Gurbaaz jumps to tied 5th after magical 8-under; Ghei 4th

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Macau, May 18 (UNI) Lying in the relegation zone after the opening round, Gurbaaz Mann produced the performance of his career thus far reeling off eight birdies in his blemish-free 63 to leapfrog to tied fifth spot before strom suspended second round's play at the 300,000-dollar Macau Open here today.

A tenth tee starter, Mann fired in four birdies on either side of the turn to aggregate six-under 136 and jump whopping 98 places up the leaderboard. Infact, the 25-year-old Indian missed a putt from six feet on his last hole to tie the course record of 62 held by compatriot Amandeep Johl.

Compatriot and overnight tied second Gaurav Ghei played a one-under 70 round, mixing three birdies and two bogies, to slip to a sole fourth spot. Ghei aggregates seven-under 135 in his two rounds and is two strokes off the pace held by Aussie Richard Moir, who completes his second round tomorrow.

Rahil Gangjee, tied 13th, would also be among 33 golfers to complete the round tomorrow after storm halted the day's play.

Meanwhile, Arjun Singh (73) and Digvijay Singh (74) had a bad day in office as they slipped to tied 33rd and tied 48th spot from yesterday's tied 13th position.

Gaganjeet Bhullar, also tied 48th, carded and even-par round to stay afloat.

Other Indians in the fray, Harmeet Kahlon, Sujjan Singh, Uttam Mundy, Fiorz Ali, Amritinder Singh and SSP Chowrasia were all set to miss the cut after another disappointing day.

UNI