Chawrasia makes cut, Shubhankar misses out in Oman

MUSCAT: Indian golfer SSP Chawrasia made a fine comeback on the back nine with a three-under 69, ensuring his weekend stay at the Oman Open here. Chawrasia, a two-time champion at the Hero Indian Open, is now two-under for 36 holes with rounds of 73 and 69, making him Tied-33rd.

Shubhankar Sharma managed to add only a par 72 to his first round 73 and was one-over for the tournament. He finished Tied-71 and missed the cut by one shot. Chawrasia starting from the tenth, birdied 12th, but dropped shots on 13th and 16th to turn in one-over. On his second nine, he drained an excellent 15-footer for birdie on Par-5 third hole, which was his 12th. “That changed the momentum. All the four birdies that I had on my second nine were 12 feet and over. Then came the 30-footer on eighth, my 17th, to make it three-under,” said Chawrasia.

ADITI MISSES CUT

ADELAIDE: Aditi Ashok missed the cut in the Women’s Australian Open after she shot a second successive 76 at the Kooyonga Golf Club on Friday. At eight-over 152, she was way off as the cut fell at 3-over 147. While the back nine of the course presented a problem for Aditi on the first day, it was the front stretch that was troublesome on the second day. She had three bogeys between fifth and eighth and turned in three-over.

By then her slim chances of making the weekend were over. She shot two birdies against three bogeys on the back nine and exited early from the tournament.