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Randhawa hangs on to 8th

Paris: Jyoti Randhawa brought out his steely will to recover from three bogeys in first five holes to score one-over 72 and retain his overnight tied eighth place at the midway stage of the Open de France.

Jeev Milkha Singh also shot a one-over 72 to move from overnight 38th to 28th, while Shiv Kapur (79) missed the cut by a long margin.

Day’s best

Meanwhile, England’s Simon Kahn shot the day’s best score by two strokes for the halfway lead.

Khan, who found the breezy Albatross Course in more receptive mood, fired a four under par 67 on a brutal day that saw only two players break 70 and five achieving par or under.

After starting on tenth, Jyoti dropped shots on 10th, 12th and 14th as he slipped down the ladder.

He halted that with a birdie on par-3 16th but dropped a double bogey on second to be four-over.

However, the determined Indian clawed his way back into the picture with four birdies in a row and was one of the handful at par.

But a dropped shot on par-5 ninth saw him finish at one-over 72. Still on a tough scoring day, he had hung on to his eighth place with six others.

Simon in lead

Simon Khan, 35, takes a one shot lead into the weekend on a five-under par total of 137 with past champion Colin Montgomerie (70) and Irish Ryder Cup player Paul McGinley (69) snapping at his heels on 138.

At the Buick Open, Arjun Atwal holed a tense putt for par on the 18th and just scraped inside the cut line as he stayed on for the weekend action after two rounds.

Atwal, who was cruising along at four-under for the day, hit a roadblock with three bogeys and needed that short par putt to stay on for last two rounds.

With a total of one-under 71, he was three-under 141 and managed to make the cut. He was tied 57th down from 46th.

Daniel Chopra slotted in five birdies and just one bogey in a fine round of 68 that saw him rise from 46th to tied 20th at six-under 138.

Brett Quigley (69) shared the lead with World No. 3 Jim Furyk (68) and Kenny Perry (63) at 10-under 134. — PTI

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