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Bangladesh\u2019s Md Zamal Hossain Mollah posted the day\u2019s joint best score of six-under-64 to move into the second round lead at the Jaipur Open 2018 presented by Rajasthan Tourism. Zamal, a two-time winner on the PGTI, led the field by one at the Rambagh Golf Club as his total stood at 11-under-129.<\/p>\n
Twenty-one-year-old amateur Yuvraj Singh Sandhu of Chandigarh gave the professionals a run for their money as he followed up his promising first round 66 with an even better 64 to be tied for second at 10-under-130 along with Delhi\u2019s Honey Baisoya who fired a second straight 65.<\/p>\n
The cut fell at one-under-139. Fifty-seven professionals and two amateurs made it to the money rounds.<\/p>\n
Md Zamal Hossain Mollah (65-64) worked his way up from tied sixth in round one to the top of the pack in round two courtesy a 64 that included seven birdies and a bogey. Zamal has had a patchy season so far. His best results, a runner-up finish on the Asian Tour and two top-10s on the PGTI, have all come at his home course in Dhaka.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Zamal got his driver and putter to complement his quality iron-play to emerge as a strong title contender. He was off to a dream start with long birdie conversions on the first three holes.<\/p>\n
Then, after a minor setback, the bogey on the fourth, the 33-year-old continued his ascent with four more birdies on the seventh, eighth, 12th<\/sup> and 18th<\/sup>. Mollah\u2019s last birdie was a major morale-booster as his chip missed the hole by inches and led to a tap-in. <\/p>\n Zamal said, \u201cI suffered a major injury in my right wrist due to a motorbike accident late last year. That made a huge impact on my game as I\u2019ve had to curtail my practice since then. The wrist is now much better and as a result I managed to get a good one week of practice before this tournament.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile my iron-play has been good in both the rounds so far, my driving and putting only began to click in the second round. I was in a good position during an event at Rambagh in 2015 when a ball struck me on the head towards the end of round two. I had to withdraw from that event. This time I\u2019m determined to perform well in Jaipur.\u201d<\/p>\n Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (66-64), India\u2019s top amateur in 2016, put up an impressive show for the second day in succession that earned him a place in the third day\u2019s leader group alongside established names such as Zamal and Honey Baisoya. Sandhu, playing only his second PGTI event, dished out seven birdies in exchange for a single bogey and thus climbed seven spots on Wednesday<\/span>.<\/p>\n Yuvraj, currently ranked third among amateurs in India, said, \u201cI enjoyed good, smooth starts on both days and that set it up well for me. My short-game has been my strength and that\u2019s what worked for me here as well. My wedge-play into the greens and my putting has been excellent so far this week.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll now look to just stick to my process over the next two days and focus on placing the ball well. I feel my game is now good enough for me to turn professional,\u201d added Sandhu, who had missed out on earning his card at PGTI\u2019s Q School earlier this year.<\/p>\n Honey Baisoya (65-65), working on a swing change, was also in the mix. His round of 65 featured a 15-feet eagle conversion on the 14th<\/sup>, four birdies and a bogey. Baisoya thus gained four positions from his overnight tied sixth.<\/p>\n Sri Lankan Anura Rohana (69), the first round leader, slipped to tied fourth at nine-under-131 along with Delhi\u2019s Ashok Kumar (65) and Patna\u2019s Aman Raj (67).<\/p>\n Asian Tour regular Chiragh Kumar (70) was tied seventh at seven-under-133.<\/p>\n Meerut\u2019s Sudhir Sharma fired a hole-in-one on the second during his round of 67 that gave him a share of seventh.<\/p>\n Defending champion Shamim Khan (70) of Delhi was a further shot back in tied 11th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n Jyoti Randhawa, the star attraction this week, slipped 17 places to tied 26th<\/sup> after a score of 71 took his total to three-under-137.<\/p>\n Joining Randhawa in tied 26th<\/sup> were 23-year-old rookie Hemendra Choudhary (67-70) of Jaipur, the only local player to make the cut, and Ahmedabad\u2019s Jay Pandya (68-69), the second amateur to make the cut besides Yuvraj Singh Sandhu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bangladesh\u2019s Md Zamal Hossain Mollah posted the day\u2019s joint best score of six-under-64 to move into the second round lead at the Jaipur Open 2018 presented by Rajasthan Tourism. Zamal, a two-time winner on the PGTI, led the field by one at the Rambagh Golf Club as his total stood at 11-under-129. Twenty-one-year-old amateur Yuvraj […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"\n