{"id":11990,"date":"2012-11-30T03:10:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T03:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11990"},"modified":"2012-11-30T03:10:11","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T03:10:11","slug":"shamim-fires-68-to-lead-at-halfway-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11990","title":{"rendered":"Shamim fires 68 to lead at halfway stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/golf\/shamim_khan.jpg\" alt=\"shamim\" width=\"250\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" \/>Kolkata<\/strong>: Delhi\u2019s Shamim Khan fired a four-under-68&nbsp;to seize the round two lead at the McLeod Russel Tour Championship&nbsp;2012 being played at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC). Shamim\u2019s&nbsp;total stands at six-under-138 at the halfway stage of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Mukesh Kumar of Mhow shot a 71 on Thursday to be placed one stroke&nbsp;behind the leader in second position.<\/p>\n<p>Shamim Khan (70-68), who was overnight tied fifth, dropped a bogey&nbsp;early on in his round after his tee shot found the rough on the third&nbsp;hole. The 38-year-old, currently placed second on the Rolex Rankings,&nbsp;soon turned the tide with eagle-birdie on the next two holes. Shamim&nbsp;eagled the par-5 fourth after hitting the green in two shots and&nbsp;subsequently converting the six feet putt. He then sank a 20-footer to&nbsp;birdie the fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Shamim, a three-time winner in the current PGTI season, conceded a&nbsp;bogey on the sixth but came back fighting with a sublime effort on the&nbsp;back-nine where he birdied the 13th, 16th and 17th. He sank a&nbsp;monstrous 35-feet putt on the 13th and chipped-in from behind the&nbsp;green on the 17th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI missed just two fairways today as I drove it really well. My&nbsp;putting was also much better as compared to round one. I sank some&nbsp;long putts. One has to be aggressive on this course since it is quite&nbsp;long. Even though the fairways are narrow, using the irons instead of&nbsp;a driver or 3-wood is not an option,\u201d said Shamim.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThe next two rounds are very crucial in the context of the&nbsp;Rolex Rankings race as well. The difference between Rashid Khan and&nbsp;myself is just over Rs. 11,000 in the rankings. If I finish even one&nbsp;position ahead of him I would overtake him to become number one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mukesh Kumar (68-71), the overnight leader, slipped to second position&nbsp;on Thursday after returning a 71 that included five birdies and four&nbsp;bogeys. His overall score reads five-under-139.<\/p>\n<p>Local favourite Shankar Das\u2019 five-under-67 was joint best score of the&nbsp;day. It helped him climb from overnight tied 32nd to tied third.<\/p>\n<p>Shankar\u2019s super round featured seven birdies and two bogeys. He made&nbsp;three straight birdies on the 15th, 16th and 17th.<\/p>\n<p>Shankar, a three-time winner on the PGTI, said, \u201cI changed my putter&nbsp;today. I was not feeling very comfortable with my old putter after&nbsp;missing a lot of short putts in round one. The change had the desired&nbsp;effect as I putted better today. I also played brilliantly on the&nbsp;back-nine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abhijit Singh Chadha of Chandigarh, who also shot a 67 in round two,&nbsp;joined Das in tied third place at three-under-141. Chadha made six&nbsp;birdies against a bogey on day two.<\/p>\n<p>Jyoti Randhawa with four birdies and two bogeys in his round of 70 was&nbsp;the third golfer in tied third position.<\/p>\n<p>Kolkata\u2019s SSP Chowrasia is a further shot back and shares the sixth&nbsp;spot with Vijay Kumar of Lucknow and Sri Lanka\u2019s Mithun Perera.<\/p>\n<p>Bangalore\u2019s Anirban Lahiri and Rashid Khan of Delhi are joint ninth&nbsp;with totals of one-under-143.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/golf\/shamim_khan.jpg\" alt=\"shamim\" width=\"250\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" \/>Kolkata<\/strong>: Delhi\u2019s Shamim Khan fired a four-under-68&nbsp;to seize the round two lead at the McLeod Russel Tour Championship&nbsp;2012 being played at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC). Shamim\u2019s&nbsp;total stands at six-under-138 at the halfway stage of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Mukesh Kumar of Mhow shot a 71 on Thursday to be placed one stroke&nbsp;behind the leader in second position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[466,7458,222,4020,1102],"class_list":["post-11990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-golf-golf","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-mcleod-russel-tour-championship-2012","tag-mukesh-kumar","tag-rashid-khan","tag-shamim-khan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shamim fires 68 to lead at halfway stage - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11990\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shamim fires 68 to lead at halfway stage - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kolkata: Delhi\u2019s Shamim Khan fired a four-under-68&nbsp;to seize the round two lead at the McLeod Russel Tour Championship&nbsp;2012 being played at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC). 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