Vooty Masters: Shaurya Binu maintains lead, defending champion Gandas in ninth

Shaurya Binu of Bengaluru maintained his lead after posting a second straight six-under 66 in spherical two that took his whole to 12-under 132 on the Rs 1 crore prizemoney Dream Valley Vooty Masters golf championship on the Vooty Golf County in Vikarabad close to right here on Thursday.

Chandigarh’s Angad Cheema returned a 65 to finish the day in second place at 10-under 134.

The lower was declared at one-over 145 with 60 professionals made the lower.

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Shaurya Binu (66-66), the in a single day chief by one shot, made an early bogey on the eleventh however got here roaring again with an eagle on the very subsequent gap the place he landed his method inside 4 ft of the outlet. Shaurya then picked up three extra birdies on the back-nine to make the flip at four-under for the day.

After making a birdie and bogey every over the following six holes, Shaurya closed the day on a excessive with birdies on the final two holes that got here because of conversions from 20 ft and 35 ft respectively.

Shaurya mentioned, “I did properly to hold ahead the momentum from spherical one. My placement off the tees and with my method photographs was sensible. I took benefit of two quick par-4s which had been inside my vary with the motive force.

“Luckily for me, I missed my photographs on the precise facet of the inexperienced and managed to make up and downs from there.”

Angad Cheema (69-65) struck a 65 that includes an eagle, six birdies and a bogey, to rise 5 spots to second place. Angad, coming off an ideal 2023 season the place he completed fifth within the PGTI Order of Advantage, drove the inexperienced on the par-4 thirteenth gap on Thursday to arrange his 10-feet eagle conversion.

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Bengaluru-based Rahil Gangjee (67) was positioned third at nine-under 135 whereas American Varun Chopra (65) and Chile’s Matias Dominguez (69) had been tied fourth at eight-under 136.

Reigning champion Manu Gandas shot an eight-under 64, the week’s greatest spherical to this point, to climb 60 spots to be tied ninth at six-under 138. Manu’s spherical included an eagle, seven birdies together with six on the trot, and a bogey. Gandas holed his method from 100 yards for eagle on the par-4 thirteenth gap. Manu thus fell only one wanting his course document of 63 set throughout Vooty Masters 2022.

Vikarabad-based Mohd Azhar (70) was the one native participant to make the lower as he totalled four-under 140 to be tied fifteenth.