Veer Ahlawat, one of the longest hitters on the domestic tour and often leads the ‘eagle-count’ for the season, moved within five strokes of leader on the second day of the $2.25 million Hero Indian Open at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram.
The day produced a course record of 10-under 62 from Norway’s Espen Kofstad — after a highly forgettable 81 on the first day — that erased the previous best of 64 by Shubhankar Sharma in 2018 edition of this premier event and by Arjun Puri in the Kapil Dev-Grand Thornton Invitational in 2022.
When play was suspended due to lightning, 46 golfers – including Shubhankar and Anirban Lahiri – were on course. The incomplete second round also meant that the projected ‘cut’ at 144 could not be applied.
