indo-asian news service
Tarlac (Philippines), Dec 19: Golfers Gaganjeet Bhullar and Khalin Joshi carded three-under 69 and 67 to be tied third and joint seventh respectively after the second round of the $3,00,000 Philippine Open here Saturday.
Bhullar, who was tied second with a 67 Friday at the Luisita Golf and Country Club, got birdies on the first, fifth, sixth, ninth, 10th and 18th holes against bogeys on the seventh, 11th and 14th for a 69. The five-time winner on the Asian tour was two strokes behind leader Lindsay Renolds (68) of Canada.
“I’m in the title mix. I played really well from holes one to nine. It got a big dodgy on a few par fours on the back. My two bogeys were a result of mismanagement with the clubbing. Other than that it was a good solid round,” Bhullar said in a release.
Bhullar shared third place with home favourite Miguel Tabuena (69), Kalle Samooja (67) of Finland and Giwhan Kim (68) of South Korea on 136.
Khalin jumped 11 places as he added 67 to his first round score of 70. The Bangalore-based golfer scored five-birdies (fourth, eighth, 13th, 15th and 16th) in a flawless round.
Himmat Rai was tied 32nd following a 70 that took his total to three-under 141, while S Chikka (71) and Shubhankar Sharma (76) risked losing their full Asian Tour cards after missing the cut, that was set at even-par 144, by a stroke.