Anirban Lahiri became the first Indian to shoot a spectacular round of 12-under 60 on home soil, as he took a three-stroke lead on the second day of the Rs. one-crore BILT Open golf championship at the Jaypee Greens golf course here on Thursday.
The defending champion, who shot a modest 71 on Wednesday, now has a two-round aggregate of 13-under 131 that saw him jump to the top of the leaderboard. In the process, Lahiri smashed Jyoti Randhawa's previous course record of 64, recorded in the 2008 edition of the championship. Lahiri also matched the score recorded in the country by China's Liang Wen-Chong during the 2008 Indian Open in New Delhi.
Second placed Chiragh Kumar fired a 68 to move to 134, two better than veteran Gaurav Ghei who shot a second successive 68. The ‘cut' came at 148 and left 62 professionals in the fray.
The scores: Anirban Lahiri (71, 60) 131; Chiragh Kumar (66, 68) 134; Gaurav Ghei (68, 68) 136; Mukesh Kumar (68, 69), Om Prakash Chauhan (69, 68), Digvijay Singh (72, 65), Mithun Perera (Sri) (68, 69) 137; Vikrant Chopra (65, 73) 138; Himmat Singh Rai (73, 66), Shamim Khan (69, 70), Gaganjeet Bhullar (74, 65), Ranjit Singh (67, 72) and Shankar Das (70, 69) 139. — Special Correspondent
