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Yuvraj Sandhu, enjoying his maiden DP World Tour season, was the lone Indian to make the lower on the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship leaderboard in Barcelona.
Sandhu, who shot 4-under 68 on the primary day, carded even par on the second day. He was positioned T-16.
Nevertheless, India’s different two golfers within the subject, Shubhankar Sharma (71-74) and Veer Ahlawat (75-72), missed the lower. Stefano Mazzoli and Lucas Bjerregaard head into the weekend tied on the prime.
Rookie Mazzoli, who secured promotion to the DP World Tour by a top-eight end on the 2025 Street to Mallorca rankings, set the early goal on Friday with a bogey-free 67.
Having opened with a 66, the Italian made a rapid begin to the second spherical with back-to-back birdies from the primary and maintained the momentum. His third achieve got here on the fifth gap.
Then got here a outstanding run of 11 straight pars earlier than a birdie-birdie end. He virtually chipped in for an eagle on the final.
In the meantime, Bjerregaard matched Mazzoli along with his personal ultimate gap birdie to cap off a second-round 67.
A shot behind the pair on the prime is South African Yurav Premlall, who carded the bottom spherical of his DP World Tour profession with an eight-under-par 64 to go into the weekend on ten-under.
Premlall, whose finest end up to now this season is a tie for thirty first on the Hero Indian Open, mentioned he’s taking it one step at a time moderately than attempting to consider what’s at stake.
-Press Belief of India
Printed on Might 09, 2026