Ahmedabad, Dec. 2 -- Teenaged rookie Veer Ganapathy shrugged aside the disappointment of missing the cut last week by grabbing sole lead at the IGPL Invitational Ahmedabad with a masterful round of 8-under 64 to take a three-shot lead over special invitee Santiago de la Fuentes of Mexico.

Veer, son of Rahul Ganapathy, former India No. 1 who also won professional titles before turning a coach, showed what he has learnt from his dad with a bogey-free round. The long-hitting youngster, who has earlier contended this season had six birdies and an eagle at Glade One Resort.

Ganapathy missed the cut at the Bharath Classic sanctioned by Asian Tour and the IGPL. Instead of being upset, he worked on his game asthe others fought for bigger prizes....