Perth, Australia, 27-02-2016
Shiv Kapur in tied 20th after round three of Perth International
Anirban Lahiri misses the cut in Florida
India's Shiv Kapur (66-73-71) slipped from tied eighth to tied 20th in round three of the Perth International after a round of one-under-71 on Saturday. Kapur's total of six-under-210 placed nine strokes behind the leader Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa at the event tri-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, European Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia.ÂÂ
Shiv, who had begun the week with an outstanding six-under-66 to be tied second on the first day, made four birdies and three bogeys during his third round.
Among the other Indians, Himmat Rai was tied 45th at two-under-214, Gaganjeet Bhullar was tied 54th at one-under-215 and Chiragh Kumar was tied 63rd at one-over-217.
At the PGA Tour's The Honda Classic being played in Florida, Anirban Lahiri (70-76) returned a second round of six-over-76 to total six-over-146 and as a result missed the cut by three shots.
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