Kandy, October 22nd, Agencies
Chikka second in men’s section
Gurbani Singh showed great stamina as she beat Isza Fariza Ismail of Malaysia on the 34th hole on Saturday to win the 124th Sri Lankan Amateur Golf championships.
With this victory, the young Indian re-established herself as one of the leading amateurs in the region. She had earlier won the semifinals on the 16th hole.
In the men’s category, India did well as S Chikkarangappa finished runners-up with a total score of 292 over 72 holes.
Chikkarangappa’s effort included a 66 in the third round.
Gurbani beat Thom Yuet of Malaysia five and three in quarterfinals and then Shanika Fernando of Sri Lanka in the semifinals.
Poor show
All three Indians — Sujjan Singh (77-72), Anirban Lahiri (71-79) and Himmat Rai (77-73) — came up short in the second round as the cut came three-over 147, to make an early exit from the inaugural CJ Invitational in Gyeonggi-do (Korea).
Himmat was done in by a disappointing eight, a triple bogey on par-5 14 and he ended with a six-over total.
Lahiri had a nightmarish round with three bogeys in first four holes and then two doubles on the seventh and ninth with another bogey in between on eighth.
He was eight-over for front nine, followed by a third double bogey on 10th to go 10-over. But he eagled 12th, birdied 14th and 16th before bogeying 18th.
Meanwhile, 25-year-old Korean Lee Ki-sang used a stunning start to snatch the third round lead from American star Anthony Kim and tournament host K J Choi.
Atwal slips to 20th
Arjun Atwal failed to keep the momentum going as he slipped from joint lead to 20th position at the end of the second round of the Children’s Miracle Network Classic in Florida.
Atwal could manage just two in the second round, even as he gave away two bogeys.
Meanwhile, Justin Leonard had a nine-under 63 as he tied for the team with Henrik Stenson and Bio Kim at 12-under 144 for 36 holes. Stenson shot 64 and Kim 65.
Kapur misses cut
Shiv Kapur, fighting to save his card on the European Tour, suffered a setback as he missed the halfway cut at the Castello Masters on the European Tour in Valencia.
His modest first round 72 was followed by a 73 that led to him to missing the cut by two shots.
Local favourite, Sergio Garcia shot a eight-under 63 to move into the halfway lead and put himself in position to win his first title in almost three years.
Smriti tied 30th
Smriti Mehra managed to overcame her finishing blues to make the cut at the Sanya Ladies Open golf tournament in Sanya, China.
The veteran golfer shot rounds of 73 and 71 to be even-par 144. Smriti is tied 30th alongside the winner of last year’s Hero Indian Open, Laura Davies (70-74) and former LPGA player, Jennifer Rosales (73-71).
China’s Pan Yanhong maintained her one-stroke lead over Thailand’s Kongkrapan Patcharachuta at the end of second round.
Pan signed out with a three-under 69 for a two-round total of 136, one stroke ahead of Patcharachuta.
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