{"id":41343,"date":"2025-12-10T14:48:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=41343"},"modified":"2025-12-10T14:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:48:24","slug":"vishwa-samudra-open-2025-n-thangaraja-moves-to-the-top-with-day-s-best-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=41343","title":{"rendered":"Vishwa Samudra Open 2025: N Thangaraja moves to the top with day\u2019s best 66"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-40883\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/N_Thangaraja.jpg\" alt=\"N Thangaraja\" width=\"850\" height=\"547\" style=\"display: block; margin: 8px auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/N_Thangaraja.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/N_Thangaraja-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/N_Thangaraja-1024x659.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/N_Thangaraja-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/N_Thangaraja-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/N_Thangaraja-696x448.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/>New Delhi:<\/strong> Sri Lankan N Thangaraja moved to the top of the leaderboard after firing the second day\u2019s best score of six-under 66 at the Vishwa Samudra Open 2025 presented by Kapil Dev, an INR 2 crore event, being played at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC).<\/p>\n<p>Thangaraja (73-66), a three-time winner this year and currently placed fourth in the PGTI Ranking, took his 36-hole tally to five-under 139 for a two-stroke advantage over the rest of the field. Thanga, thus jumped 17 spots from his overnight tied 18th.<\/p>\n<p>Jairaj Singh Sandhu (68-73), the first-round leader, shot a 73 in round two to drop one place to second position at three-under 141.<\/p>\n<p>Dhruv Sheoran (68), PGTI Order of Merit leader Yuvraj Sandhu (69), Viraj Madappa (69) and Rashid Khan (70) were all tied third at two-under 142.<\/p>\n<p>Five players out of a total of 125 could not complete their second round on Wednesday when play was suspended at 5:30 pm local time due to fading light. These five players are scheduled to resume their second round from 7:30 am onwards on Thursday. Round three will not commence before 8:15 am.<\/p>\n<p>The cut is likely to fall at eight-over 152.<\/p>\n<p>On another high-scoring day, forty-four-year-old N Thangaraja, who missed last week\u2019s PGTI event in Jaipur due to the floods in his native country Sri Lanka, outshined the rest of the field with his solid tee shots, approaches and chipping.<\/p>\n<p>Thangaraja capitalized with birdies on all the four Par-5s. He sank two putts from a range of 12 to 20 feet and landed his chips within five feet on four occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Thanga said, \u201cMy home in Colombo was affected by the recent floods. Fortunately, there was no major damage. I had decided not to play in Delhi this week as me and my family were still trying to get our lives back on track. But my wife insisted that I play in Delhi because I have been in good form. I missed out on practice for about 15 days with my home course also being flooded. I just managed to get one day of practice before leaving for Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeeping the circumstances in mind, I\u2019m quite proud of my effort so far this week. I\u2019m also coming from warm weather into the cold Delhi weather so adapting has taken some time. But I was back to striking the ball the way I was doing a few weeks back. That is reflected in my performance today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Sri Lankan N Thangaraja moved to the top of the leaderboard after firing the second day\u2019s best score of six-under 66 at the Vishwa Samudra Open 2025 presented by Kapil Dev, an INR 2 crore event, being played at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC). 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