Arjun Atwal had a third successive two-under 69 to be tied 10th at the 150 million Yen (app USD 1.37million) Panasonic OPEN here today.
Atwal's third round was way more eventful than the previous two.
The 44-year-old veteran, with eight Asian Tour titles, three of them co-sanctioned with Europe, is also the only Indian to have won on the PGA Tour.
He is now six-under 207 and four shots behind the leader, Korea's Hwang Junggon (65), who is at 10-under 203.
Japanese duo of Mikumu Horikawa (63) and Hiroshi Iwata (67), and the 51-year-old Thai veteran Prayad Marksaeng (67) are tied-second at nine-under.
SSP Chawrasia (73) and Gaganjeet Bhullar (77) are tied- 58th and 60th.
Atwal, whose only top-10 finish since 2012 was in the Asian Tour win in Dubai in 2014, had four bogeys, six birdies and eight pars in his 69.
During one stretch of five holes he alternated between three bogeys and two birdies between the fourth and eighth holes.
Atwal, whose previous start was almost six weeks ago in Hero Indian Open, seemed to have shaken off the rust with three birdies between 11th and 16th and looked set for a slightly better card before the bogey on 17th.
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