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Gurbaaz Mann joint third

Gurbaaz Mann of India, with four over-par 76, finished tied at third place after the first round of the Singapore Junior Golf Championships at the Jurong Country Club yesterday.

The final round of the 14 holes' tournament will be played on Friday.

Wee Jason of Malaysia and Liu Min-yu of Chinese Taipei jointly led the field with a score of one over -par 73.

The 16-year-old Jason shot the best round of his young career on the course -- all the more creditable as it was his first time around.

Defending champion Ashok Kumar had a disappointing round of six over 78 and lay tied at 7th position.

The scores of Indian players were Gurbaaz Mann-76, Mohd Wazir-77, Ashok Kumar 78, Jaskirat Dullet-81, Ranjit Singh-85, Manav Jaini-88 and Balpreet Ghuman-94.

A total of 57 players from 11 countries are involved in the three-day tournament, after which the player with the best gross total will win the Lee Kim Yew Challenge Trophy.

UNI