Golconda Masters Telangana Open: Kartik stays error-free, Manu takes five-shot lead

Overnight joint chief Manu Gandas sizzled with 10-under 58 and went on to take five-shot lead at 17-under 122 to be sole chief on the finish of the second spherical of the PGTI’s season opener Golconda Masters Telangana Open on the Hyderabad Golf Association (HGA) course on Friday.
Amardeep Malik adopted Manu with 12-under 127 following his second spherical of seven-under 61. Overnight the golfer from Noida was at fourth place with 5-under 66.
Rookie Kartik Sharma was a revelation on Friday when he completed the second day with an error-free nine-under 59 to be positioned tied third at a complete of 10-under 129 with Yuvraj Singh Sandhu of Chandigarh who shot a six-under 62 on Friday. Kartik, 21, from Gurugram turned professional lately and was making debut on the HGA. Overnight Kartik was tied 28 with 13 others whereas Yuvraj was tied 6 with seven others. Round one joint chief Pukhraj Singh Gill was tied 13 with 6-under 133 with 4 others.
Kartik made 4 birdies on the front-nine together with tap-ins on the sixth and eighth and back-nine was higher for the southpaw who added 5 extra birdies. After a birdie on the 14th, Kartik transformed from seven to 10 toes to log out with birdies on the final three.
“I was a little nervous when I began like others, I too was playing tournament golf after a long time. The course was playing softer today due to the overnight rain. That suited my game,” Kartik stated of his day’s present.
Overnight rains left water logging on fairways and gap No. 6 with a par-5 was diminished to par-3 and gap No. 18, a par-4 was curtailed to par-3. Therefore the par course was diminished to 68 as an alternative of normal 71. The second day’s begin was delayed by an hour. Even although it rained within the afternoon session too, play continued with none hitch
The lower was declared at even-par 139. Fifty two together with two amateurs made the lower however defending champion and Tokyo Olympian Udayan Mane who tallied three-over 142 will miss the subsequent two rounds. Milind Soni (T-35 at two-under 137) and Tej Gangavarapu (T-45 at even-par 139) had been the native amateurs who made the lower.
On the front-nine, Manu began with 5 birdies which included two conversions from 20 to 30 toes however suffered two bogeys and on the again 9, the Gurugram golfer had seven birdies included some distinctive chip-putts, an awesome restoration from the bunker on the seventeenth and a 25-feet conversion on the 18th. The 25-year-old completed the day making birdies on his final 5 holes.
“A 10-under is always special and a score of 58 sounds great. I’ve just been striking it great since day one and today I took all my opportunities on the greens. I made adjustments in such conditions and I did too. I feel the back-nine presents more scoring opportunities here and I capitalized on that,” stated Manu who’s looking for first ever title.
Chikkarangappa, the 2019 champion, of Bengaluru was tied fifth at nine-under 130 together with Yashas Chandra of Mysuru whereas PGTI Order of Merit chief Karandeep Kochhar of Chandigarh was in seventh place at eight-under 131. Another former champion, Harendra Gupta of Chandigarh, who gained the inaugural version in 2015, was tied twenty seventh at three-under 136.