Barry Lane leads weather-hit Avantha Masters in India
DAVID DRYSDALE'S LATE HAT-TRICK
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OF BIRDIES PUTS HIM ONE OFF LEAD
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FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE & THE ASIAN TOUR NEWS RELEASE
English duo John Parry and Barry Lane were in a three-way tie for the lead at the Avantha Masters on 10 under par when play was suspended during the second round in New Delhi, India today.
Parry had only one hole to play - the ninth - when the day's action came to a premature end due to lightning at DLF Golf and Country Club, with the 23-year-old on five under for his round.
Lane had earlier carded a second consecutive 67 to take the clubhouse lead on 10-under-par 134, while Taiwan's Chan Yih-shin was also at 10 under playing the last.
Lane had trailed Andrew Dodt for most of the morning but the Australian carded a double bogey at the par-three 16th and signed for a 68 to end up in a group of four players on nine under.
He joined David Drysdale (pictured above) after the man from Dunbar produced a strong finish with three consecutive birdies in his 67, his third successive sub-70 round on the European Tour after he had admitted struggling adjusting to the new grooves regulation.
Darren Beck surged up the leaderboard to nine under following an impressive bogey-free 65, the Australian grabbing five of his seven birdies over the second half of his round having started on the 10th, while Singaporean Lan Chih-bing completed the quartet following a 68.
Four more players are tied at eight under, while Ulsterman Darren Clarke climbed back into contention after a 66 that featured nine birdies - seven of which came in his last 11 holes - moved him to seven under.
He was joined by, among others, Oliver Fisher - who posted a 67 - and Marcel Siem, who had dropped off the pace after three straight bogeys from the 12th saw him one over for the day with three holes of his second round remaining.
A total of 36 players will return to the DLF Golf and Country Club to complete their rounds at 7.15am (local time) on Saturday before the start of the third round which is scheduled to tee off at 9am local time.
Chinese Taipei’s Chan Yih-shin was three under through 17 holes of his second round when play was suspended at 4.28pm and eventually abandoned due to inclement weather.
Singapore’s Lam Chih Bing who managed to complete his round before rain brought play to an abrupt halt, added a 68 to his opening 67 to take a share of fourth place in the clubhouse alongside David Drysdale and Australians Andrew Dodt and Darren Beck on 135.
Thailand’s Kwanchai Tannin matched his opening 68 with another 68 to take a share of eighth place with India’s Rahil Gangjee and Korea’s Lee Sung on 136.
Lane, who opened with a 67, made steady progress with three birdies over his opening nine holes in the morning.
After making the turn in 34, the veteran Englishman mixed three birdies against a lone bogey on the par-four fifth to cruise home with another 67.
“It can be hard work being an old man out here and these young guys are bombing it past you at times but it is nice to know that I can still play and compete out here,” said Lane who will be turning 50 in June.
“It has just been the short game and the putting but hopefully it’ll get better,” added Lane.
Meanwhile Lam who is no stranger to success having won his maiden Asian Tour title in 2008, continued to stay in the hunt for his second win on the Asian Tour despite enduring a mixed day where his card was marked with six birdies, four bogeys and an eagle.
“I haven’t had one of these days for a while. It just seems like I’m either hitting it really close to the pin or getting a bad break and landing myself in trouble. Hopefully the birdies will continue to come and eliminate the couple of loose shots that I’ve made,” said Lam.
Starting the day tied for third, the Singaporean had two birdies on the second and sixth holes cancelled out by bogeys on the fifth and seventh holes. It was not until the eighth hole when Lam reeled in another birdie and an eagle three on the ninth hole that appeared to turn his game round.
However, Lam’s card in homeward run was again coloured with red and blue with three birdies and two bogeys.
“There’s still everything to play for this weekend as everyone at the top are all separated by only one shot. I’ll continue to stay focus and do my best,” added Lam.
After enjoying two top-10s on the Asian Tour season, Dodt is now keeping his focus on securing his maiden Asian Tour title after his second round of 68.
“I’m playing well and obviously one of my goals this season is to win an event,” said Dodt, whose brilliant early season form was highlighted by two runner-up finishes in Australia and New Zealand last month.
Dodt, who started the day in tied-third, birdied the par-three third hole and continued a hat-trick of birdies on the sixth, seventh and ninth holes to complete a flawless opening front-nine.
Despite a lone bogey on the 10th after making the turn, the Australian’s hot streak continued with successive birdies recorded from holes 11th to 13th.
However he was left to rue a costly double bogey on the 16th that spoilt his card on his inward-nine.
“It was a very quick start to my back-nine with three birdies in a row starting from the 11th and then a double bogey on the 16th which was really a very bad tee shots. I hit it into the water and I had to make it in five after the tee shots,” said the Australian
“I made a pretty slow start yesterday in the front-nine but today, I probably made a better start than I did today and I had a good middle patch today and hopefully I can carry that through over the weekend,” added Dodt.
COMPLETED SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE & THE ASIAN TOUR NEWS RELEASE
English duo John Parry and Barry Lane were in a three-way tie for the lead at the Avantha Masters on 10 under par when play was suspended during the second round in New Delhi, India today.
Parry had only one hole to play - the ninth - when the day's action came to a premature end due to lightning at DLF Golf and Country Club, with the 23-year-old on five under for his round.
Lane had earlier carded a second consecutive 67 to take the clubhouse lead on 10-under-par 134, while Taiwan's Chan Yih-shin was also at 10 under playing the last.
Lane had trailed Andrew Dodt for most of the morning but the Australian carded a double bogey at the par-three 16th and signed for a 68 to end up in a group of four players on nine under.
He joined David Drysdale (pictured above) after the man from Dunbar produced a strong finish with three consecutive birdies in his 67, his third successive sub-70 round on the European Tour after he had admitted struggling adjusting to the new grooves regulation.
Darren Beck surged up the leaderboard to nine under following an impressive bogey-free 65, the Australian grabbing five of his seven birdies over the second half of his round having started on the 10th, while Singaporean Lan Chih-bing completed the quartet following a 68.
Four more players are tied at eight under, while Ulsterman Darren Clarke climbed back into contention after a 66 that featured nine birdies - seven of which came in his last 11 holes - moved him to seven under.
He was joined by, among others, Oliver Fisher - who posted a 67 - and Marcel Siem, who had dropped off the pace after three straight bogeys from the 12th saw him one over for the day with three holes of his second round remaining.
A total of 36 players will return to the DLF Golf and Country Club to complete their rounds at 7.15am (local time) on Saturday before the start of the third round which is scheduled to tee off at 9am local time.
Chinese Taipei’s Chan Yih-shin was three under through 17 holes of his second round when play was suspended at 4.28pm and eventually abandoned due to inclement weather.
Singapore’s Lam Chih Bing who managed to complete his round before rain brought play to an abrupt halt, added a 68 to his opening 67 to take a share of fourth place in the clubhouse alongside David Drysdale and Australians Andrew Dodt and Darren Beck on 135.
Thailand’s Kwanchai Tannin matched his opening 68 with another 68 to take a share of eighth place with India’s Rahil Gangjee and Korea’s Lee Sung on 136.
Lane, who opened with a 67, made steady progress with three birdies over his opening nine holes in the morning.
After making the turn in 34, the veteran Englishman mixed three birdies against a lone bogey on the par-four fifth to cruise home with another 67.
“It can be hard work being an old man out here and these young guys are bombing it past you at times but it is nice to know that I can still play and compete out here,” said Lane who will be turning 50 in June.
“It has just been the short game and the putting but hopefully it’ll get better,” added Lane.
Meanwhile Lam who is no stranger to success having won his maiden Asian Tour title in 2008, continued to stay in the hunt for his second win on the Asian Tour despite enduring a mixed day where his card was marked with six birdies, four bogeys and an eagle.
“I haven’t had one of these days for a while. It just seems like I’m either hitting it really close to the pin or getting a bad break and landing myself in trouble. Hopefully the birdies will continue to come and eliminate the couple of loose shots that I’ve made,” said Lam.
Starting the day tied for third, the Singaporean had two birdies on the second and sixth holes cancelled out by bogeys on the fifth and seventh holes. It was not until the eighth hole when Lam reeled in another birdie and an eagle three on the ninth hole that appeared to turn his game round.
However, Lam’s card in homeward run was again coloured with red and blue with three birdies and two bogeys.
“There’s still everything to play for this weekend as everyone at the top are all separated by only one shot. I’ll continue to stay focus and do my best,” added Lam.
After enjoying two top-10s on the Asian Tour season, Dodt is now keeping his focus on securing his maiden Asian Tour title after his second round of 68.
“I’m playing well and obviously one of my goals this season is to win an event,” said Dodt, whose brilliant early season form was highlighted by two runner-up finishes in Australia and New Zealand last month.
Dodt, who started the day in tied-third, birdied the par-three third hole and continued a hat-trick of birdies on the sixth, seventh and ninth holes to complete a flawless opening front-nine.
Despite a lone bogey on the 10th after making the turn, the Australian’s hot streak continued with successive birdies recorded from holes 11th to 13th.
However he was left to rue a costly double bogey on the 16th that spoilt his card on his inward-nine.
“It was a very quick start to my back-nine with three birdies in a row starting from the 11th and then a double bogey on the 16th which was really a very bad tee shots. I hit it into the water and I had to make it in five after the tee shots,” said the Australian
“I made a pretty slow start yesterday in the front-nine but today, I probably made a better start than I did today and I had a good middle patch today and hopefully I can carry that through over the weekend,” added Dodt.
COMPLETED SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
Play was abandoned for the day with 36 players still on the course. The round will be completed on Saturday morning (local time).
134 Barry Lane 67 67
135 David Drysdale 68 67, Darren Beck (Aus) 70 65, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 67 68, Chih-bing Lam (Sin) 67 68
136 Sung Lee (Kor) 71 65, Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 67 69, Kwanchai Tannin (Hkg) 68 68
137 Shane Lowry 71 66, Darren Clarke 71 66, Oliver Fisher 70 67
138 Richard Finch 69 69, Wen-hong Lin (Chn) 68 70
139 Richie Ramsay 71 68, Gareth Maybin 70 69, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 71 68, Danny Chia (Mal) 74 65, Lee Slattery 70 69, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 72 67, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 68 71
140 Peter Whiteford 70 70, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 68 72, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 67 73, Hideto Tanihara (Jpn) 71 69
141 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 67 74, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 71 70, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 71 70, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 72 69, Richard McEvoy 73 68, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 76 65, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 71 70
142 David Howell 74 68, Steven O'Hara 69 73, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 73 69, Udorn Duangdecha (Tha) 71 71, George Coetzee (Rsa) 72 70, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 72 70, Ashok Kumar (Ind) 70 72, Digvijay Singh (Ind) 71 71, Gregory Havret (Fra) 71 71
143 Anthony Kang (USA) 71 72, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 74, Scott Hend (Aus) 76 67, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 72 71, Andrew Coltart 69 74, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 70 73.
PROJECTED CUT-OFF POINT FOR HALFWAY QUALIFIERS
144 Gary Lockerbie 72 72, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 74 70, Mukesh Kumar (Ind) 72 72, Phillip Archer 74 70, P Harendra Gupta (Ind) 73 71, Mars Pucay (Phi) 73 71, Mark Foster 71 73
145 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 72 73, Gaurav Ghei (Ind) 78 67, Gurki Shergill (Ind) 70 75, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 73 72, Danny Lee (Nzl) 75 70, Marcus Both (Aus) 75 70, Stephan Gross Jnr (Ger) 75 70, Iain Steel (Mal) 74 71, Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 69 76, James Kamte (Rsa) 71 74, Shamim Khan (Ind) 73 72, Anirban Lahiri (Ind) 71 74
146 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 73 73, Chris Gane 71 75, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 74 72, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 76 70, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 75 71, Vikrant Chopra (Ind) 72 74, Mark Brown (Nzl) 73 73
147 Naman Dawar (Ind) 72 75, Tony Carolan (Aus) 73 74, Carl Suneson (Spa) 73 74, Gaurav pratap Singh (Ind) 73 74, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 72 75
148 Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe) 72 76, Harmeet Kahlon (Ind) 73 75
149 Ranjit Singh (Ind) 76 73
150 Vishal Singh (Ind) 75 75, Raju Ali Mollah (Ind) 76 74
151 Callum Macaulay 76 75
152 Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 83 69, Simon Griffiths 74 78
154 Kodai Ichihara (Jpn) 75 79
155 Andrew Butterfield 80 75
Withdrew: Arjun Singh (Ind), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa)
Projected cut: 143 or better to qualify
134 Barry Lane 67 67
135 David Drysdale 68 67, Darren Beck (Aus) 70 65, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 67 68, Chih-bing Lam (Sin) 67 68
136 Sung Lee (Kor) 71 65, Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 67 69, Kwanchai Tannin (Hkg) 68 68
137 Shane Lowry 71 66, Darren Clarke 71 66, Oliver Fisher 70 67
138 Richard Finch 69 69, Wen-hong Lin (Chn) 68 70
139 Richie Ramsay 71 68, Gareth Maybin 70 69, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 71 68, Danny Chia (Mal) 74 65, Lee Slattery 70 69, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 72 67, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 68 71
140 Peter Whiteford 70 70, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 68 72, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 67 73, Hideto Tanihara (Jpn) 71 69
141 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 67 74, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 71 70, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 71 70, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 72 69, Richard McEvoy 73 68, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 76 65, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 71 70
142 David Howell 74 68, Steven O'Hara 69 73, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 73 69, Udorn Duangdecha (Tha) 71 71, George Coetzee (Rsa) 72 70, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 72 70, Ashok Kumar (Ind) 70 72, Digvijay Singh (Ind) 71 71, Gregory Havret (Fra) 71 71
143 Anthony Kang (USA) 71 72, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 74, Scott Hend (Aus) 76 67, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 72 71, Andrew Coltart 69 74, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 70 73.
PROJECTED CUT-OFF POINT FOR HALFWAY QUALIFIERS
144 Gary Lockerbie 72 72, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 74 70, Mukesh Kumar (Ind) 72 72, Phillip Archer 74 70, P Harendra Gupta (Ind) 73 71, Mars Pucay (Phi) 73 71, Mark Foster 71 73
145 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 72 73, Gaurav Ghei (Ind) 78 67, Gurki Shergill (Ind) 70 75, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 73 72, Danny Lee (Nzl) 75 70, Marcus Both (Aus) 75 70, Stephan Gross Jnr (Ger) 75 70, Iain Steel (Mal) 74 71, Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 69 76, James Kamte (Rsa) 71 74, Shamim Khan (Ind) 73 72, Anirban Lahiri (Ind) 71 74
146 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 73 73, Chris Gane 71 75, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 74 72, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 76 70, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 75 71, Vikrant Chopra (Ind) 72 74, Mark Brown (Nzl) 73 73
147 Naman Dawar (Ind) 72 75, Tony Carolan (Aus) 73 74, Carl Suneson (Spa) 73 74, Gaurav pratap Singh (Ind) 73 74, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 72 75
148 Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe) 72 76, Harmeet Kahlon (Ind) 73 75
149 Ranjit Singh (Ind) 76 73
150 Vishal Singh (Ind) 75 75, Raju Ali Mollah (Ind) 76 74
151 Callum Macaulay 76 75
152 Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 83 69, Simon Griffiths 74 78
154 Kodai Ichihara (Jpn) 75 79
155 Andrew Butterfield 80 75
Withdrew: Arjun Singh (Ind), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa)
Projected cut: 143 or better to qualify
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