Rahil Gangjee Tied-11th in Japan
Ibaraki, Japan, May 22: Rahil Gangjee stayed in sight of his first Top-10 finish of 2021 as he and his amateur partner shot 4-under 68 at the inaugural Golf Partner Pro-Am tournament in Japan. He was T-11, one place down from second round.
Gangjee and his partner are no 12-under even as Tomoharu Otsuki and his partner moved to 19-under. Shotaro Wada and Kantaro Naito are Tied-second a 16-under.
Ryo Ishikawa, who is credited with having pushed for this Pro-Am format, slipped from overnight T-3 to T-7 at 13-under. First round co-leader Shaun Norris was sixth at 14-under.
This is the inaugural Pro-Am event with a purse of 50 million yen.
Rahil Gangjee Tied-10th in Japan
Ibaraki, Japan, May 21: Rahil Gangjee was well placed in Top-10 at the midway stage of the inaugural Golf Partner Pro-Am tournament in Japan. Gangjee, who with his Amateur partner shot 5-under in first round added 3-under in the second round.
Despite strong winds on the second day, Gangjee and his amateur partner shot 69 with six birdies against three bogeys.
Leading the field was Tomoharu Otsuki who shot 60 in the first round and 64 in the second to total a record low of 124 for two rounds.
First round co-leader Shaun Norris (60-68) was second, while three players including Ryo Ishikawa (66-63), Kantaro Naito (64-65) and Junya Kameyo (63-66) were tied third.
This is the inaugural Pro-Am event with a purse of 50 million yen.
