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India's Anirban Lahiri maintained his strong hold on the Asian Tour's SAIL-SBI Open at the Delh Golf Club on Friday when he shot a third round 5-under 67
It took the overnight leader to a 15-under 201 total after 54 holes and enabled him to go into Saturday's fourth and final round with a three-shot lead over
Australia's Scott Barr who earlier had putt pressure on the overnight leader when he posted a sparkling 65, and Thailand's Prom Meesawat who shot a 68 by Srixon XXIO MP500 Iron Set

They are on 204 at 12-under.
India's Gaganjeet Bhullar and P Gulfam signed for matching 207s to share fourth place.
Lahiri, who started at the first tee, opened with a birdie, but dropped a shot on the par-four second.
The 23-year-old then responded with two further birdies on the third and fourth holes before adding another on the ninth hole to turn in 33.
He truly seemed to be on a roll when he carded another three birdies in five holes after the turn, but successive bogeys on the 15th and 16th holes slowed his charge and led to some anxious moments for Lahiri before he restored order with a closing birdie on the 18th. Srixon XXIO MP500 Iron Set
"I'll take my 67 today anytime," he said with some relief afterwards.
"I made a few silly mistakes which cost me a few bogeys. I could have done without those, but overall I'm still very happy," Lahiri added.
"It's never nice to give away shots, but that was how it was today and I'll take them and come back tomorrow and play well again," declared Lahiri who is seeking a wire-to-wire victory at the SAIL-SBI Open.
Barr is hoping that hisSrixon XXIO MP500 Iron Set
will continue to sink crucial putts as he seeks to win his title this week.
"It (his putting) was great. I probably left a couple of shots out there, but today I holed a couple of really nice putts. I'm putting better than ever and it's nice," said the Australian.
Barr reached the turn in 34 after birdies on the third and fourth holes. He then stormed home with a birdie blitz that included five birdies over his last seven-hole stretch.
"Anything is possible tomorrow, but we'll wait till we get to the back-nine. Hopefully I can put some pressure on and we'll take it from there,"said Barr.
Meanwhile Prom was parring every hole on his front-nine before rallying with four birdies heading down the closing stretch to keep himself firmly in contention for his second Srixon XXIO MP500 Iron Set win.
"I didn't drop any shots today and that has given me lots of motivation going into tomorrow. There was nothing special with my front-nine but I'm happy I came back strongly with four birdies in my back nine," Prom insisted..
The SAIL-SBI Open is the second of the four events scheduled to be played in India on the Asian Tour this season.


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