{"id":36535,"date":"2018-12-16T15:14:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T15:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36535"},"modified":"2018-12-16T15:14:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T15:14:05","slug":"rashid-khan-pulls-ahead-by-three-shots-after-a-class-act-of-62-in-round-two-of-cg-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36535","title":{"rendered":"Rashid Khan pulls ahead by three shots after a class act of 62 in round two of CG Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-36534\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/rashidkhan-getty310-750.jpg\" alt=\"rashidkhan getty310 750\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" style=\"margin: 1px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/rashidkhan-getty310-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/rashidkhan-getty310-750-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/rashidkhan-getty310-750-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/rashidkhan-getty310-750-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>Two-time Asian Tour winner Rashid Khan\u2019s class act of eight-under-62 in round two of the PGTI\u2019s CG Open 2018 helped him pull ahead of the rest by three shots. The Delhi golfer, who produced a sensational run of six straight birdies during his error-free round at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club (BPGC), now has a total of 10-under-130.<\/p>\n<p>Australian Kunal Bhasin, a former CG Open champion and resident of Mumbai, carded a 67 to end the day in tied second at seven-under-133 along with Lucknow\u2019s Sanjeev Kumar (69) at the Rs. 1 crore event.<\/p>\n<p>The cut was declared at three-over-143. Fifty professionals and one amateur made the cut for the money rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Rashid Khan (68-62), lying overnight tied 11<sup>th<\/sup>, took a flight to the top of the leaderboard on day two riding on his good putting form. Khan, a two-time runner-up at the CG Open, set the course on fire with birdies on his first six holes sinking putts from 15 to 25 feet on three occasions.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old Rashid, fresh from a top-10 in Bengaluru last week, picked up two more birdies on the back-nine including one from 25 feet to stake his claim for the title this week. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rashid said, \u201cI\u2019ve been striking the ball well but was struggling with my putting till last week in Bengaluru. I tried a few things and managed to fix my putting during the Bengaluru event that also helped me put up some good scores there including a 67.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had changed my irons before the Asian Tour event in Hong Kong and that also had a positive impact on my game. The birdie-run on the first six holes today really boosted my confidence and set up the round for me,\u201d added Khan, whose second round 62 is so far the best round of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Kunal Bhasin (66-67), the 2009 CG Open champion, moved up from overnight tied fourth to tied second as a result of his second round 67 that featured five birdies and two bogeys.<\/p>\n<p>Bhasin, who had withdrawn from last week\u2019s event in Bengaluru due to a back spasm, said, \u201cI\u2019m still a little stiff and restricted in my swing due to the back spasm and that\u2019s the reason I\u2019ve changed my set up and am playing with an open stance. Nonetheless, I\u2019ve not felt this good about my game in a while.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though I didn\u2019t drive as well today but my iron-play was solid and I putted well. I birdied four of the six par-3s and that at this venue always ensures a low score.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanjeev Kumar, the overnight joint leader, dropped to tied second after a 69.<\/p>\n<p>Gurugram\u2019s Digvijay Singh, the other joint leader from round one, also slipped on day two after he fired a 70. Digvijay shared fourth place with Sri Lankan N Thangaraja (68) and Mysuru\u2019s Yashas Chandra (68) at six-under-134.<\/p>\n<p>Delhi\u2019s Pawan Kumar shot a brilliant 63 to move into tied ninth at four-under-136. Pravin Pathare from neighbouring Pune returned an equally impressive 64 to close the round in tied 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;at one-under-139.<\/p>\n<p>Delhi\u2019s Gagan Verma was the only amateur to make the cut. He totalled two-over-142 at the halfway stage to be tied 32<sup>nd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Mumbai\u2019s Anil Bajrang Mane was the only local golfer to make the cut. He was tied 44<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;at three-over-143.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time Asian Tour winner Rashid Khan\u2019s class act of eight-under-62 in round two of the PGTI\u2019s CG Open 2018 helped him pull ahead of the rest by three shots. The Delhi golfer, who produced a sensational run of six straight birdies during his error-free round at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club (BPGC), now has a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rashid Khan pulls ahead by three shots after a class act of 62 in round two of CG Open - 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=36535\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rashid Khan pulls ahead by three shots after a class act of 62 in round two of CG Open - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two-time Asian Tour winner Rashid Khan\u2019s class act of eight-under-62 in round two of the PGTI\u2019s CG Open 2018 helped him pull ahead of the rest by three shots. 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