<p>Shiv Kapur hit a purple patch on the back nine with four birdies in a span of five holes, as he carded a four-under 66 and moved to tied third at the midway stage of the USD 1.3 million Hong Kong Open here on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Kapur is now five-under 135 and two shots behind leader Jbe Kruger of South Africa. Kapur may well have been just one behind Kruger, but for a bogey on 18th.<br /><br />At tied 14th and three-under 137 was SSP Chowrasia (68, 69) as the next best Indian after Kapur, while Anirban Lahiri (68, 70) was tied 27th. <br /><br />Sujjan Singh (66, 73), Himmat Rai (72, 67) and Jyoti Randhawa (72, 67) were tied 41st at one-under 139. As many as 75 players made the cut.<br /><br />At the top, Kruger made it a fitting tribute to the passing of Nelson Mandela by storming ahead to take the second round lead with a four-under-par 66.<br /><br />Mane triumphs<br /><br />Udayan Mane completed a wire-to-wire victory when he signed off with a final round of three-under 68 to clinch the Tata Steel Jharkhand Amateur Golf Championhsip in Jamshedpur on Friday. <br /><br />The stocky Bangalorean finished with a tournament total of 21-under 263.<br /><br />Indians shine<br /><br />On a day when the course played tough, Thailand’s Suradit Yongcharoenchai shot two-under par 70 to lead the individual category in the Asia Pacific Junior Golf Championship at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club on Friday.<br /><br />The 15-year-old was level-par 144 after 36 holes of play. Hosts’ Viraj Madappa added another 73 to his overnight 73 to be in second place, just two shots behind the leader with team-mate Manu Gandas a further two shots behind Viraj.</p>
<p>Shiv Kapur hit a purple patch on the back nine with four birdies in a span of five holes, as he carded a four-under 66 and moved to tied third at the midway stage of the USD 1.3 million Hong Kong Open here on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Kapur is now five-under 135 and two shots behind leader Jbe Kruger of South Africa. Kapur may well have been just one behind Kruger, but for a bogey on 18th.<br /><br />At tied 14th and three-under 137 was SSP Chowrasia (68, 69) as the next best Indian after Kapur, while Anirban Lahiri (68, 70) was tied 27th. <br /><br />Sujjan Singh (66, 73), Himmat Rai (72, 67) and Jyoti Randhawa (72, 67) were tied 41st at one-under 139. As many as 75 players made the cut.<br /><br />At the top, Kruger made it a fitting tribute to the passing of Nelson Mandela by storming ahead to take the second round lead with a four-under-par 66.<br /><br />Mane triumphs<br /><br />Udayan Mane completed a wire-to-wire victory when he signed off with a final round of three-under 68 to clinch the Tata Steel Jharkhand Amateur Golf Championhsip in Jamshedpur on Friday. <br /><br />The stocky Bangalorean finished with a tournament total of 21-under 263.<br /><br />Indians shine<br /><br />On a day when the course played tough, Thailand’s Suradit Yongcharoenchai shot two-under par 70 to lead the individual category in the Asia Pacific Junior Golf Championship at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club on Friday.<br /><br />The 15-year-old was level-par 144 after 36 holes of play. Hosts’ Viraj Madappa added another 73 to his overnight 73 to be in second place, just two shots behind the leader with team-mate Manu Gandas a further two shots behind Viraj.</p>