Rabat, Morocco - Gaganjeet Bhullar produced a three-under 70 in the opening round of the USD 2 million International Series Morocco presented by Visit Morocco. He is now Tied-18th, the best among the 10 Indians playing this week.
Bhullar trails Thai star Pavit Tangkamolprasert, who shot 8-under 65. Pavit was two ahead of Travis Smyth, who was the winner in Japan. Smyth was tied for second position alongside Korean Younghan Song, who was bogey-free in his 67.
The next best Indians were Karandeep Kochhar, Shaurya Bhattacharya, SSP Chawrasia and Ajeetesh Sandhu, all of whom shot 1-under 72 each to be T-40. Anirban Lahiri, the only Indian on the LIV League, carded even par 73 and was T-60.
Bhullar, whose last Asian Tour win came in the second half of 2023 in his favourite country, Indonesia, has played only three World Ranking events with T-26 in Singapore as his best.
