<p>Shiv Kapur led a bunch of five Indians into the money rounds even as six others fell by the wayside at the Singapore Open, here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Kapur (68) was four-under 138 and five stroke behind the leader Danish Thomas Bjorn (67).<br /><br />The third round started a little later, but none of the golfers is likely to go beyond nine holes today despite the weather holding up till past 5 pm on Saturday raising hopes of a 72-hole event, unlike the truncated 54 holes last year.<br /><br />Kapur (68) ploughed his way through hot and humid conditions even to play a full round <br />at one stretch.<br /><br />Five-under at one stage, he suffered a bogey on 16th to be 4-under 138 in tied seventh after 36 holes.<br /><br />In the morning, SSP Chowrasia (69) and Anirban Lahiri (68) negotiated the remaining holes from Friday’s partial appearance in second round to reach 36 holes in three-under 139 and in tied 11th place.<br /><br />Also making the cut were Gaganjeet Bhullar, playing his 11th week in a row, and Jyoti Randhawa. Bhullar was two-under 140 and tied 21st and Randhawa struggled through 72 to be one-under 141 in tied 36th place.<br /><br />Himmat Rai (69-75) slumped to a triple on par-4 sixth but at that stage he also had two birdies. On the back nine, he had three bogeys and no birdies to finish two-over and crash out as the cut fell at one-over 143.<br /><br />Chiragh Kumar (73-72) missed the cut and so did Shamim Khan (73-73) and Digvijay Singh (74-73). Rashid Khan retired after first round and Jeev Milkha Singh withdrew because of injury.<br /><br />Big Dane Thomas Bjorn added 67 to his first 66, despite going through a full day without golf in between. He leads by two over George Coetzee (72-63) and Chris Wood (70-65). <br /><br />Phil Mickelson sent back by a double on par-5 seventh, rallied with a three-under 32 on back nine to squeeze inside the cut with rounds of 73 and 70.<br /><br />Rory McIlroy battling a cold but accompanied by tennis superstar girlfriend, Caroline Wozniacki, played 70-70 to be tied 26th.<br /><br />Kapur, whose best here has been a fifth place in 2006 and eighth in 2007 said, "I'm happy to have finish it all in one go. It looked pretty dark when we were on the 16th and I thought it was going to be a touch and go."<br /><br />"Well, it's nice and it looks like we will not be playing just three rounds. I got to shoot a really low one to have some kind of chances. It would be nice to finish at six or seven under so I can be a little closer to the leaders."<br /><br />Lahiri played the last three holes of the second round in par and his only mishap in the round came in the form of a double bogey on the tenth, his starting hole on Friday.<br /><br />"Yesterday (15 holes in second round) was a good day for me although I didn't start off very well (double bogey on 10th). I'm glad I played really well after that. I fought hard and made a few birdies. The weather’s a bit irritating but you can’t help it. You have to switch on and off a lot."<br /><br />Chowrasia, whose best this year have been a tied 15th at BMW PGA and tied 11th at Scottish Open, completed his second round in 69.<br /><br />"I had nine to play and I had two birdies, the second on the closing 18th, so that felt good." <br /><br />Bhullar said, "Today was one of those rounds where I was hitting all over the map. In other words, I think it could have easily been a 79 or 81. But I am proud of the way I fought well. I went and saw parts of the course I have never been to."<br /><br />Still keeping his sense of humour, he added, "I was hitting the ball everywhere and (Y.E.) Yang actually asked if I was alright today and if I slept well last night."<br /><br />Björn carried on from where he left in the first round on Thursday. Even though he did not hit a shot on Friday, he played a bogey-free 67.<br /><br />Saturday morning began with half the field still waiting to start the second round.<br />After five straight birdies beginning on the ninth and going through the turn, the 26-year-old Coetzee picked yet another one on the seventh to card the tournament’s best of eight-under 63, which was flawless.<br /><br />Italy’s Francesco Molinari birdied the eighth – his 17th – upon the resumption and as a result advanced to six under with a 67, with overnight joint-leader Simon Dyson in the clubhouse on five under.<br /><br />The other overnight leader, Thai Chapchai Nirat, started the day with a birdie but bogeyed the sixth and double bogeyed the seventh to slip back into a large group on four under.</p>
<p>Shiv Kapur led a bunch of five Indians into the money rounds even as six others fell by the wayside at the Singapore Open, here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Kapur (68) was four-under 138 and five stroke behind the leader Danish Thomas Bjorn (67).<br /><br />The third round started a little later, but none of the golfers is likely to go beyond nine holes today despite the weather holding up till past 5 pm on Saturday raising hopes of a 72-hole event, unlike the truncated 54 holes last year.<br /><br />Kapur (68) ploughed his way through hot and humid conditions even to play a full round <br />at one stretch.<br /><br />Five-under at one stage, he suffered a bogey on 16th to be 4-under 138 in tied seventh after 36 holes.<br /><br />In the morning, SSP Chowrasia (69) and Anirban Lahiri (68) negotiated the remaining holes from Friday’s partial appearance in second round to reach 36 holes in three-under 139 and in tied 11th place.<br /><br />Also making the cut were Gaganjeet Bhullar, playing his 11th week in a row, and Jyoti Randhawa. Bhullar was two-under 140 and tied 21st and Randhawa struggled through 72 to be one-under 141 in tied 36th place.<br /><br />Himmat Rai (69-75) slumped to a triple on par-4 sixth but at that stage he also had two birdies. On the back nine, he had three bogeys and no birdies to finish two-over and crash out as the cut fell at one-over 143.<br /><br />Chiragh Kumar (73-72) missed the cut and so did Shamim Khan (73-73) and Digvijay Singh (74-73). Rashid Khan retired after first round and Jeev Milkha Singh withdrew because of injury.<br /><br />Big Dane Thomas Bjorn added 67 to his first 66, despite going through a full day without golf in between. He leads by two over George Coetzee (72-63) and Chris Wood (70-65). <br /><br />Phil Mickelson sent back by a double on par-5 seventh, rallied with a three-under 32 on back nine to squeeze inside the cut with rounds of 73 and 70.<br /><br />Rory McIlroy battling a cold but accompanied by tennis superstar girlfriend, Caroline Wozniacki, played 70-70 to be tied 26th.<br /><br />Kapur, whose best here has been a fifth place in 2006 and eighth in 2007 said, "I'm happy to have finish it all in one go. It looked pretty dark when we were on the 16th and I thought it was going to be a touch and go."<br /><br />"Well, it's nice and it looks like we will not be playing just three rounds. I got to shoot a really low one to have some kind of chances. It would be nice to finish at six or seven under so I can be a little closer to the leaders."<br /><br />Lahiri played the last three holes of the second round in par and his only mishap in the round came in the form of a double bogey on the tenth, his starting hole on Friday.<br /><br />"Yesterday (15 holes in second round) was a good day for me although I didn't start off very well (double bogey on 10th). I'm glad I played really well after that. I fought hard and made a few birdies. The weather’s a bit irritating but you can’t help it. You have to switch on and off a lot."<br /><br />Chowrasia, whose best this year have been a tied 15th at BMW PGA and tied 11th at Scottish Open, completed his second round in 69.<br /><br />"I had nine to play and I had two birdies, the second on the closing 18th, so that felt good." <br /><br />Bhullar said, "Today was one of those rounds where I was hitting all over the map. In other words, I think it could have easily been a 79 or 81. But I am proud of the way I fought well. I went and saw parts of the course I have never been to."<br /><br />Still keeping his sense of humour, he added, "I was hitting the ball everywhere and (Y.E.) Yang actually asked if I was alright today and if I slept well last night."<br /><br />Björn carried on from where he left in the first round on Thursday. Even though he did not hit a shot on Friday, he played a bogey-free 67.<br /><br />Saturday morning began with half the field still waiting to start the second round.<br />After five straight birdies beginning on the ninth and going through the turn, the 26-year-old Coetzee picked yet another one on the seventh to card the tournament’s best of eight-under 63, which was flawless.<br /><br />Italy’s Francesco Molinari birdied the eighth – his 17th – upon the resumption and as a result advanced to six under with a 67, with overnight joint-leader Simon Dyson in the clubhouse on five under.<br /><br />The other overnight leader, Thai Chapchai Nirat, started the day with a birdie but bogeyed the sixth and double bogeyed the seventh to slip back into a large group on four under.</p>