Thailand’s Chapchai Nirat and China’s Liang Wen-chong shot rounds of 66 yesterday to lead the Avantha Masters at the halfway stage, while European Tour great Colin Montgomerie failed to make the cut.
Chapchai and Liang carded identical six-under-par scores in each of the first two rounds of the US$2.3 million event at the Greg Norman-designed par-72 Jaypee Greens course outside New Delhi to leave them joint top on 12-under.
“I played very well indeed,” said Chapchai, a three-time winner on the Asian Tour who is looking for his first European Tour title after six years.
“I have adjusted well to the long course,” he said.
“I also managed to hole several long putts as well, but I am lucky to be sharing the lead at this stage,” he added.
Liang, the first player from China to win the Asian Tour Order of Merit in 2007, joined Chapchai with eight birdies against two bogeys in the second round.
“I feel recharged after taking a break to spend time with my family,” he said.
“I have played some of my best golf this week and I managed to hole several long putts. There are still two more rounds to go and, hopefully, I can be atop the leaderboard like today,” Liang added.
Thailand’s Chawalit Plaphol, David Drysdale of Scotland, Tommy Fleetwood of England and Finland’s Joonas Granberg all lay two strokes behind the leaders at 10-under.
Fleetwood carded a seven-under 65 — later matched by Brazilian Adilson Da Silva (BRA) — to keep himself in the hunt.
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