Mukesh Kumar carded a five-under 67 to take sole lead with a total of 135 after the second round of the Hemisphere PGTI Masters at the Noida Golf Course here on Wednesday.
At the half-way stage Mukesh enjoyed a three-stroke lead over local golfer Amardip Sinh Malik, who was placed second at six-under-138 following a round of 70. A stroke adrift, five professionals were tied for the third place.
The cut was declared at four-over-148. Fifty-eight professionals made the cut.
The scores:
Mukesh Kumar (68, 67) 135; Amardrip Sinh Malik (68, 70) 138; Pratap Atwal (68, 71), S. Chikkarangappa (69, 70), Siddharth Semwal (70, 69), Shamim Khan (72, 67), Vikrant Chopra (69, 70) 139; Ranjit Singh (68, 72), Raju Singh (72, 68), Khalin M. Joshi (72, 68), Mohammad Zamal Hossain Mollah (70, 70) 140.
Pradeep Kumar (70, 71), Ashbeer Saini (75, 66), Ashok Kumar (74, 67), Digvijay Singh (69, 72), Angad Cheema (70, 71) 141.
