Noida: Manu Gandas played another round of consistent golf on day 2 of the Tata Steel Inter – State Amateur Golf Championship at the Noida Golf Course to be 3 strokes clear of the field.

Manav Das from Haryana shot an even par round to take his state Haryana B along with Ankur Chadha into the lead. The overnight leader Trishul Chinnappa faced some hurdles in his second round and finished at 4 over par to take the fourth spot on the leader board. Uttar Pradesh’s Samarth Diwedi takes the 5th spot on the score board.

In the Team Event overnight leader’s Karnataka A’s Syed Saqib Ahmed and Trishul Chinnapa were pushed to the second spot at 295. The third position was occupied by Haryana A represented by Manu and Ainesh were placed third at 296.

Top Score after 36 holes

Individual

142 Manu Gandas; 145 Manav Das, Pratap Atwal; 146 Trishul Chinnappa; 147 Samarth Diwedi

Teams

294 Haryana B (Manav Das – 145, Ankur Chadha – 149); 295 Karnataka A (Syed Saqib Ahmed – 149, Trishul Chinnappa – 146); 296 Haryana A (Manu Gandas – 142, Ainesh Ahluwalia – 154); 299 Uttar Pradesh A (Simarjeet Singh – 152, Samarth Diwedi – 147).