New Delhi: Delhi’s Kshitij Naveed Kaul fired a sensational course document rating of 10-under 60 to maneuver right into a one-shot lead at a complete of 12-under 128 on the midway stage of the INR 1 crore Calance Open 2025 being performed on the Qutab Golf Course in New Delhi.
Twenty-four-year-old Kshitij (68-60), a winner of 4 titles, who was 4 pictures off the lead in tied twenty third place after spherical one, put collectively an eagle and eight birdies on Wednesday, to rise 22 spots and declare the second-round lead.
The legendary Mukesh Kumar of Mhow had registered an 11-under 59 on the DDA Open staged on the Qutab Golf Course again in 2005. Nonetheless, the course was re-laid and underwent adjustments in 2018. Kshitij’s extraordinary effort of 10-under 60 will thus rely as the brand new course document.
Chandigarh’s Karandeep Kochhar adopted up his first spherical of 65 with an excellent higher 64 in spherical two to maneuver up two spots to second place at a complete of 11-under 129.
Yuvraj Sandhu, one other Chandigarh-based skilled, shot a second straight 65 to achieve one spot and finish the day in third place at 10-under 130.
Gurugram’s Tapendra Ghai (67) and Ludhiana’s Pukhraj Singh Gill (67), each in a single day joint leaders, slipped to tied fourth place as their whole stood at nine-under 131.
The midway lower went at even-par 140. Sixty professionals made the lower.
Kshitij Naveed Kaul collected 4 birdies on the front-nine as he landed it inside a foot of the flag on two events. Kaul’s top-notch driving, pitching, chipping and placing from lengthy vary helped him accumulate an eagle on the sixteenth and 4 extra birdies on the back-nine.
Kshitij stated, “It was a type of days once I excelled in all features of my sport and executed my pictures very well. I don’t suppose I put a foot incorrect. I used to be additionally feeling good about my sport for the reason that begin of the spherical. I used to be hitting the spots I wished to.
“I used to be specializing in the method until the top and it was solely on the final gap that I spotted I had achieved one thing particular. The truth that I had performed only one follow spherical at this course after it was re-laid, makes my spherical stand out much more.”
Twenty-five-year-old Karandeep Kochhar, a a number of winner on the PGTI and an everyday on the Asian Tour, made 4 birdies in opposition to a lone bogey on the back-nine. Kocchar then pushed forward with three extra birdies on the front-nine.
Karandeep stated, “I had been fighting my placing this season so I attempted to make just a few adjustments right here and there however lastly throughout this week’s follow spherical I made a decision to return to one thing I used to be doing earlier as a part of my course of. Consequently, I really feel my sport has been fairly strong over the past two days.”
Delhi’s Sachin Baisoya, the winner in Ahmedabad final week, who can also be at the moment positioned second on the PGTI Order of Benefit, carded a 69 on day two to be tied forty ninth at even-par 140.
