McGrane plans to spoil Indian party

NEW DELHI, February 8: After grabbing the sole lead in the opening round of the $2.5 million Indian Masters at the Delhi Golf Course, India's ace golfer Jyoti Randhawa put up a dismal show on Friday as he carded a 5-over 77 in round two.
Randhawa couldn't live up to the expectations of the home crowd as he bogeyed four holes in all and triple bogeyed the 6th.He shot just two birdies - on the 2nd and the 8th.
"Today's round was a disaster. I want to forget about it. I started with a bogey, made too many after that. And then I just started losing focus," said a disappointed Randhawa, who fired a sizzling 7-under 65 in a flawless round one.
"But still going to the weekend with a under par score, I still have a good chance," he added.
At halfway stage, Damien McGrane of Ireland took the lead with a second round finish of 69. McGrane's total score at the end of his two rounds is 8-under on the leaderboard.
McGrane shot five birdies and bogeyed two in round two. The Irish played a superb first round too, as he was tied second with England's Richard Finch on day one at 67. McGrane, ranked 311 in the world, hopes to put up a good show in the next two rounds as well.
"I would like to try to do the same thing day-in and day-out. I found a formula around the course that seems to be giving me good numbers, so try to hit the same clubs off the same tee boxes and give myself as many birdie opportunities as possible," said McGrane.
So far, Graeme McDowell from Northern Ireland and South Africa's Hendrik Buhrmann are tied second at 6-under, after finishing round two at 69.
McDowell, who is happy to be playing at a golf course which tests completely different aspects of the game, was delighted with his performance.
"I played similar to how I did yesterday. The golf course, you can't get too fitted up on, you have to be very patient, hit it in the fairways as often as you can and that's what I've been doing, hitting some pretty good irons and giving myself some chance," said a visibly pleased McDowell.
Meanwhile, day two play for world number four Ernie Els and top Indian contenders -Shiv Kapur, Arjun Atwal, Digvijay Singh and Jeev Milkha Singh - is in progress.