LAHIRI CARDS 66 TO T- 3RD IN MEXICO

New Delhi: Anirban Lahiri compiled a five- under 66 that put him in the mix at the halfway stage of the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The 30- year- old, in his fourth season on the PGA Tour but still looking for his first win, had seven birdies, one more than his first round of 65, but he also gave away two bogeys. Lahiri is now 11- under and tied third as Matt Kuchar extended his one- shot lead to two after 36 holes. Kuchar had a second successive 64 and is now 14under, while Cameron Champ, who won recently and is going for his second win three weeks added a brilliant nine- under 62 to his first round of 68 and is now 12- under 130. Lahiri, with six others — Danny Lee, Kim Whee, Dominic Bozzelli, Patton Kizzire and Brian Gay — are tied at 11- under in third place. Lahiri had birdies on second and fifth before he dropped a shot on Par- 5 seventh but a birdie on eighth meant he turned in two- under. A bogey on 10th saw him fall to oneunder, before he birdied 11th, 13th, 15th and 17th holes without dropping any more for a 66. Kuchar escaped his only big mishap on Friday with a 35- foot bogey putt on the 12th hole but he had eight birdies for a 7under 64.