{"id":36468,"date":"2018-10-30T15:36:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T15:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468"},"modified":"2018-10-30T15:36:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T15:36:04","slug":"ajeetesh-sandhu-fires-second-straight-67-to-be-on-the-leaders-tail-in-round-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468","title":{"rendered":"Ajeetesh Sandhu fires second straight 67 to be on the leaders\u2019 tail in round two"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AjeeteshIndia\u2019s Ajeetesh Sandhu continued his rich vein of form at the Panasonic Open India 2018 as he fired a second successive round of five-under-67 to be placed third, one behind the leaders, at 10-under-134.<\/p>\n

Suradit Yongcharoenchai (67) of Thailand continued in the lead for the second day running with a tally of 11-under-133. Bangladesh\u2019s Md Siddikur Rahman returned a top-class 66 to join Suradit at the top of the pack at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC).<\/p>\n

Ajeetesh Sandhu (67-67), who was overnight tied second and one off the lead, had a slow start to the second round as he bogeyed the opening 10th<\/sup> hole. However, he soon found his bearings and rallied with four birdies on the back nine and two more on the front-nine.<\/p>\n

Sandhu, who claimed his breakthrough win on the Asian Tour last year, said, \u201cIt was a much better round today as compared to round one. I hit it better even though I missed a few putts. I\u2019m quite pleased with my effort.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt DGC one has to create opportunities by hitting maximum fairways. The par-5s also provide scoring opportunities if you play them well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt certain aspects of my game were a bit rusty so I\u2019ve been working on those over the past few months with my friend and fellow professional Gurbaaz Mann and my coach Jesse Grewal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe key moment today was the birdie on the 11th<\/sup>. After having started with a bogey on the 10th<\/sup> I felt I came back well with the birdie on the next hole that actually helped me settle down and get into my rhythm.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always played well at the DGC. I don\u2019t remember having a bad finish here. I have good memories of this course from my junior days when I won a lot here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rashid Khan\u2019s (68-68) second straight 68 ensured he was the other Indian in the top-5. Khan, playing at his home course, was placed fifth at eight-under-136 at the halfway stage.<\/p>\n

Rashid had a terrific start with three birdies on the first five holes before stumbling with two bogeys on the sixth and eighth. However, he salvaged his round with a charge towards the end as he accumulated three more birdies on the last five holes.<\/p>\n

The Indian duo of Jeev Milkha Singh (68) and M Dharma (67) occupied tied sixth place at seven-under-137. Both produced bogey-free rounds. While Jeev gained three spots on day two, Dharma climbed 10 positions.<\/p>\n

Jeev said, \u201cI\u2019ve made only one bogey in 36 holes so far. On this golf course, I\u2019ll take this on any given day. I played really well. I drove the ball well. Everything was good. I had a lot of opportunities for birdies. You have got to take what comes your way. I was patient and I managed to hole a few putts coming in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been playing a lot of 18 holes back home. I just thought I hit it fine on the range. Why can\u2019t I take that on to the golf course? So I just kept playing. For the last month and a half, I think the maximum practice I have done is the last two days!<\/p>\n

\u201cI hit about 50 balls each time. Otherwise, at home, I just hit like 20 to 30 balls to warm up before heading out to play. I see shots better on the golf course now. For the past three years, I have been hitting beautiful shots on the range but something was just missing out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

PGTI member Anura Rohana (67) of Sri Lanka was also tied for sixth.<\/p>\n

Seventeen-year-old Indian Kshitij Naveed Kaul, who made his professional debut this week, dished out an exceptional 66 to end the day in tied 12th<\/sup> at six-under-138.<\/p>\n

The two other Indians in tied 12th<\/sup> were former Panasonic Open India champion Mukesh Kumar (67) and Aman Raj (68).<\/p>\n

Tapy Ghai, who was tied second on day one, slipped to tied 15th<\/sup> as a result of his 72. Khalin Joshi also took a share of 15th<\/sup>place as his round of 68 lifted him 18 spots.<\/p>\n

Defending champion Shiv Kapur dropped five spots to tied 21st<\/sup> after his second consecutive 70 took his tally to four-under-140.<\/p>\n

Two other former champions from the host country, Chiragh Kumar (one-under-143) and Digvijay Singh (one-over-145) ended the day in tied 36th<\/sup> and tied 53rd<\/sup> positions respectively.<\/p>\n

The cut went at two-over-146. A total of 74 players made the cut which included 38 Indians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

India\u2019s Ajeetesh Sandhu continued his rich vein of form at the Panasonic Open India 2018 as he fired a second successive round of five-under-67 to be placed third, one behind the leaders, at 10-under-134. Suradit Yongcharoenchai (67) of Thailand continued in the lead for the second day running with a tally of 11-under-133. Bangladesh\u2019s Md […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"\nAjeetesh Sandhu fires second straight 67 to be on the leaders\u2019 tail in round two - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & 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=36468\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ajeetesh Sandhu fires second straight 67 to be on the leaders\u2019 tail in round two - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"India\u2019s Ajeetesh Sandhu continued his rich vein of form at the Panasonic Open India 2018 as he fired a second successive round of five-under-67 to be placed third, one behind the leaders, at 10-under-134. Suradit Yongcharoenchai (67) of Thailand continued in the lead for the second day running with a tally of 11-under-133. Bangladesh\u2019s Md […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-30T15:36:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ajeetesh_Sandhu_-_Rd_2-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1704\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36468#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36468\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\"},\"headline\":\"Ajeetesh Sandhu fires second straight 67 to be on the leaders\u2019 tail in round two\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-30T15:36:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36468\"},\"wordCount\":755,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36468#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/Ajeetesh_Sandhu_-_Rd_2-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Golf\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36468#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36468\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36468\",\"name\":\"Ajeetesh Sandhu fires second straight 67 to be on the leaders\u2019 tail in round two - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36468#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36468#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/Ajeetesh_Sandhu_-_Rd_2-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-30T15:36:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36468#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36468\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36468#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/Ajeetesh_Sandhu_-_Rd_2-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/Ajeetesh_Sandhu_-_Rd_2-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1704,\"caption\":\"Ajeetesh Sandhu Rd 2\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36468#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ajeetesh Sandhu fires second straight 67 to be on the leaders\u2019 tail in round two\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/\",\"name\":\"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ajeetesh Sandhu fires second straight 67 to be on the leaders\u2019 tail in round two - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ajeetesh Sandhu fires second straight 67 to be on the leaders\u2019 tail in round two - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","og_description":"India\u2019s Ajeetesh Sandhu continued his rich vein of form at the Panasonic Open India 2018 as he fired a second successive round of five-under-67 to be placed third, one behind the leaders, at 10-under-134. Suradit Yongcharoenchai (67) of Thailand continued in the lead for the second day running with a tally of 11-under-133. Bangladesh\u2019s Md […]","og_url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468","og_site_name":"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","article_published_time":"2018-10-30T15:36:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1704,"url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ajeetesh_Sandhu_-_Rd_2-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646"},"headline":"Ajeetesh Sandhu fires second straight 67 to be on the leaders\u2019 tail in round two","datePublished":"2018-10-30T15:36:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468"},"wordCount":755,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ajeetesh_Sandhu_-_Rd_2-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Golf"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468","name":"Ajeetesh Sandhu fires second straight 67 to be on the leaders\u2019 tail in round two - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ajeetesh_Sandhu_-_Rd_2-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2018-10-30T15:36:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ajeetesh_Sandhu_-_Rd_2-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ajeetesh_Sandhu_-_Rd_2-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1704,"caption":"Ajeetesh Sandhu Rd 2"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36468#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ajeetesh Sandhu fires second straight 67 to be on the leaders\u2019 tail in round two"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#website","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/","name":"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in"],"url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}