Jakarta: India's Jyoti Randhawa and Shiv Kapur carded an identical four-under 68 to be placed tied third after their first round of the Indonesian Masters golf tournament here on Thursday.
The duo is three behind leader Lee Westwood, who returned with a card of 65.
Westwood was two shots ahead of Arnond Vongvanij of Thailand, who returned a round of 67 at the $750,000 Asian Tour event staged at the majestic Royale Jakarta Golf Club.
Apart from Randhawa and Kapur, other Indians in the fray had a modest day as Ajeetesh Sandhu was tied 15th with 70 while Himmat Rai and Gaganjeet Bhullar shot 72 each to be tied 27th.
Sujjan Singh, Shankar Das and Rashid Khan carded 73 each to be tied 45th, but Anirban Lahiri (74) is tied 62nd place, Vikrant Chopra (75) and Digvijay Singh (75) in tied 77th place were in danger and needed a good second round to make the cut.
The task is even more difficult for Chiragh Kumar (76), who is tied 96th, and Ashok Kumar (79) further behind in tied 125th place.
Veteran Boonchu Ruangkit of Thailand was tied with Randhawa, Kapur, Lee Sung of Korea, Zaw Moe of Myanmar and Sam Cyr of the United States, who were all bunched up in the tied third place on matching 68s.
Randhawa opened with a bogey on first, but birdies on second and sixth saw him turn in one-under. On the back nine, he was boosted by an eagle on 12th and a birdie on 13th. He parred the remaining five holes to close in 68.
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