Kolkata: Bangalore lad Udayan Mane maintained a three-shot lead even as Karan Taunk brought cheer to the local crowd as he shot the day\u2019s best of 6-under 65 to be in sole second position at the end of the half-way stage of the Tata Steel Jharkhand Amateur golf championship being played at the par-71 Golmuri Golf Club here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Udayan shot a 4-under 67 for an aggregate of 14-under 128 for the tournament while Karan was three shots behind the leader. Simarjeet Singh was four shots further behind Karan. Jaibir Singh was in fourth place with a total of 136. Trishul Chinnappa and HS Kang were tied for the fifth place at 138.<\/p>\n
Udayan after a steady start got into his wonted form firing three consecutive birdies from the third hole to finish his front nine at 3-under. On the back nine, the stocky golfer made his first mistake in two days when he made a bogey on the 12th which he immediately rectified it with a birdie on the very next hole. Signing off with a birdie, Udayan submitted a card of 4-under for the day.\n<\/p>\n
Karan who knows the Golmuri course by the back of his hand, began in a whirlwind fashion making a hat-trick of birdies. The top amateur then lost a stroke on the par-3 fifth hole which he regained on the next par-3, the eighth hole. Karan then made a birdie on the 11th which was followed by a bogey on the next hole. With three more birdies on the 13th, 15th and 18th, Karan ended the day as the best golfer.<\/p>\n
Top scores after 36 holes<\/strong><\/p>\n 128 Udayan Mane (61, 67); 131 Karan Taunk (66, 65); 135 Simarjeet Singh (65, 70); 136 Jaibir Singh (66, 70); 138 Trishul Chinnappa (71, 67), HS Kang (70, 68); 139 Tapendra Ghai (70, 69); 141 Roshan Raj (70, 71); 143 Ankur Chadha (73, 70), Lokesh Lakshman (71, 72), Aman Raj (70, 73), Ainesh Ahluwalia (69, 74), BR Raja (69, 74).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kolkata: Bangalore lad Udayan Mane maintained a three-shot lead even as Karan Taunk brought cheer to the local crowd as he shot the day\u2019s best of 6-under 65 to be in sole second position at the end of the half-way stage of the Tata Steel Jharkhand Amateur golf championship being played at the par-71 Golmuri Golf Club here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Udayan shot a 4-under 67 for an aggregate of 14-under 128 for the tournament while Karan was three shots behind the leader. Simarjeet Singh was four shots further behind Karan. Jaibir Singh was in fourth place with a total of 136. Trishul Chinnappa and HS Kang were tied for the fifth place at 138.<\/p>\n Udayan after a steady start got into his wonted form firing three consecutive birdies from the third hole to finish his front nine at 3-under. On the back nine, the stocky golfer made his first mistake in two days when he made a bogey on the 12th which he immediately rectified it with a birdie on the very next hole. Signing off with a birdie, Udayan submitted a card of 4-under for the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n