<p>Manu Gandas shot the best score of the second round to seize lead in the Southern India Juniors Golf Championship here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Gandas, who triumphed last week at the Eagleton Golf Resort here, carded a brilliant four-under 68 for a two-round total of 141 in Category ‘A’ at the Karnataka Golf Association.<br /><br />Overnight leader Tapendra Ghai slipped to second position, a stroke behind Gandas, after returning a 70 while Feroz Singh Garewal was a distant third at 146 following a 71.<br /><br />Piyush Sangwan was fifth at 74 while the quartet of Jairaj Singh Sandhu, Feroz Singh Garewal, Varun Parikh and Arjun Malik were all tied for the sixth place at 75.<br /><br />Arjun Prasad (152) grabbed the Category ‘B’ lead with a decent 74 that helped him open a four-shot advantage over Jaiveer Singh (79).<br /><br />Gandas was in his elements on a balmy Wednesday. Kick-starting his round with a fine birdie, the teenager picked up his second shot of the day on the par-5 fifth. He then stepped on the accelerator at the turn, nailing birdies on the 10th and 11th before firing back-to-back birdies on 14th and 15th to go six-under for the day.<br /><br />However, all that brilliance took a beating towards the end as he dropped bogeys on the 17th and 18th but still ended the day with a slender advantage.<br /><br />Leading scores (after 36 holes): Category ‘A’: 141: Manu Gandas (73, 68); 142: Tapendra Ghai (72, 70); 146: Feroz Singh Garewal (75, 71); 148: Viraj Madappa (73, 75); 149: Jairaj Singh Sandhu (75, 74), Prakhar Asawa (73, 76); 151: Yuvraj Sandhu (77, 74).<br /><br />Category ‘B’: 152: Arjun Prasad (78, 74); 156: Jaiveer Singh (77, 79); 157: K Siddharth (78, 79); 159: Karandeep Kochar (81, 78), Arjun Puri (80, 79); 161: Tanvir Kahlon (82, 79); 162: Kartik Sharma (83, 79).</p>
<p>Manu Gandas shot the best score of the second round to seize lead in the Southern India Juniors Golf Championship here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Gandas, who triumphed last week at the Eagleton Golf Resort here, carded a brilliant four-under 68 for a two-round total of 141 in Category ‘A’ at the Karnataka Golf Association.<br /><br />Overnight leader Tapendra Ghai slipped to second position, a stroke behind Gandas, after returning a 70 while Feroz Singh Garewal was a distant third at 146 following a 71.<br /><br />Piyush Sangwan was fifth at 74 while the quartet of Jairaj Singh Sandhu, Feroz Singh Garewal, Varun Parikh and Arjun Malik were all tied for the sixth place at 75.<br /><br />Arjun Prasad (152) grabbed the Category ‘B’ lead with a decent 74 that helped him open a four-shot advantage over Jaiveer Singh (79).<br /><br />Gandas was in his elements on a balmy Wednesday. Kick-starting his round with a fine birdie, the teenager picked up his second shot of the day on the par-5 fifth. He then stepped on the accelerator at the turn, nailing birdies on the 10th and 11th before firing back-to-back birdies on 14th and 15th to go six-under for the day.<br /><br />However, all that brilliance took a beating towards the end as he dropped bogeys on the 17th and 18th but still ended the day with a slender advantage.<br /><br />Leading scores (after 36 holes): Category ‘A’: 141: Manu Gandas (73, 68); 142: Tapendra Ghai (72, 70); 146: Feroz Singh Garewal (75, 71); 148: Viraj Madappa (73, 75); 149: Jairaj Singh Sandhu (75, 74), Prakhar Asawa (73, 76); 151: Yuvraj Sandhu (77, 74).<br /><br />Category ‘B’: 152: Arjun Prasad (78, 74); 156: Jaiveer Singh (77, 79); 157: K Siddharth (78, 79); 159: Karandeep Kochar (81, 78), Arjun Puri (80, 79); 161: Tanvir Kahlon (82, 79); 162: Kartik Sharma (83, 79).</p>
