Amardeep Malik grabbed lead in round two of the Coal India Open, being played at the Kensville Golf & Country Club in Ahmedabad. The Noida-based Amardeep (69-65) struck a score of seven-under 65 on Wednesday to total 10-under 134 for the week.
Angad Cheema (69-67) of Chandigarh, who was the overnight joint leader along with Malik, posted a 67 on day two to be placed second at eight-under 136.
Delhi’s Shaurya Bhattacharya (71-66) shot a 66 on day two to be placed third at seven-under 137.
The halfway cut fell at five-over 149. Fifty-three professionals and one amateur made the cut.
Amardeep Malik began the day with a 15-feet birdie conversion on the 10th. He then went on to pick up four more birdies from a range of eight to 20 feet on the back-nine. Amardeep’s hot streak with the putter continued on the front-nine as he sank birdies from 25 feet and a mammoth 50 feet on the first and third holes respectively. Malik, a two-time winner on the PGTI, capped his round with a bogey and birdie on the fifth and sixth.
Angad Cheema, who recently played the qualifying event for The Open in the UK, came up with a 40-feet eagle conversion on the sixth along with five birdies and two bogeys.
{{/usCountry}}Angad Cheema, who recently played the qualifying event for The Open in the UK, came up with a 40-feet eagle conversion on the sixth along with five birdies and two bogeys.
{{/usCountry}}Meanwhile, Chandigarh’s Karandeep Kochhar was fourth and another city golfer Yuvraj Sandhu was placed fifth after day 2.
The Coal India Open carries a shared prize of ₹1 crore and is scheduled to conclude on August 8.