Shiv Kapur, the tourist, has had some inhospitable stops on the road. There have been a few low numbers against the young Delhi player's name -- the first-round 66 at the Irish Open, a 67 at The European Open in London among those recently -- but somehow consistent comfort has eluded Shiv on his European Tour travels.
On Friday, with BMW International Open leader Retief Goosen complaining about flies swamping him on the course, Shiv got into leaderboard buzz again. After having managed a one-under 71 on the first day, which hardly fell into impressive category on an obviously easy-scoring day, Shiv followed up with a pretty cool six-under 66 to zoom up the board.
63rd when he started his second day's round, Shiv started quietly, with two birdies on the front nine and then a dropped shot on the par-four 10th. But in the next eight holes, he came up with five well-crafted birdies -- three back-to-back from the 11th to the 13th -- zooming up to the 11th spot by the end of the day's play. That is a jump of 52 places! Now seven-under 137, he is still five off Goosen's number, but we really hope Shiv is made to feel at home in rainy Munich over the weekend!
SSP Chowrasia, however, who was in 23rd place overnight after a first round three-under 69, shot a 70 to drop four rungs down. His total is a five-under 139.
Sadly, Jyoti Randhawa is going to miss another cut. Jyoti shot a three-under 69 on the second day, but still stayed below the cut mark after a first-round 73. Unfortunately, he missed making it by just one shot.
On Friday, with BMW International Open leader Retief Goosen complaining about flies swamping him on the course, Shiv got into leaderboard buzz again. After having managed a one-under 71 on the first day, which hardly fell into impressive category on an obviously easy-scoring day, Shiv followed up with a pretty cool six-under 66 to zoom up the board.
63rd when he started his second day's round, Shiv started quietly, with two birdies on the front nine and then a dropped shot on the par-four 10th. But in the next eight holes, he came up with five well-crafted birdies -- three back-to-back from the 11th to the 13th -- zooming up to the 11th spot by the end of the day's play. That is a jump of 52 places! Now seven-under 137, he is still five off Goosen's number, but we really hope Shiv is made to feel at home in rainy Munich over the weekend!
SSP Chowrasia, however, who was in 23rd place overnight after a first round three-under 69, shot a 70 to drop four rungs down. His total is a five-under 139.
Sadly, Jyoti Randhawa is going to miss another cut. Jyoti shot a three-under 69 on the second day, but still stayed below the cut mark after a first-round 73. Unfortunately, he missed making it by just one shot.
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