Jeev Milkha Singh came up with a disciplined performance to card a six-under 66 in the second round and maintain his tied second spot in the $ 2.9 million Ballantine's Championship in Jeju on Friday.
Jeev, with a total of 10-under 134 lies two strokes behind Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell, who carded an enviable eight-under 64 to jump to the top of the leaderboard with an overall 12-under 132. The Indian pro shares the second spot with Johan Edfors of Sweden.
Jyoti Randhawa, who shared the second spot with compatriot Jeev on Thursday, equalled the par to be four-under 140 for the tied 19th place with nine others in the co-sanctioned event.
Gaurav Ghei was the other Indian just to have made the cut with a par-72 today after his par show on Thursday, while Shiv Kapur missed out at the halfway mark after his one-over performance on Friday.
After playing six straight pars, Jeev birdied on the seventh and ninth holes of the front nine. Then he improved his performance considerably to get birdies on the 10th, 13th, 15th and 17th holes before completing his bogey-free day at the Pinx Golf Club.
Randhawa had a disappointing outing on Friday as the lanky Indian met with bogeys twice in each half.
He started off on a bright note by firing an eagle on the 10th hole as he began the day at the back nine. But he bogeyed the next hole and repeated the mistake again in the 17th hole.
In the front nine, Randhawa had two birdies against two bogeys which worsened his plight as he ended the day with a total of four-under 140 and severely hampering his title aspirations.
