Jamshedpur: Delhi-based Aniket Sawant totalled 13-under 131 to take the top honours at the end of round two of Pre Qualifying I of the TATA Steel PGTI Qualifying School 2023 being played at the Golmuri Golf Course here on Friday.
From a total field of 118 in Pre Qualifying I, the top 25 players qualified for the Final Qualifying Stage as the cut was declared at two-over 146.
Twenty-six-year-old Aniket Sawant (66-65), the overnight joint leader, shot the day’s best score of seven-under 65 to finish five shots ahead of the rest of the field. Aniket, who turned pro in 2020, made early gains with birdies on the second, third and fourth holes leaving himself a couple of tap-ins there. Sawant then recovered well from a tough spot on the eighth with a 20-feet par conversion.
Aniket drove the green on the par-4 10th to set up another birdie. After dropping a bogey on the 11th, Sawant picked up four more birdies thanks to his accurate wedge shots and hot putter.
Anirudh Kamireddypalli (66-70) of Ahmedabad, the overnight joint leader, finished second at eight-under 136 following his second round of 70. Pankaj Maandiya and Pintu Haldar took tied third place at five-under 139.
