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Gaurav Ghei in joint third place

Beijing: Gaurav Ghei played a gritty round to overcome putting problems and stay in contention for the title after the second round of the inaugural Pine Valley Beijing Open golf tournament here on Friday.

Ghei returned an even par card, which cost him the overnight lead but still kept him within a shot of the joint leaders, Thai duo of Panuwat Muenlek and Chapchai Nirat.

Ghei with a seven-under 137 is now in tied third position together with Australia's Scott Strange at the Pine Valley Golf Resort and Country Club.

"I didn't play too well but to be one shot off is not too bad at all," said Ghei. "I didn't really have a good day and didn't hit the ball well in the first 11 holes as I was even par."

Only two of the other eight Indians made the cut and they were also the only ones to break par.

Amandeep Johl, going through a lean patch, found four birdies and just one bogey for a fine 69 that gave him a total of one-under 143 and tied 40th place.

S.S.P. Chowrasia (71) had four birdies, three of them on back nine, and three birdies as he totalled even par 144 for tied 53rd place, which was shared by 15 players.

The ones missing the cut were Gurbaaz Mann (73) in 67th place at one over, Digvijay Singh (76) and Uttam Mundy (73) in 93rd at five over, Rahil Gangjee (74) and Harmeet Kahlon (77) at six over in tied 101st, Amardip Malik (77) and Vivek Bhandari (81) at seven over in 112nd position.

Bad start for Jeev

At Irving, Texas, it was not the happiest of starts for Jeev Milkha Singh and Daniel Chopra, as they returned cards of 75 and 73 respectively on the opening day of the Byron Nelson Championship on Thursday.

Playing at the Cottonvalley Golf Club course, Jeev was lying 137th and Chopra 102nd and were in danger of missing the weekend cut.

American Sean O'Hair carded a five-under-par 65 to take the first round lead with defending champion Brett Wetterich and Denmark's Anders Hansen one behind. — Agencies

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