PGTI Players Championship: Sisodia grabs halfway lead with a blistering 63

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 13

Shivendra Singh Sisodia of Gurugram struck a blistering 9-under 63, the tournament’s best round so far, to grab the halfway lead at the Rs 50 lakh TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship at Chandigarh Golf Club.

Gurugram-based Sisodia (68-63), lying overnight tied-5th and two off the lead, totalled 13-under 131 following his career-best round to enjoy a two-shot advantage at the top.

Bangladesh’s Mohamed Zamal Hossain Mollah (67-66) came up with a flawless 66 on Wednesday to be placed second at 11-under 133.

Chandigarh’s Abhijit Singh Chadha (66-69), the first round leader, slipped to third position on day two following a 69 that moved his total to 9-under 135. The cut was declared at one-over 145. A total of 57 professionals made the cut. Sisodia, searching for his maiden title, began the day with a bogey on the first where he missed a short putt. However, he began to turn it around with his birdie on the second where he recovered from the bunker lip with a great up and down.

His outstanding wedge shots and putting then earned him three more birdies on the front-nine followed by four consecutive birdies from the 10 to the 13th. Sisodia, who recovered from the trees on several occasions in round two, then chipped-in for birdie on the 16th before picking up another stroke on the 17th to end up just one short of Sunit Chowrasia’s course record set at the last edition of the same event in 2020.

Mollah, meanwhile, had an error-free day. Chadha made the par-5s count as he was 5-under on the four par-5s which included an eagle on the 13th where he found the green in two shots. Tricity golfer Angad Cheema shot a 67 that featured an eagle-two on the 17th. Cheema occupied tied fourth place at 8-under 136 along with Gurugram’s Kartik Sharma who fired a 69. Chandigarh’s Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (67) was tied sixth at seven-under 137 along with Kolkata’s Sunit Chowrasia (65). Udayan Mane (68) was in eighth place at six-under 138.

Defending champion Karandeep Kochhar (69) of Chandigarh ended the day in tied 11th at 4-under 140. —

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