Three Indians fall by way side

SINGAPORE, FEB. 23. Ace Indian golfers, Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal and Amandeep Johl made the cut, while three others including Jyoti Randhawa, fell by the way side on the second day of the $ 850,000 Caltex Masters golf here today.

Frankie Minoza (Philippines) fired 10 under par 61 to set a new course record and top the Leaderboard at the halfway stage to lead the tournament on 17 under par 125 by two strokes over fancied Vijay Singh (Fiji).

Vijay returned a 63 as did Thailand's Prayad Marksaeng, who is three strokes further back. Jeev carded his second successive three under par 68 to aggregate six under 136 to move up to joint 23rd place from yesterday's 30th slot.

Interestingly Jeev's compatriot Arjun Atwal also fired his second straight two under par 69 for a total of four under 138 and moved up four slots to joint 41st.

Amandeep had the best card among the Indians. The Chandigarh-pro shot four under 67 to total three under 139 (72, 67) and climbed 45 slots from Thursday's 105 to joint 60th today.

The cut was applied at three under 139 and 76 golfers qualified for the money-making rounds. Despite a fine three under 68, Vivek Bhandari failed to make the cut by one stroke. Bhandari who had shot one over 72 yesterday and was at 105th with Amandeep moved to joint 77th with a total of two under 140.

Jyoti Randhawa shot one over par 72 and ended at joint 86th with a total of one under 141 (69, 72). Arjun Singh had a second consecutive par 71 but that was not enough to see him through with a total of par 142.

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