{"id":289321,"date":"2025-04-24T13:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/jk-open-golf-round-2-honey-baisoya-and-khalin-joshi-emerge-joint-leaders\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T13:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:49:09","slug":"jk-open-golf-round-2-honey-baisoya-and-khalin-joshi-emerge-joint-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/jk-open-golf-round-2-honey-baisoya-and-khalin-joshi-emerge-joint-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"J&K open golf round 2: Honey Baisoya and Khalin Joshi emerge joint leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Honey Baisoya of Delhi and Khalin Joshi of Bengaluru emerged joint leaders after the second round of the J&K Open at the Royal Springs Golf Course in Srinagar.<\/p>\n

A six-time winner on the PGTI, Honey (67-69) went error-free for the second straight day and made three successive birdies on the 12th, 13th and 14th while making pars on all the other holes. His second round three-under 69 took his total to eight-under 136.<\/p>\n

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An Asian Tour winner, Khalin (69-67), found his groove with the putter, posted a flawless five-under 67 with five birdies in all and pars in the rest. In the first round, he was three-under 69 and finished tied eight.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was struggling with my putting prior to this event and I missed the cut in the last two events. So I changed my putter this week which seems to have made all the difference here in Srinagar,\u201d said Honey.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been striking it well but my putting wasn\u2019t up there before this match. But I made some crucial putts today especially for par on the fourth and sixth,\u201d chipped in Khalin.<\/p>\n

The cut was declared at two-over 146 and 54 pros made it to the last two rounds.<\/p>\n

Chandigarh<\/a>\u2019s Yuvraj Singh<\/a> Sandhu (72-65) followed up his first round 72 with the joint lowest score of the second day, a seven-under 65, that propelled him 22 places to tied third at seven-under 137 along with Udayan Mane of Pune<\/a> and Shravan Desai of Ahmedabad<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Tokyo Olympian Udayan (65-72), the first round leader by two shots, slipped to tied third place following his 72 on Thursday while Shravan was seven-under 137.<\/p>\n

Yuvraj played alongside Indian legend Jyoti Randhawa as he struck a 65 hitting it close on most holes. He managed to retrieve a birdie on the 14th despite being in the bunker and staring at a difficult up and down.<\/p>\n

Udayan Mane had four birdies on Thursday but his two bogeys and the double-bogey on the second made it a mixed day for him.<\/p>\n

Shravan\u2019s eagle-two on the third stood out in his round of 68 that placed him tied third.<\/p>\n

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Mani Ram of Karnal also shot a 65, like Yuvraj, to record the lowest score of the day. He ended the day in tied sixth at six-under 138 along with Delhi<\/a>-based Kshitij Naveed Kaul (68) Gurugram\u2019s Veer Ahlawat (71) and Dhruv Sheoran (66).<\/p>\n

Anshul Patel of Ahmedabad made a hole-in-one on the second during his round of 67 but was tied 17th place at three-under 141.<\/p>\n

PGTI Order of Merit leader Karandeep Kochhar (69) of Chandigarh and Jyoti Randhawa (72) were tied 31st place at even-par 144.<\/p>\n

Chikkarangappa S (73) of Bengaluru<\/a>, the last winner at Royal Springs Golf Course eight years ago, was tied 48th at two-over 146.<\/p>\n

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All the professional and amateur golfers from J&K missed the cut.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n