tough to control. I’m just trying to stay focused on my process and see where I end up come Sunday,” he continued.

“It’s my sixth week in a row so I took it pretty easy Monday through Wednesday because after a long stretch you can just feel it here, feel it there. I just played a nine-hole pro-am yesterday afternoon then walked the back nine on Tuesday, just to conserve as much energy as I could because I knew it would be challenging here, mentally as well as with the golf shots.

“It’s a tricky course, I think you just have to be 100 per cent committed to every shot and 100 per cent focused.

India’s Honey Baisoya had set the clubhouse target at 6-under earlier in spite of a double bogey at the par-4 14th and currently lies in second place ahead of Finland’s Mikko Korhonen in third at 5-under.

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Fellow Indians Angad Cheema and Shubhankar Sharma are tied in fourth place at 4-under alongside Iceland’s Gudmundur Kristjansson.

Play was suspended due to darkness and will restart at 07:50 local time.

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2BAISOYA, HoneyF-666
3KORHONEN, MikkoF-567
4CHEEMA, AngadF-468
SHARMA, ShubhankarF-468
KRISTJANSSON, GudmundurF-468
7SIEM, MarcelF-369
8LUITEN, JoostF-270
QUAYLE, AnthonyF-270
SANDHU, Yuvraj17-2-
VILJOEN, MJF-270
GANDAS, ManuF-270
DHARMA, MF-270
TARRIO, SantiagoF-270
15WILSON, AndrewF-171
KAWAMURA, MasahiroF-171
BACHEM, NickF-171
CAÑIZARES, AlejandroF-171
AIKEN, ThomasF-171
FORSSTRÖM, SimonF-171
EASTON, BryceF-171
NEMECZ, LukasF-171
FAHRBRING, JensF-171
24LARRAZÁBAL, PabloFPar72
JANEWATTANANOND, JazzFPAR72
GREEN, GavinFPAR72
VAN TONDER, DanielFPAR72
HIDALGO, AngelFPAR72
LEMKE, Niklas17PAR-
CHANDRA, Yashas16PAR-
IWASAKI, AguriFPAR72
JOSHI, Khalin HFPAR72
SCHAPER, JaydenFPAR72
34STAL, GaryF+173
SANDHU, AjeeteshF+173
SADDIER, AdrienF+173
CHADHA, Abhijit SinghF+173
WIEBE, GunnerF+173
BEDI, AadilF+173
HANNA, Chase17+1-
SAMOOJA, KalleF+173
OLESEN, ThorbjørnF+173
CAMPILLO, JorgeF+173
AHLAWAT, VeerF+173
SIMONSEN, MartinF+173
KNAPPE, AlexanderF+173
BALDWIN, MatthewF+173
STALTER, JoëlF+173
49THANGARAJA, NF+274
LACROIX, FredericF+274
MACINTYRE, RobertF+274
AXELSEN, JohnF+274
SHARMA, AkshayF+274
SCOTT, SandyF+274
HOSSAIN, JamalF+274
WINTHER, JeffF+274
MOLINARI, EdoardoF+274
BJØRN, ThomasF+274
SHARMA, KartikF+274
60KO, Jeong weonF+375
WINDRED, BlakeF+375
NORRIS, ShaunF+375
HØJGAARD, NicolaiF+375
ARMITAGE, MarcusF+375
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BHULLAR, GaganjeetF+375
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HIGA, KazukiF+375
KAPUR, ShivF+375
MCEVOY, RichardF+375
CHAWRASIA, S.S.P.F+375
SHEORAN, DhruvF+375
BAISOYA, SachinF+375
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PARRY, JohnF+375
CHIKKARANGAPPA, SF+375
REDMAN, JakeF+375
78PERERA, MithunF+476
RANDHAWA, JyotiF+476
LAPORTA, FrancescoF+476
WANG, JeunghunF+476
KHAN, RashidF+476
83PORTEOUS, GarrickF+577
SINGH, Yuvraj (AM)F+577
HUIZING, DaanF+577
HOWELL, DavidF+577
SINGH AHLAWAT, Anant (AM)F+577
LEE, JoshuaF+577
WALKER, Euan17+5-
MURPHY, John17+5-
VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, NicolaiF+577
CHOUHAN, Om PrakashF+577
GALLACHER, StephenF+577
GOUVEIA, RicardoF+577
KOCHHAR, KarandeepF+577
VENTER, AlbertF+577
ANTCLIFF, MaverickF+577
98RAVETTO, DavidF+678
KHAN, ShamimF+678
GRADECKI, Mateusz17+6-
GALE, DanielF+678
SANTOS, RicardoF+678
KJELDSEN, SørenF+678
104MIGLIOZZI, GuidoF+779
HILLIER, DanielF+779
MANE, UdayanF+779
107SCHOTT, FreddyF+880
HURLEY, GaryF+880
109BJERREGAARD, LucasF+981
BRING, ChristofferF+981
BEKKER, OliverF+981
FIGUEIREDO, PedroF+981
EDÉN, TobiasF+981
114ACKERMAN, DerekF+1082
PARIKH, VarunF+1082
116LOHAN, AbhinavF+1183
117KAUL, Kshitij NaveedF+1385
118YADAV, Sandeep (AM)F+1991
RETDPARATORE, Renato+7-
RETDLAW, David+5-
Updated: February 24, 2023
Hero Indian Open 2023
Date: 23rd February - 26th February, 2023
Location: DLF G&CC, New Delhi, India
Purse: $2,000,000