Ceerat Kang and Guntas Kaur Sandhu, part of the two-member Indian team sent by the Indian Golf Union (IGU), kept themselves in title contention by remaining inside top-10 after the second round of the coveted Malaysia Ladies Amateur Open here on Tuesday. In the team championship, India are placed third with a combined total of four-over 292, trailing leaders Malaysia by four strokes.
While Panchkula’s Ceerat carded a one-under 71 for an overall one-over 145 to end Day 2 in solo sixth position at the Glenmarie Golf & Country Club, Chandigarh girl Guntas posted a two-over 74 to lie joint seventh. Malaysia’s Amberly Zaira Binti Zamra set the course ablaze with a five-under 67 to capture the overall lead at two-under 142.
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A total if 54 golfers from 11 countries including China, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei, South Korea, Philippines and Singapore are competing in the event.
Ceerat, 19, began her second round with a bang, sinking three birdies on her front nine but bogeys on the 16th and 18th holes pegged her back. Guntas, 15, on the other hand, had a topsy-turvy round with three birdies and two bogeys on the front nine and one birdie and two bogeys on the back nine for a two-over 74.
