New Delhi, October
11, 2012: Delhi’s Rashid Khan fired a six-under-66 in round two of the BILT
Open 2012 to grab the second round lead. Rashid thus totalled 13-under-131 at
the Delhi Golf Club (DGC), his home course. Shamim Khan, who also belongs to
the DGC, was placed second at eight-under-136.
The cut was declared at four-over-148. Fifty professionals and
one amateur made the cut.
Rashid Khan (65-66), currently second on the Rolex Rankings,
had an ideal start to the day as he birdied the second, third and fifth to go
three under after five holes. Rashid’s shots landed three feet from the cup on
the second and third and he sank a 20-footer on the fifth. A poor tee shot on the ninth led to his first
bogey of the day.
The DGC-based professional went on a rampage on the
back-nine. His birdie on the 11th was followed by another on the 13th
where he knocked down a 15-feet putt. He then picked up birdies on the two
par-5 holes, the 14th and 18th, to end up with a strong
66 on day two.
“I had an exceptional round today. I missed a couple of easy
chip-putts for birdie on the first and eighth but more than made up for that
with seven birdies. I converted a couple of long putts today. The good start
with birdies on the second, third and fifth set up the round for me. This is a
fantastic position to be in at the halfway stage. This is also the first time
that I have been under-par after the first two rounds in a professional event
at the DGC.
“I had an ordinary first half in the 2012 season as I was
struggling with the mental aspect of my game. But I’m now focusing better and
am more relaxed on the course. I’ve been
very consistent over the last couple of months and would like to keep the good
work going,” said Rashid, who won a title at Coimbatore this season.
Shamim Khan (64-72), the overnight leader, followed up his
first round 64 with a sedate 72 on day two to slip into second place. His
second round featured 18 pars.
Delhi golfers Ashok Kumar and Gulfam share third place along
with Abhinav Lohan of Faridabad and Shankar Das of Kolkata at five-under-139.
Local lad Manav Jaini is a further stroke back in seventh place.
Jyoti Randhawa is in tied eighth place at three-under-141
along with Arshpreet Thind of the Golden Greens Golf & Country Club, Ranjit
Singh Rathore of Kolkata and Patna’s Md Islam.
Defending champion Chiragh Kumar is placed tied 34th
with a total of three-over-147.
Arjun Singh Chaudhri of Noida made a hole-in-one on the 17th
in his round of 75 that placed him in tied 44th place at
four-over-148. The other hole-in-one of the day was made by M Dharma of
Bangalore on the 12th. Dharma missed the cut as his round of 77 took
his total to six-over-150.
About
Avantha
The US$ 4 bn Avantha Group is one of
India’s leading business conglomerates. Its successful entities include BILT,
Crompton Greaves, The Global Green Company, Avantha Power & Infrastructure,
Solaris ChemTech Industries, Biltech Building Elements, Salient Business Solutions
and Avantha Technologies. With an impressive global footprint, Avantha operates
in 20 countries, employing 20,000 people worldwide. The Group has business
interests in diverse areas including power transmission and distribution
equipment and services, paper and pulp, energy and infrastructure, food
processing, farm forestry, chemicals, IT and ITES. Led by Gautam Thapar,
Avantha demonstrates strong leadership globally and emerges as a focused
corporate, leveraging its knowledge, leadership and operations, adding lasting
value for its stakeholders and investors. For more information on Avantha,
please visit www.avanthagroup.com.
About BILT
Ballarpur
Industries Limited (BILT), part of the US$ 4 billion Avantha Group, is India’s
largest manufacturer of writing and printing (W&P) paper. BILT’s subsidiaries include BILT Graphic
Paper Products Limited (BGPPL); Sabah Forest Industries (SFI), Malaysia’s
largest pulp and paper company; and BILT Tree Tech Limited (BTTL), which runs
BILT’s farm forestry programme in several states in India.
BILT and
BGPPL have six manufacturing units across India, which give the company
geographic coverage over most of the domestic market. The company has a
dominant share of the high-end coated paper segment in India and is the
country’s largest exporter of coated and uncoated paper. BILT’s acquisition of
SFI in 2007 was a watershed event – it was the first overseas acquisition by an
Indian paper company. Itt transformed BILT into a major regional player, and
elevated BILT’s ranking among the global top 100.
About PGTI
Formed in 2006, Professional Golf Tour
of India (PGTI) is the recognized official body of professional golf in India.
PGTI’s objective is to promote professional golf in the country as well as give
players an opportunity to be involved in decision making for all aspects of the
game. Headed by Mr. Gautam Thapar (President), PGTI’s governing body comprises
of leading Indian golf professionals. PGTI currently has over 300 members.
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