Perth, Australia, 17-02-2017

Jeev moves up to tied 17th in Perth

Four Indians make the halfway cut

India's Jeev Milkha Singh jumped 26 places to tied 17th in round two of the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth. The former Asia No. 1 followed up his first round 70 with a four-under-68 in round two that moved his total to six-under-138.

Australia’s Brett Rumford was the halfway leader at 13-under-131 at the AUD$1.75 million event which is tri-sanctioned by the European Tour, Asian Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia.

Jeev Milkha Singh sank five birdies and dropped a lone bogey on Friday.
 
SSP Chawrasia (71-68) and Chiragh Kumar (70-69) were both in tied 26th at five-under-139.
 
Gaganjeet Bhullar (72-69), in tied 41st at three-under-141, was the fourth and last Indian to make the halfway cut of two-under-142.
 
Golf history will be made at the Lake Karrinyup Country Club with the introduction of a novel format which sees the top 24 players after 54 holes making it through to a six-hole matchplay format this week.
 
The top eight players after the third round will be rewarded with an automatic seeding into the second matchplay round.
 


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