Delhi, April 05: Ali Sher, who considers the Delhi Golf Club his second home, had no qualms in burning it up as he shot a blistering bogey-free round of seven-under 65 to leapfrog to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the Rs. 8.5 lakh 26th SRF Open Championship, here, on Wednesday.Ali Sher, who has won the Indian Open twice on this very course, began from the 10th tee and after missing a six-footer and an eight footer birdie putts on the first two holes, went into overdrive from the 13th hole onwards.He then peppered the flag with his approach shots, making a hat-trick of birdies from the 13th onwards. On the 16th, he missed a five-footer for birdie and then added another hat-trick of birdies from the 17th onwards. On the 17th, he was on the edge of the green from where he putted with an eight-iron straight into the hole.Ali Sher, added another birdie on the eighth hole, before missing on the ninth hole when the ball heartbreakingly lipped out. Scores (After 36 holes): 135 - Ali Sher (70 plus 65); 137 - Jyoti Randhawa (69 plus 68), Feroze Ali (68 plus 69); 138 - Shiv Prakash (70 plus 68), Jumman (66 plus 72); 139 - Gaurav Ghei (70 plus 69); 140 - Shamim khan (68 plus 72); 141 - Mohd Maqbool (69 plus 72); 142 - Ranjit Singh (74 plus 68), SSP Chowrasia (73 plus 69), Dinesh Raghuvanshi (71 plus 71), Ajay Gupta (71 plus 71), Vijay Kumar (69 plus 73); 143 - Dinesh Kumar (67 plus 74), Arjun Atwal (70 plus 73).Ams: 142 - Ashok kumar (69 plus 73); 141 - Shiv Kapur (73 plus 70); 147 - Ashok Malik (74 plus 73); 151 - Simarjeet Singh (78 plus 73).
