{"id":68,"date":"2011-10-06T13:27:17","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T13:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=68"},"modified":"2011-10-06T13:27:17","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T13:27:17","slug":"mithun-perera-leads-after-round-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"Mithun Perera leads after Round 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Panchkula: <\/strong>Mithun Perera of Sri Lanka emerged as the round two  leader at the Haryana Open 2011 presented by Vatika, HUDA &amp; PGC  after he shot a sizzling six under 66 at the Panchkula Golf Club.  Perera\u2019s tally for the week stands at 10 under 134 after the second  round. Mukesh Kumar of Mhow registered a 70 on day two to be placed  second, two strokes behind the leader.<\/p>\n<p> The cut was declared at three over 147. Fifty-two professionals and two amateurs made the cut.<\/p>\n<p> Mithun Perera (68-66) climbed from overnight tied second to the top  position after firing seven birdies and a bogey on Thursday. Perera, a  10th tee starter, seemed to collect birdies at will on his first nine as  he picked up strokes on the 11th, 12th, 13th and 15th to go four under  at the turn. He converted a 15 feet putt for birdie on the 12th and  followed that up with a perfect tee shot on the par-3 13th that landed  five feet from the flag and led to another birdie.<\/p>\n<p> The 24-year-old from Colombo carried forward the momentum on his second  nine with a birdie on the first hole thanks to an excellent drive. The  only blemish on his card was the bogey on the fourth. Mithun then went  on to produce his best shot of the day on the sixth. He hit his approach  shot from about 100 yards to within three feet of the pin on the sixth  to pocket yet another birdie. Perera earned his last birdie of the day  on the par-5 eighth where he found the green in two shots.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI played percentage golf today. I hit all fairways and made 15 greens  in regulation. The putts also rolled in for me today unlike yesterday. I  made 27 putts in all. I attacked the pins whenever I was within a range  of 150 yards with my approach shots. I made some decent chip-putts.  I\u2019ll now look to repeat this effort over the next two days in order to  have a good chance to take a shot at the title,\u201d said Perera, who is  currently second on the Aircel Emerging Player of the Year ranking for  2011.<\/p>\n<p> Mukesh Kumar (66-70), the overnight leader, dropped to second place on  Thursday after he returned a 70 that featured six birdies, two bogeys  and a double bogey. Mukesh thus ended the day at eight under 136 aided  by some top-class chipping and putting.<\/p>\n<p> Abhishek Jha of Bangalore is placed third at seven under 137 while the  Chandigarh duo of Harmeet Kahlon and Ranjit Singh is in joint fourth  along with Patna\u2019s Md Islam at six under 138.<\/p>\n<p> Vikrant Chopra of Delhi, who is currently in tied 19th position at two  under 142, made a hole-in-one during his second round of 67 on Thursday.  Vikrant aced the fourth hole with his four-iron tee shot that fell a  few feet short of the flag and rolled in.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Panchkula: <\/strong>Mithun Perera of Sri Lanka emerged as the round two  leader at the Haryana Open 2011 presented by Vatika, HUDA &amp; PGC  after he shot a sizzling six under 66 at the Panchkula Golf Club.  Perera\u2019s tally for the week stands at 10 under 134 after the second  round. 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