Chiragh, Chadha off to fine starts in Asian Tour Q-School

Indian players got off to a fine start in the Asian Tour Qualifying School Final Stage with no less than four Indians featuring in Top-20 of the first round.

A total of 17 Indians are in the fray among the 242 players who are fighting for 35 cards this week at the two courses at Lakeview Resorts and Golf Club.

Former Asian Tour winner, Chiragh Kumar, returning to the Q-School after failing to hold onto his card, turned in a superb six-under 65 that placed him tied 8th but just one shot behind the seven players, who shared the lead at seven-under 64.

The 19-year-old Thai-Japanese Kosuke Hamamoto, compatriot Kwanchai Tannin, China's Xiao Bowen, Sweden's Christoffer Baumann, Koreans Taewoo Kim and Jaewoong Eom and Japan's Daisuke Yasumoto shared the lead.

After Chiragh, a team silver medallist from 2006 Asian Games, the next best Indian was the 2010 Asian Games team silver medal winner, Abhijit Chadha (66) in tied 12th place while Aadil Bedi, who played at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta