The 26 year old Kolkatan, who missed most of the 2004-05 Amby Valley PGAI Tour season after meeting with an unfortunate motorcycle accident, snatched the lead at the mid-way stage.
The 41 year old fired a superb round of five-under 67 to assume the opening round lead.
His brother Simarjeet Singh finished second.
The Kolkata pro is on the brink of victory after the penultimate round in the Sir Padampat Singhania Open golf tournament.
Jalandhar-based Amit Kumar Sharma shoots a hole in one on the opening day of the \nRoyal Challenge Amateur Golf Championship.
The Delhi golfer gave himself a four stroke cushion after he fired a third round 69 in the ONGC-Noida Open 2004.
The trio of Mukesh Kumar, Ashok Kumar and Jumman were sitting pretty atop the leader-board with identical cards of 69 on day one.
The Kolkata pro extended his lead to eight strokes at the end of the penultimate round of the tournament.\n\n
The 23-year-old Delhi lad was two strokes ahead of Amandeep Johl on the penultimate day of the Padampat Singhania Open.
Delhi golfer Jaiveer Virk was placed second at the half-way stage of the Padampat Singhania Open.
The two were tied for the lead at three-under 69 on the opening day of the Sir Padampat Singhania Open.
The Kolkata golfer is aiming to upstage Mukesh Kumar in the Sir Padampat Singhania Open which begins tomorrow.
The 21-year-old upstaged seasoned campaigners like Vijay Kumar and Uttam Singh Mundy at the Noida Open, which saw Delhi's Ajay Gupta card a hold-in-one on the final day.
The 21-year-old is on course for his maiden professional title after a third-round three-under 69. Vijay Kumar and Uttam Singh Mundy following him closely.
The Kolkata-based golfer played an error free round with birdies on the second, eighth, ninth, 13th, 14th and 15th holes to forge ahead at the halfway stage.
Rookie Ashok Kumar strung together a hat-trick of birdies on his closing holes, to leap into the joint-lead alongside defending champion Vivek Bhandari and Shamim Khan at three-under 69 after the opening round.
Delhi Golf Club pro Ashok Kumar was placed second after day 3 in the Singhania Open golf tournament.
Mukesh Kumar, Gast Ram and Pappan share the lead in the Sir Padampat Singhania Open golf tournament.
The Kolkata pro won the 10th leg of the Hero Honda Indian Golf Tour with\n\na total of nine-under par 279.
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