Vijitha Bandara in clear lead
Vijitha Bandara of Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) took 'centre stage'
and established a seemingly unassailable lead of 7 strokes from
overnight joint leader Tissa Chandradasa to remain in lead after two
rounds in the UTE-CAT Open Golf Championship worked off for the second
day at the RCGC yesterday.
Vijitha brimming with confidence, on the back of an opening round of
66, reeled off 7 birdies on the 1st, 2nd, 6th, 10th, 13th, 14th,15th and
capped it all with an eagle '3' on the par 5, 7th hole to record his
career best nine under par 62 in an unblemished perfect round which was
just one shot short of the course record of 10 under par held by the
defending Champion Anura Rohana.
Lalith Kumara remained in 3rd place with a 1 under par 70, to stand
alone on 5 under par. Defending Champ Anura Rohana shot a 3 under par,
for a 3 way tie in 4th place on 4 under par with, M. Amarapadma and
Mithun Perera. The two Sri Lankan pro's who have excelled in the Indian
PG Tour and Mithun has won the 'TATA Open' recently. But the pro duo
seemed to struggle with the change of conditions on the green and the
length of the course. However, there is nothing that can be taken away
from the leader Vijitha Bandara at the half way mark simply stunning the
pro's with a substantial lead standing clear and alone on 14 under par.
The UTE-CAT Challenge Trophy for the best Amateur member (gross score
over 2 rounds) was won by Sheron Fernando who shot a brilliant two under
par 69, 10 strokes clear of the runner up Pan Sung Kim. The 2 round
tournament was extremely eventful with 13-year old Armand Flamer Caldera
winning the best nett score in the Handicap Category of 15-28, playing
off a 26 handicap playing to a 2 under par total of 140. Pan Sunk Kim
returned an astonishing nett 61 in the second round to record the best
nett score over two rounds in the 14 and below handicap category.
The UTE-CAT Challenge Trophy (for the best gross score) winner Sheron
Fernando was placed 18th in the UTE-CAT Open at the halfway stage, while
last year winner Sanjiv Vairavanathan did not complete the two rounds.
UTE-Cat Sri Lanka Golf Open 2012 – Standing after Round 2
128 – Vijitha Bandara / 135 – Tissa Chandradasa / 137- B.G Lalith
Kumara / 138 – R.A Anura Rohana, M. Amarapadma, Mithun Perera / 139 – M.
Arumugam, N. Thangaraja / 140 – K. Prabagaran, B.A Rohana / 141 – G.
Harrison / 142 – J.M.D Indika
UTE-CAT Challenge Trophy ( Amateur members, best gross score)
Winner - Sheron Fernando 146 (77+69), Runner up - Pan Sung Kim 156
(83 + 73)
Best nett score aggregate
Handicap 14 and below – Winner Pan Sung Kim 132 (71 + 60), Runner up
Sheron Fernando 146 (77 + 69).
Handicap 15-28 Winner – Armand Flamer Caldera 140 (75 + 72), Runner
up Charya Karnangara 147 (75 + 72)
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