Local lad Chikkarangappa clung to the top position with a level-par 72 on the second day of the IGU-categorised Eagleton Junior and Sub-Junior golf championship at the Eagleton Golf Resort here on Wednesday.
The Bangalore boy, with a two-day tally of four-under-par 140, holds a wafer-thin two-shot lead over Jaipur’s Amanjyot Singh, who shot the day’s best of two-under-par 70 in Category A (15-17 years).
A tenth tee starter, Singh put behind the initial setback of a bogey-bogey start with birdies on the 15th, 17th, fourth and eighth holes and maintained his second position at two-under-par 142.
Penalty drop
Overnight leader Chikkarangappa, who too started from the 10th tee, paid dearly for finding the trees on the sixth hole. He took a penalty drop and eventually had to settle for a double bogey seven.
Pritham Haridas, who was tied second with Amanjyot after the first round, shared the third spot with Rommel Majumdar on five-over-par 149.
Chikkarangappa holds a nine-stroke lead in Category B (13-14 years). Rommel Majumdar is second on 149.
In Category C, Bangalore boy Rahul Ravi (155) maintained his lead.
Akash Srinivasan was second with a two-day score of 162.
In the 54-hole Category D (under-10), which began on Wednesday, Delhi’s Piyush Sangwan and Kolkata’s Veeraj Madappa shared the top spot (81).
Leading scores (after 36 holes):
Category A (15-17 years): 140: Chikkarangappa (B’lore, 68, 72); 142: Amanjyot Singh (Jaipur, 72, 70); 149: Rommel Majumdar (Pune, 74, 75), Pritham Haridas (B’lore 72, 77); 150: Kanishk Madan (Delhi, 76, 74).
Category B (13-14): 140: Chikkarangappa (B’lore, 68, 72); 149: Rommel Majumdar (Pune, 74, 75); 157: Hemendra Choudhary (Jaipur, 78, 79), Trishul Chinnappa (Coorg, 77, 80), Khalin Joshi (B’lore, 76, 81).
Category C (11-12): 155: Rahul Ravi (B’lore, 76, 79); 162: Akash Srinivasan (B’lore, 84, 78); 169: Kelly Rao (B’lore, 86, 83); 173: Roshan Raj (B’lore, 87, 86), Yashas Chandra (Mysore, 85, 88).
Category D (under-10): 81: Piyush Sangwan (Del), Veeraj Madappa (Kol); 82: Jairaj Singh (Del); 83: Master Honey (Del); 88: Shivnaren Srinivasan (Chennai).
