Lahiri in 2-shot lead at Selangor Masters
21 Sept 2014 4:57 AM IST
India’s Anirban Lahiri playing sedately for the first 13 holes at even par and birdied three of his last five holes to stay in a two-shot lead at the midway stage of the weather-disrupted Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters gold tournament on Friday.
Lahiri holed a 20-feet birdie putt on the last hole for a three-under-par 68 to emerge as the second round leader on 10-under-par 132 in the RM 1.3 million (approximately $410,000) Asian Tour event.
Fellow Indian SSP Chowrasia brought home a card of one-under 71 and was lying third at six-under 136 with Tour rookie Cameron Smith of Australia shooting 66 to be in second spot at the Seri Selangor Golf Club.
With weather playing havoc with the schedule, play was called off due to darkness after the round was delayed for approximately one hour and 30 minutes in the afternoon due to inclement conditions. Among other Indians, Jyoti Randhawa (69) moved to tied 17th at two-under, while Arjun Atwal (69) playing in Asia after a long time made amends for his first round of 74 with a 69 and was tied 38th alongside Rashid Khan (70) at one-over 143. Chiragh Kumar (70-74) was tied 54th while Digvijay Singh (72-74), Sujjan Singh (76-72), Manav Jaini (73-75) and Rahil Gangjee (73-75) were all tied at 90th and looked certain to miss the cut as was Himmat Rai (77-74).
Lahiri, ranked second on the Order of Merit, was even-par through 13 holes but steadied ship to put himself in prime position to claim his fifth Asian Tour win and second title this year.
Lahiri holed a 20-feet birdie putt on the last hole for a three-under-par 68 to emerge as the second round leader on 10-under-par 132 in the RM 1.3 million (approximately $410,000) Asian Tour event.
Fellow Indian SSP Chowrasia brought home a card of one-under 71 and was lying third at six-under 136 with Tour rookie Cameron Smith of Australia shooting 66 to be in second spot at the Seri Selangor Golf Club.
With weather playing havoc with the schedule, play was called off due to darkness after the round was delayed for approximately one hour and 30 minutes in the afternoon due to inclement conditions. Among other Indians, Jyoti Randhawa (69) moved to tied 17th at two-under, while Arjun Atwal (69) playing in Asia after a long time made amends for his first round of 74 with a 69 and was tied 38th alongside Rashid Khan (70) at one-over 143. Chiragh Kumar (70-74) was tied 54th while Digvijay Singh (72-74), Sujjan Singh (76-72), Manav Jaini (73-75) and Rahil Gangjee (73-75) were all tied at 90th and looked certain to miss the cut as was Himmat Rai (77-74).
Lahiri, ranked second on the Order of Merit, was even-par through 13 holes but steadied ship to put himself in prime position to claim his fifth Asian Tour win and second title this year.
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