India’s Kochhar leads Philippine Golf Championship

MANILA, Philippines — India’s Karandeep Kochhar delivered one of the best performances in years on the famous but difficult East Course of Wack Wack Golf and Country Club as he shot a seven-under par 65 to grab the lead after the third round of the Asian Tour’s Philippine Golf Championship presented by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) on Saturday, February 7 in Mandaluyong City. Kochhar, 26, had a bogey-free round as he fired seven birdies, which gave him the course’s best round in the last 25 years, or since the late Felix “Cassius” Casas carded an eight-under par 64 back during the 2001 Philippine Open. Kochhar is now at eight-under for a three-day...