KHAN STILL IN CHARGE AT SAIL OPEN
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New Delhi: Rashid Khan of India overcame a double bogey to shoot a three-under-par 69 as he kept a firm grip of the SAIL-SBI Open at the halfway stage on Thursday.
The pencil-thin 23-year-old, who opened his campaign with a stunning 61, struggled with an outward 37 but charged home with an eagle and two birdies on his home course, the Delhi Golf Club.
His two-day total of 14-under-par 130 kept him ahead of Bangladeshi star Siddikur Rahman (67), Mithun Perera of Sri Lanka (68) and Australia’s Unho Park (65) in the US$300,000 Asian Tour event.
HALFWAY LEADERS
Par 144 (2x72) Yardage: 6,928
130 Rashid KHAN (IND) 61-69.
HALFWAY LEADERS
Par 144 (2x72) Yardage: 6,928
130 Rashid KHAN (IND) 61-69.
134 Siddikur RAHMAN (BAN) 67-67, Unho PARK (AUS) 69-65, Mithun PERERA (SRI) 66-68.
135 Martin ROMINGER (SUI) 72-63.
136 Anirban LAHIRI (IND) 70-66, Digvijay SINGH (IND) 68-68.
137 S.S.P CHOWRASIA (IND) 68-69, Scott BARR (AUS) 67-70, Akinori TANI (JPN) 66-71.
138 Sanjay KUMAR (IND) 68-70, Steve LEWTON (ENG) 68-70, Mukesh KUMAR (IND) 70-68, Shamim KHAN (IND) 68-70, Javi COLOMO (ESP) 71-67, George GANDRANATA (INA) 68-70.
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