Round three

Digboi Golf Links: Bangladesh's Jamal Hossain hung in there with a hard-fought even-par 72 to maintain his overnight two-shot lead at a total of 11-under 205 after Round Three of the Servo Masters 2024 being played at the Digboi Golf Links here on Friday.

Divyansh Dubey of Pune struck a 69 to jump three spots to second position at a total of nine-under 207. Samarth Dwivedi shot the day’s best score of 66 to occupy tied-third place along with Olympian Udayan Mane (70) and Mani Ram (72) at eight-under 208. Deven Bhumij (73), the only Digboi-based professional to make the cut, ended the day in tied 33rd place at even-par 216.

Jamal Hossain (68-65-72), a four-time winner on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), had a poor start for the second straight day as he bogeyed the second hole. The 39-year-old then came up with some excellent chipping to set up two tap-ins en route to his three birdies on the front nine.