Abhinav Lohan of Faridabad sparkles with a bogey-free 65
Aamby Valley City, Maharashtra, November 14, 2012: Rashid
Khan held on to his lead in round two of the PGTI Players Championship
presented by Aamby Valley City after he carded a sedate one-under-71 at the
Aamby Valley Golf Course on Wednesday. Rashid’s total stood at seven-under-137
at the halfway stage.
Abhinav Lohan of Faridabad sparkled
with a bogey-free 65 that placed him one stroke behind the leader in tied
second place along with Harendra Gupta of Chandigarh
who shot a 70 in round two.
The cut was declared at four-over-148. Fifty-two professionals made the cut.
Rashid Khan (66-71) managed to hang on to his overnight lead on Wednesday after posting four birdies and three bogeys in round two. Khan had a slow start to the day as he made pars on the first six holes and bogeyed the seventh after finding the hazard. He got back to level-par for the day thanks to a fine approach shot on the ninth that set up a seven feet birdie putt. Rashid then made three-putts on the 10th and 11th to drop bogeys on both holes.
The 21-year-old from the Delhi Golf Club made three birdies on the next five holes to end the day at one-under. His last birdie of the day was a result of a chip-in on the 16th.
“I did not putt well today. I couldn’t convert my opportunities on the greens unlike round one. I lost my way in the middle stages of the round with those two three-putts. However, I managed to comeback well after that to close the day with an under-par score,” said Rashid.
Abhinav Lohan (73-65) followed up his first round effort of 73 with a contrasting 65 in round two to climb from overnight tied 36th to tied second place. Lohan, a 10th tee starter on Wednesday, picked up birdies on the 12th and 14th, both par-5 holes, to make early inroads.
He landed his third shot from 65 yards to within four feet of the flag on the 12th.
Lohan had a very fruitful front-nine as he sank a 20-footer for birdie on the first and followed that up with a chip-in for birdie on the second. Two conversions from 10 feet gave him birdies on the fourth and seventh. The 22-year-old‘s second shot on the ninth stopped three feet from the pin and led to a birdie that helped him shoot a 65, the
best score of the tournament so far.
“I converted all my chances today and hit it close with the wedges especially on the short par-4s and the par-5s. The putter was hot as I managed to hole some long putts. I did not make any errors unlike round one,” said Lohan, who along with Rashid Khan, was a member of the Indian team that won the silver medal at the 2010Guangzhou
Asian
Games.
Harendra Gupta (68-70) joined Lohan in tied second place after returning a 70 in round two. Gupta’s round included four birdies and two bogeys.
Delhi-based RajRandhawa , Australia ’s Anthony Choat, Ajeetesh Sandhu of Chandigarh and Delhi ’s
Vinod Kumar are in joint fourth place at five-under-139.
who shot a 70 in round two.
The cut was declared at four-over-148. Fifty-two professionals made the cut.
Rashid Khan (66-71) managed to hang on to his overnight lead on Wednesday after posting four birdies and three bogeys in round two. Khan had a slow start to the day as he made pars on the first six holes and bogeyed the seventh after finding the hazard. He got back to level-par for the day thanks to a fine approach shot on the ninth that set up a seven feet birdie putt. Rashid then made three-putts on the 10th and 11th to drop bogeys on both holes.
The 21-year-old from the Delhi Golf Club made three birdies on the next five holes to end the day at one-under. His last birdie of the day was a result of a chip-in on the 16th.
“I did not putt well today. I couldn’t convert my opportunities on the greens unlike round one. I lost my way in the middle stages of the round with those two three-putts. However, I managed to comeback well after that to close the day with an under-par score,” said Rashid.
Abhinav Lohan (73-65) followed up his first round effort of 73 with a contrasting 65 in round two to climb from overnight tied 36th to tied second place. Lohan, a 10th tee starter on Wednesday, picked up birdies on the 12th and 14th, both par-5 holes, to make early inroads.
He landed his third shot from 65 yards to within four feet of the flag on the 12th.
Lohan had a very fruitful front-nine as he sank a 20-footer for birdie on the first and followed that up with a chip-in for birdie on the second. Two conversions from 10 feet gave him birdies on the fourth and seventh. The 22-year-old‘s second shot on the ninth stopped three feet from the pin and led to a birdie that helped him shoot a 65, the
best score of the tournament so far.
“I converted all my chances today and hit it close with the wedges especially on the short par-4s and the par-5s. The putter was hot as I managed to hole some long putts. I did not make any errors unlike round one,” said Lohan, who along with Rashid Khan, was a member of the Indian team that won the silver medal at the 2010
Games.
Harendra Gupta (68-70) joined Lohan in tied second place after returning a 70 in round two. Gupta’s round included four birdies and two bogeys.
Delhi-based Raj
Press release
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