Veteran Jyoti Randhawa, who’s over 50, continues to be going robust as he was the most effective positioned Indian at tied twelfth place alongside 10-time Asian Tour winner Gaganjeet Bhullar, on the midway stage of the USD 2 million International Series Oman golf match right here.
Randhawa shot 70 on the primary day added 74 within the second spherical, whereas Bhullar has rounds of 72-72. They are actually even par for 36 holes and 4 pictures behind Takumi Kanaya, one in every of Japan’s thrilling younger prospects.
Kanaya (69-71), the previous world primary ranked novice, led regardless of the wind getting progressively stronger and blowing the sector astray at Al Mouj Golf.
Seven Indians made the reduce, whereas three missed out.
Progressing with Randhawa and Bhullar into the ultimate two rounds had been Shiv Kapur (72-74) and SSP Chawrasia (75-71), who’re tied twenty third.
Rashid Khan (70-77) at 3-over complete is tied thirty third whereas S Chikkarangappa recovered very effectively from his first spherical 77 to shoot 71 and was tied fiftieth at 4-over for 2 rounds. Also making the reduce was Honey Baisoya (74-76), who made the reduce at 6-over.
The Indians lacking the reduce had been Karandeep Kochhar (75-76), Veer Ahlawat (76-77) and Jeev Milkha Singh (78-78).
Randhawa ranging from the tenth performed a gentle again 9 with a birdie on tenth and eight pars in a row. On the second 9 he dropped pictures on the primary, fourth and ninth and completed at 2-over 74.
Bhullar started on the primary and had a rocky entrance 9 with two birdies and two bogeys inside first six holes. He then performed 12 pars in a row for 72.
Another up and coming Japanese participant Ryo Hisatsune, who additionally competed within the morning, is one shot again after carding a 70. They had been two of solely 9 gamers to interrupt par on a really testing day.
The scores within the afternoon went excessive as wind speeds had been near 30km per hour at instances and made scoring troublesome.
Canada’s Yonggu Shin, the primary spherical chief with 66, fell after a second spherical 76 and is in share of the third place with Chilean Joaquin Niemann, Australia’s Zach Murray and Berry Henson from the United States.
Niemann confirmed his class by firing a 70 within the afternoon whereas Murray and Henson, who additionally performed later, returned rounds of 72 and 73 respectively.
