Yannik Paul surges into lead with late birdies

Hero Indian Open R1

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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1PAUL, YannikF-765
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
FITZPATRICK, AlexF+375
BHULLAR, GaganjeetF+375
SURI, JulianF+375
HIGA, KazukiF+375
KAPUR, ShivF+375
MCEVOY, RichardF+375
CHAWRASIA, S.S.P.F+375
SHEORAN, DhruvF+375
BAISOYA, SachinF+375
HISATSUNE, RyoF+375
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