Golf: Manu Gandas races off to good lead
Hyderabad: Gurugram’s Manu Gandas burnt the course with a sizzling 10-under 58 to build a substantial five-shot lead at 17-under 122 in round two of the Golconda Masters Telangana Open 2021, presented by Vooty & Haldi, at the Hyderabad Golf Association (HGA) course. Noida’s Amardeep Malik was in second place at a total of 12-under […]
Hyderabad: Gurugram’s Manu Gandas burnt the course with a sizzling 10-under 58 to build a substantial five-shot lead at 17-under 122 in round two of the Golconda Masters Telangana Open 2021, presented by Vooty & Haldi, at the Hyderabad Golf Association (HGA) course.
Noida’s Amardeep Malik was in second place at a total of 12-under 127 following his second round of seven-under 61.
Twenty-one-year-old Gurugram-based rookie Kartik Sharma, playing his first event at the HGA since turning professional, produced an enthralling error-free nine-under 59 to be placed tied third at a total of 10-under 129 along with Chandigarh’s Yuvraj Singh Sandhu who shot a six-under 62 on Friday.
The heavy overnight rain resulted in waterlogging on a couple of fairways at the HGA. As a result, Hole No. 6 was reduced from a Par-5 to a Par-3 and Hole No. 18 was reduced from a Par-4 to a Par-4. Therefore, the par for the course in round two was 68 instead of the regular 71.
There was a one-hour delay in the commencement of the round in the morning due to wet conditions. It then rained briefly for about 20 minutes in the afternoon but play was not suspended at any stage.
Manu Gandas (64-58), the joint leader in round one, mixed five birdies with two bogeys on the front-nine which saw him make two long conversions from 20 to 30 feet.
Gandas, still looking for his maiden title, was on fire on the back-nine draining seven birdies which included some exceptional chip-putts, a great recovery from the bunker on the 17th and a 25-feet conversion on the 18th. The 25-year-old Manu closed the day in style making birdies on his last five holes.
Hyderabad-based professional Mohd Azhar was the highest-placed local golfer in tied 17th at five-under 134.
Olympian and defending champion Udayan Mane missed the cut as he tallied three-over 142 for two rounds to be placed tied 68th.
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