Dubai, Dec. 8 -- Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia, one of the greats of Indian golf, gave himself the best start in any IGPL event as he fired a steady 7-under 65 to take the first-round lead at IGPL UAE presented by Shiv Kapur.
Playing at the Els Club in Dubai, Chawrasia, a six-time winner on the Asian Tour - four of those wins came in events co-sanctioned with the DP World Tour, had three birdies on the front nine and added four more on the back nine to take a two-shot lead over the red-hot Gaganjeet Bhullar, who shot 5-under 67, to be tied with teen star Kartik Singh, who also shot 67.
Chawrasia and Bhullar were bogey free while Kartik dropped one shot against six birdies.
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