Ajeetesh Sandhu, Harendra Gupta and Honey Baisoya. Pic: PGTI
Hua Hin, Thailand, January 17: Honey Baisoya with 69-69 was tied eighth at the end of the second round Final Stage of the Asian Tour’s Qualifying School. The Delhi player is among the 16 Indians, who are trying to earn an Asian Tour card for 2024.
Aman Raj, who was off to an superb start on the back nine with a string of seven birdies also dropped four shots between the fifth and seventh and finished with 68 and was Tied-31st at 2-under for two rounds.
Korean Jeunghun Wang continued his calm and calculated return to the top of the game by taking the second-round lead. He shot a four-under-par 68 at Springfield Royal Country Club to lead on 10-under-par, by one from Japan’s Taichi Nabetani – who shot an eight-under-par 63 at Lake View Resort and Golf Club. The two courses are being used for the first four days before the final round is played at Springfield on Saturday.
The other Indians in the field are Sunhit Bishnoi (73-69) at T-34, Khalin Joshi (73-70) and Gaurav Singh (71-72) and Yashas Chandra (73-70) at T-45, Kartik Sharma (72-72) and Rahil Gangjee (73-71) at T-63, Saptak Talwar (72-74) at T-99, Arjun Prasad (69-78) and Pukhraj Singh Gill (69-78) at T-120, Manu Gandas (72-76) at T-138. Sachin Baisoya, Harshjeet Sethie, Akshay Sharma and Divyanshu Bajaj were further behind and missed the first cut.
The top-140 players (and ties) progressed to round three and four before the top-70 players (and ties) after 72 holes play in the final round.
