Arjun Sharma fired an ace enroute his super six-under 64 in Round Two that propelled him into the halfway lead at 13-under 127 at the Mysuru Open hosted by Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Golf Club.
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Kartik Sharma’s 63 and scores of 64 by Shaurya Binu and Akshay Sharma placed them in a three-way tie for second place at 12-under 128.
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The cut went at four-under 136. Fifty-two professionals and one amateur made the cut.
Arjun (63-64), who was overnight tied second and one off the lead, enjoyed a terrific first nine on Friday as he produced a hole-in-one on the 15th and sank three more birdies before the turn thanks to a couple of long conversions. The 31-year-old Arjun, searching for his maiden win, then had a steady front-nine with a solitary birdie on the seventh and no dropped shots.
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Arjun, a runner-up on the PGTI, said, “A hole-in-one is always a big boost to the confidence. I had a better score in round one but today I hit it better. I’m quite pleased with my effort despite a quiet second nine because I managed to keep the errors out and went bogey-free. I’m happy with the way I’m playing. It’s a very good layout and if you’re hitting it well off the tee there are a lot of scoring opportunities.”
Shaurya (64-64) made an eagle-two, six birdies and two bogeys while Kartik Sharma (65-63) sank nine birdies and two bogeys and Akshay Sharma (64-64) carded seven birdies and a bogey.
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Overnight leader Aman Raj (67) slipped to fifth place at 11-under 129.
Seventeen-year-old Veer Ganapathy was the only amateur to make the cut. Veer, who was tied second after round one, struck a 68 on day two to drop to 12th position at nine-under 131.
Kshitij Naveed Kaul returned an error-free nine-under 61, the lowest round of the tournament so far, to end the day in tied 13th place at eight-under 132.
