Mukesh joins Gaurav at the top

SRINAGAR, OCT. 5. Mukesh Kumar carded a four-under 68 and joined Gaurav Ghei at the top at the half-way mark in the Sher-e-Kashmir Open golf tournament at the Royal Springs Golf Course here on Friday.

Mukesh, who had scored a 70 on the opening day, is placed at six- under 138 along with the overnight joint leader Ghei. Two strokes behind the duo are Jyoti Randhawa and Jaiveer Virk. Virk followed his 68 with a 70 while Randhawa shot his second successive 70.

Mukesh, the winner of the `Mahindra Golfer of the Year' award for the last two seasons, took only 27 putts on this day. His scorecard included six birdies and two bogeys.

Ghei, who finished with a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole, had four birdies.

In the amateur section, Ghalib Singh was two strokes ahead of Ashfaq Ahmed at 153.

The scores: Mukesh Kumar (70, 68), Gaurav Ghei (68, 70) 138, Jyoti Randhawa (70, 70), Jaiveer Virk (68, 72) 140; Digvijay Singh (73, 68), Monish Bindra (72, 69), Rafiq Ali (71, 70), Shamim Khan (71, 70) 141; Rahul Ganapathy (72, 70), Feroz Ali (71, 71) 142; Vinod Kumar (72, 71), Vijay Kumar (70, 73), Rohtas Singh (70, 73) 143, Sanjay Kumar (73, 71) 144.

Amateurs: Ghalib Singh (76, 77) 153, Ashfaq Ahmed (74, 81) 155.

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