Chowrasia, Kapur make cut despite ordinary Rd2 in Sweden

Stockholm, July 24, 2010: Indian golfers SSP Chowrasia and Shiv Kapur turned in over-par cards of 73 and 75 respectively but still managed to make the cut for weekend action after the second round of the Nordea Scandinavian Masters golf tournament here.

While Chowrasia was tied 38th with a total of even-par 144, Kapur was a couple of strokes behind his compatriot at tied 66th.

It was a topsy-turvy day for Chowrasia, who sunk in five birdies but ended up negating them with six bogeys.

One-under at the turn after sandwiching a bogey in between his two birdies, Chowrasia played out a roller-coaster back nine.

There were birdies on the 11th and 15th but bogeys on the 10th, 13th, 14th and 17th denied him an under-par card.

Kapur was even more off-colour as he managed just two birdies against five bogeys.

Off the blocks with a birdie on the first, Kapur let it slip thereafter and bogeys on the fourth, seventh and eighth had him two-over at the turn.

Things didn't improve much in the back nine either as he ended up conceding two strokes against just one birdie, on the 15th.

Top of the table, Korean K J Choi (67) grabbed the lead with a total of nine-under 135. Swede Richard S Johnson (66) occupied the second spot a shot behind Choi.

Jeev, Atwal make cut at Canadian Open

Ontario (Canada), July 24, 2010: Jeev Milkha Singh slipped 16 places to tied 53rd after returning a modest even-par 70 while Arjun Atwal also just about managed to make the cut with an identical card in the second round of the RBC Canadian Open golf tournament here.

A 10th tee starter, Jeev's two birdies against an equal number of bogeys took his overall total to two-under 138. Atwal was a stroke adrift at tied 68th after bartering two birdies for two bogeys.

Off to a subdued start, Jeev stumbled to his first bogey on the 16th to make the turn one-over.

But his front nine turned out to be slightly better as he fetched birdies on the second and sixth holes before closing it off rather disappointingly with a bogey on the ninth.

Atwal had a similar day but he managed to spread his birdies and bogeys evenly on each nine.

On top of the leaderboard, American Dean Wilson (65) and South Africa Tim Clark (64) shared the lead at 10-under 130.