<p> Despite dropping a bogey on his closing hole, Jeev Milkha Singh easily made the weekend action as he finished the second round with a three-under 69 to claim one shot lead at the halfway stage of the Open de Andalucia Costa del Sol.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Jeev, who had an even par 72 in the first round earlier, is now three-under 141 and tied for 31st.<br /><br />However, Jeev’s compatriot SSP Chowrasia had two bogeys on his second nine and missed the cut by two.<br /><br />Chowrasia (75) finished at two-over following his first round 71. The cut came at even par and Chowrasia was two shots off the mark.<br /><br />Jeev starting on the tenth, birdied the 10th and 12th holes before bogeying 13th. He quickly picked two more birdies on 14th and 16th and turned in three-under, which improved with a birdie on first.<br /><br />However, bogeys on fourth and ninth ruined his card despite a birdie on fifth. Chowrasia, who had just one birdie on 14th and four bogeys, crashed out.<br /><br />Meanwhile, 29-year-old Eduardo de la Riva birdied the difficult final hole at Aloha Golf Club to take a one shot lead at the halfway stage.<br /><br />Cheema finishes eighth<br /><br />It was a rollercoaster even-par 72 for Angad Cheema on the third and final day as he ended eighth overall in the Faldo Series Asia Grand final at the Mission Hills golf course.<br />Cheema had three birdies, an eagle and a bogey, but the heartbreaker came in the form of a quadruple bogey on the par-four 11th, without which he may well have ended in top-five. At two-over 218 he was fourth in Under-21 section and eighth in the overall standings.<br /><br />The costly quadruple bogey ruined his chances of finishing in top-three in his section as the winner was Cahyo Adhimtomo of Indonesia at 209 and the second place went to Gavin Samuels of England at 215.</p>
<p> Despite dropping a bogey on his closing hole, Jeev Milkha Singh easily made the weekend action as he finished the second round with a three-under 69 to claim one shot lead at the halfway stage of the Open de Andalucia Costa del Sol.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Jeev, who had an even par 72 in the first round earlier, is now three-under 141 and tied for 31st.<br /><br />However, Jeev’s compatriot SSP Chowrasia had two bogeys on his second nine and missed the cut by two.<br /><br />Chowrasia (75) finished at two-over following his first round 71. The cut came at even par and Chowrasia was two shots off the mark.<br /><br />Jeev starting on the tenth, birdied the 10th and 12th holes before bogeying 13th. He quickly picked two more birdies on 14th and 16th and turned in three-under, which improved with a birdie on first.<br /><br />However, bogeys on fourth and ninth ruined his card despite a birdie on fifth. Chowrasia, who had just one birdie on 14th and four bogeys, crashed out.<br /><br />Meanwhile, 29-year-old Eduardo de la Riva birdied the difficult final hole at Aloha Golf Club to take a one shot lead at the halfway stage.<br /><br />Cheema finishes eighth<br /><br />It was a rollercoaster even-par 72 for Angad Cheema on the third and final day as he ended eighth overall in the Faldo Series Asia Grand final at the Mission Hills golf course.<br />Cheema had three birdies, an eagle and a bogey, but the heartbreaker came in the form of a quadruple bogey on the par-four 11th, without which he may well have ended in top-five. At two-over 218 he was fourth in Under-21 section and eighth in the overall standings.<br /><br />The costly quadruple bogey ruined his chances of finishing in top-three in his section as the winner was Cahyo Adhimtomo of Indonesia at 209 and the second place went to Gavin Samuels of England at 215.</p>