Dubai: Jeev Milkha Singh slid off the lead to
the 10th place after a modest level-par 72 while Shiv Kapur
and SSP Chowrasia squeezed themselves inside the cut line
after the second round of the Dubai Desert Classic golf
tournament here on Friday.
Meanwhile, it was end of all roads for former Asia number
one Jyoti Randhawa (148), Anirban Lahiri (152) and Arjun Atwal
(154) who finished outside the cut line set at 146.
Overnight joint leader Jeev's three birdies got wiped off
by an equal number of bogeys as the Indian aggregated
four-under 140 to lie four-strokes behind leader Thongchai
Jaidee (66) of Thailand.
A 10th tee starter, Jeev birdied the 12th hole but a
bogey at the 17th meant he took the turn at level-par.
His front nine also didn't make things any better as he
hit a birdie-bogey-birdie patch from third to fifth hole
before losing another stroke at the ninth.
Shiv, on the other hand, was one-over at the turn but a
couple of birdies at the 10th and 13th hole ensured him a
below-par finish at tied 47th.
Playing his back nine first, Chowrasia dropped birdies at
the 10th and 13th hole, which were negated by bogeys at the
15th and 16th hole.
However, the Kolkata-pro didn't lose heart and picked up
a birdie hat-trick in the second, third and fourth hole and
although he lost a stroke on the eighth, he picked another
birdie at the ninth to sneak inside the cut line at tied 53.
At the top, there is a three-way tie for the second place
among Miquel Angel Jimenez (67), Stephen Dodd (69) and Lee
Westwood (65) with a two-day total of seven-under 137.
PTI
First Published: Friday, February 05, 2010, 21:31