Two-time international winner Rashid Khan led the pack with a total of six-under 138 at the end of round two of the Rs 2 crore Kapil Dev Grant Thornton Invitational golf tournament here on Friday.
Delhi-based Rashid (68-70), a three-time PGTI Order of Merit champion, followed his first round of 68 with a steady 70 that saw him continue at the top of the leaderboard.
Gurugram’s Karan Pratap Singh (68-71), the joint first round leader along with Rashid, slipped to tied second place after his 71 in round two that took his total to five-under 139.
Sunhit Bishnoi (69-70), who had played his second round on Thursday, shared the second spot with Karan. kRound two resumed at 9:30 am as there was a two-and-a-half-hour fog delay. Out of a total of 120 golfers, the 84 players who couldn’t complete their second round on Thursday, came out and completed their rounds on Friday.
As a result of the fog delay on the first two days, the tournament has been reduced to a 54-hole event and the third and final round will be played on Saturday.
The cut was declared at six-over 150. Fifty-three professionals made it to the final round.
The professionals who made the cut will now be joined by amateurs in the last round where the Pro-Am Team Championship will be played alongside the main event. There will be two professionals and two amateurs in each group.
Rashid, a 10th tee starter, began the day on a promising note with two long birdie conversions on the 10th and 13th. He dropped a couple of bogeys thereafter but negated the effect of those with birdies on two par-5s, the 18th and eighth, where he narrowly missed 10 to 12 feet eagle putts.
“I hit the ball well today but couldn’t make as many putts as I would’ve liked,” Rashid said.