Matthew cheung

Singapore Island Country Club: India’s Ajeetesh Sandhu added a 3-under 69 to his first round 70 at the ongoing Moutai Singapore Open to make the cut with a total of 5-under 139 at the Singapore Island Country Club here on Friday. Sandhu had a fast start as he started from the back nine of the course on Friday and picked up three birdies in his first nine holes. He, however, failed to pick up further pace on his back nine, finishing T50 at the halfway mark in the US$2 million event.

Meanwhile, Soomin Lee grabbed the lead at the halfway mark after making a birdie on the last two holes – rekindling memories of previous exploits here on the New Course at Singapore Island Country Club a mere 14 years ago.

The Korean shot a second-round eight-under-par 64 to reach 12-under for a two-shot advantage over a group of 10 players: Kevin Yuan (64), Matthew Cheung (64), Ian Snyman (65), Wang Wei-hsuan (66), John Catlin (66), Sarit Suwannarut (66), James Piot (66), Caleb Surratt (68), Ollie Schniederjans (68), plus Jeunghun Wang (70). Japan’s Yosuke Asaji and Tomoyo Ikemura both made the cut, with Asaji carding a two-under 70 to move to seven-under overall, while Ikemura posted a four-under 68 to sit at six-under heading into the weekend.