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Atwal in second spot

Milwaukee : After struggling with his game for weeks, Arjun Atwal seemed to have captured his old form at least for the day with a six-under 64 that saw him in second place after the first round of the U.S. Bank Championship on Thursday.

The Indian was three shots behind leader Corey Pavin, who at one stage with eight-under 26 for the front nine looked set for a sub-60 score. Pavin ended with nine-under 61 in the tournament he won back in 1986.

Impressive show

At Omaezaki (Japan), Jeev Milkha Singh returned an impressive three-under 68 card to rise to the tied 10th spot after the second round of the 120 million yen Omaezaki Golf Tournament on Friday.

The Indian had a bogey on each nine against five birdies to accumulate a two-day total of four-under 138 and remain in contention for another top-five finish at the Japan Golf Tour event.

At the top of the table, Soushi Tajima carded a brilliant four-under 67 to take his two-day tally to 10-under 132 and open up a three-shot lead over the SK Ho-Tomokazu Yoshinaga duo.

Randhawa tied 21st

In the Deutsche Bank Players' Championship of Europe at Gut Kaden (Germany), Jyoti Randhawa had a superb back nine, but cooled off on his second nine for a four-under 68 to be tied 21st after the first round.

Shiv Kapur brought in a level par round of 72 and was tied 103rd, needing a good second round to make the weekend.

Meanwhile, Lee Westwood led the field at nine-under 63 after a bogey-free round that gave him a one-shot lead over South African Retief Goosen and Robert Karlsson of Sweden. — Agencies

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