Sandhu, Madappa make cut; Diksha tied-2nd

Queenstown (New Zealand)

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Chandigarh golfer Ajeetesh Sandhu and Viraj Madappa played solid rounds of 68 each on different courses to make the halfway cut at the New Zealand Open golf tournament. Sandhu and Madappa were the only two out of the six Indians in action to get into the weekend rounds. While Sandhu shot a bogey-free 4-under 68 at the Hillbrook course to get to 3-under 141 and tied-25th spot, Madappa carded a 3-under 68 at Millbrook with four birdies in the last eight holes to reach 2-under, to be placed tied-35. Shiv Kapur (71-74), Khalin Joshi (71-79), Aman Raj (74-72) and Chiragh Kumar (74-74) missed the cut, which fell at even-par.

Atwal stumbles to 5-over 75, lies tied-120th

Palm Beach (US): Arjun Atwal ran into rough weather to end up with a disappointing 5-over 75 in the opening round of the Honda Classic. Atwal, who came through a tough Monday qualifier, dropped seven bogeys and a double-bogey against two birdies and an eagle to lie at tied-120th. He will need a solid second round to make the cut, which is likely to be around 3-over. Tom Lewis and Harris English shared the lead at the end of the first round. Both shot 4-under 66s at PGA National, while Lee Westwood was one shot back with Zach Johnson, JT Poston, Brian Stuard and Cameron Tringale.

Diksha tied-2nd

Dubbo (Australia): Diksha Dagar shot a solid 4-under 68 on the back of three birdies and an eagle in the second round of the Women’s New South Wales Open golf tournament. Dagar carded a 69 in the first round and at a 7-under 137 she is tied-2nd, two shots behind the leader, Manon De Roey, who shot a 64 on Day 2. Aditi Ashok recovered from her first round 73 to shoot a 68 and rise to tied-11 at the end of the second round. Tvesa Malik (79-73), Gaurika Bishnoi (74-78), Astha Madan (78-77) and Ridhima Dilawari (81-78) all missed the cut, which fell at 2-over. — PTI