Kolkata: B Harshath consolidated his lead to 10 strokes at the end of the penultimate round of the National final of the Tata Steel IGU Sub-Junior Feeder Tour being played at the Tollygunj Club here on Thursday. The Bangalore lad shot a 77 in the third round for an aggregate of 230 to lead the pack in the top category (A & B).

Sohum Vij was second at 240 while Pramod Singh was third at 242. Ribhav Kapur was fourth at 249 while Shabeg Singh Kooner was fifth at 250.

Kshitij N Kaul with a two-day total of 148 was leading by a stroke over Sandeep Yadav in Category C. Aadil Bedi and Devansh Chadha were tied for the third place at 151. In the Category D which began today, Shubham Jaglan emerged as the leader with a card of 82 while Mandaar Prashar was second at 88. Vasundhara Thiara led in the girls category with a total of 87.

Harshath began on an ominous note making three bogeys in the first three holes before making a birdie on the fourth and played some steady golf until the last hole of his front nine where he again lost a stroke. On the back nine, Harshath after a bogey on the opening hole, made a birdie on the 11th before making a double on the next hole. A birdie on the 14th was the best he could do as he lost three shots in two holes (16th & 17th) to finish at 7-over for the day.

“Although I was hitting the ball really well, I just could not covert my putts else I could have saved at least four shots,” said the leader. “I am looking forward to win the tournament,” he added.

Top scores after 54 holes

Category A & B

230 B Harshath (Cat A) (78, 75, 77); 240 Sohum Vij (Cat B) (78, 81, 81); 242 Pramod Singh (Cat A) (84, 82, 76); 249 Ribhav Kapur (Cat B) (77, 84, 88); 250 Shabeg Singh Kooner (Cat A) (78, 83, 89); 250 Siddhant Jain (Cat A) (79, 86, 85); 251 Sharif Khan (Cat A) (82, 85, 84); 252 Daksh Shokeen (Cat B) (86, 82, 84); 253 Zahed Khan (Cat A) (89, 80, 84); 257 Gagan Vinod G (Cat B) (81, 91, 85); 258 Nirvair Nair (Cat A) (84, 91, 83)

Category C (36 holes)

148 Kshitij N Kaul (73, 75); 149 Sandeep Yadav (75, 74); 151 Aadil Bedi (75, 76), Devansh Chadha (75, 76); 154 Sunhit Kumar Bishnoi (78, 76); 157 Yuvraj Singh (81, 76); 161 Manav Bais (82, 79); 162 Harshjeet Singh Sethi (81, 81)

Boys D (18 holes)

82 Shubham Jaglan; 88 Mandaar S Prashar; 91 Krishang Nayak, Eshaan Sethi ; 94 Ruhaan Bajaj; 98 Jaash Parekh, Tushar Pannu

Girls D (18 holes)

87 Vasundhara Thiara; 90 Chitrangada Singh, Pranavi S Urs; 103 Jasmine Sachdev