IGPL’s Pukhraj Gill leads by one after two days at ADT event in Malaysia

Indias Pukhraj Singh Gill endured a marathon 25-hole day but produced superb golf to emerge as a strong contender for his maiden Asian Development Tour ADT title at the ADT Players Championship here on Thursday.

India's Pukhraj Singh Gill endured a marathon 25-hole day but produced superb golf to emerge as a strong contender for his maiden Asian Development Tour (ADT) title at the ADT Players Championship here on Thursday. After finishing seven holes from the first round, the 29-year-old, who won the Order of Merit on the IGPL Tour in India, is holding the 36-hole clubhouse lead at 11-under-par 133. Resuming his first round, he moved from 4-under to 6-under as the co-leader of the first round, which was cut short by Wednesday's two and a half hour thunderstorm delay. The weather held better on Thursday, but play was still suspended for close to an hour from 4.07pm due to the threat of lightning. Forty-four players, including first round co-leader Alfred Sitohang of Indonesia, will return to complete their second rounds Friday morning before the cut to the top 50 and ties is made. After an opening six-under-par 66 at Saujana's highly-rated Palm Course, Gill picked up where he left off and carded a second round 67 with seven birdies against two bogeys. He lies one shot ahead of Thai rookie Thanawin Lee, who signed in a pair of 67s. Also lying in Top-10 is teenaged Kartik Singh, who after 5-under first round is 1-over through 12 holes in the second and Tied-7th. Khalin (71 and 1-under through nine) is 2-under and T-21st. Aman Raj (72 and 1-over through 9) is T-52 and on the cut line at 1-over, while Aryan Roopa Anand, who recently won on the IGPL, will miss the cut after 74-75 and so will Varun Parikh (77-73).