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Late birdies help Atwal make the cut

Reno (USA): Arjun Atwal fired in two late birdies over the last five holes to make his 13th cut of the season at the end of the second round of the $3 million Reno Tahoe Open at the Montreux Golf and Country Club.

Barring the PGA Championships last week, Atwal has made the cut in each of his tournament starts.

Atwal, who started the day at two-over after his first round 74, had four birdies and two bogeys as he moved from tied 76th to tied 67th to give himself a shot at a better placing on the last two days.

The Asian Tour No. 1 Atwal, began the day at the third and birdied the third, but gave that back on fifth and turned at even par.

On the back nine, he birdied the 11th, but bogeyed the 12th. Then as holes seemed to be running out, he birdied the par-4 14th and the par-3 10th to come to two-under for the day and even for the tournament. That helped him get into weekend rounds right on the cut line, which came at even par. — PTI

Atwal sacrificed some accuracy for distance which he got up to a little over 306 yards. His putting also improved to 26 as against 29 on first day.

Daniel Chopra missed the cut with a two-over 74 on second day after his first day six-over 78.

Defending champion Vaughn Taylor shot a 67 to take the second-round lead with a tournament record 13-under par 131 for 36 holes. Bill Glasson, with two eagles, shot a course record 10-under 62 and moved into contention. Todd Fischer birdied his first five holes for a 67 and was in second place at 12-under.

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