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The Australian recovered from an early
double-bogey to move to 15-under for the tournament, two shots
ahead of compatriot Matthew Stieger, who scorched the course
with a seven-under 65, and Englishman Callum Shinkwin.
Scotsman David Law, South African Justin Harding and Australia's
Brad Kennedy were then three shots off the lead in a tie for
third place.
Beginning the day in third behind halfway leaders Jason
Scrivener and Nick Flanagan, Ormsby found himself in trouble on
the par-five second, where he dropped two shots.
"I made a bit of a meal of it straight out of the box," the
38-year-old said. "It was just tough out there. I just kept
grinding, really, that's all we can do in weather like that.
"You're going to hit a lot of bad shots, need to recover a lot
and I did that quite well so I'm happy."
Ormsby chipped in on the fifth to pull a shot back and gained
another on the ninth to get back to par for the round before
gains on the 13th and 18th holes gave him the outright lead.
Scrivener and Flanagan both suffered in the wet conditions,
making two birdies but dropping six shots each for four-over-par
76 and a share of 10th place.
In the women's tournament, which is also the second stop on the
LPGA circuit, American Kim Kaufman clung on to a two-shot lead
despite going three-over-par 75.
Kaufman is on 10-under for the tournament, two strokes ahead of
France's Celine Boutier and Australia's Su Oh. Japan's Haru
Nomura was then a shot further back in fourth place.
(Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; editing by Amlan
Chakraborty)
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