Ganapathy falls by wayside, Mukesh-Ranjit-Manav tied 2nd

Bangalore: Rahul Ganapathy`s pathetic run continued as the defending champion failed to make the cut

after carding a horrible eight-over in the second round of The Global Green Bangalore Open 2009 here today. Ganapathy, who had shot six-over yesterday, took his total to 14 over 158. The trio of Mukesh Kumar (69), Ranjit Singh (71) and Manav Jaini (70) did well as they were sharing the tied second spot after returning an identical card of three under 141, one stroke behind leader Mohd. Siddikur Rahman from Bangladesh. Rahman fired a steady three-under 69 to work his way to the top of the leaderboard. The cut was declared at nine over 153. Fifty-one professionals and one amateur made the cut. Mukesh, the 2007-08 PGTI Order of Merit champion, posted the best score of the day along with Siddikur. Round one leader Harendra Gupta and Anirban Lahiri are tied fifth after totalling two-under 142. Local lad C Muniyappa is lone seventh at one-under 143. Two other Bangalore golfers, M Dharma and R Srinivas, are joint 14th at two over 146. Bureau Report