Mumbai: Vishal Singh of Jaipur returned a
three-under 50 to extend his overnight lead to two strokes
after the second round of the Aircel-PGTI Players Championship
at the Willingdon Sports Club here today.
Vishal now has a total of nine-under 97.
Praveen Kumar, Shamim Khan, Randhir Singh Ghotra and
Harendra Gupta are joint second at seven-under 99.
The event has been curtailed to three stipulated rounds
since round one had to be cancelled due to heavy rain on
Wednesday and had to be rescheduled for Thursday.
The final round of the event will now be played tomorrow.
Fifty-six professionals and one amateur made the cut,
which was declared at three-over 109.
Singh (47, 50) began with a bogey on the first but pulled
things back with birdies on the third, fourth, sixth and 11th.
"I did not get off to a good start today but managed to
recover in time. Besides the two top-class birdies on the
sixth and 11th, I also had an excellent par save on the 13th,
where I sank a 12-footer for par," Singh said.
"I'm really excited to be playing in the final round
leader group for the first time on the Aircel-PGTI. I'll try
to play safe till the turn and will then decide whether to
attack the pins or not depending on the situation," he added.
Mukesh Kumar is in sixth place at six-under 100, while
Mohd Nawab (53, 52) of Patna, who is currently placed tied
18th at one-under 105, made a hole-in-one on the 13th during
his round of one under 52 today.
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, November 13, 2009, 21:34