Port Louis (Mauritius), Apr 10 (PTI) Veer Ganapathy produced a superb finish to move into sole two-shot lead after the second day of the AM Green IGPL Invitational 2026 Mauritius hosted by Leander Paes here on Friday.
Overnight co-leader Sachin Baisoya (67-71) slipped on the very last hole and it gave Ganapathy (67-69) the pole position and put himself in a prime place to make a bid for the title.
The 18-year-old left-handed Bangaluru golfer, who shot 67 on Day 1, was even par after the front nine at the Anahita Golf Course but landed three birdies on the back nine.
They included birdies on the 16th and the 18th, to card 3-under 69 and move to 8-under total after 36 holes.
The first-round co-leader Baisoya (67-71), who was tied for the lead after 17 holes, bogeyed the Par-5 18th and his playing partner Ganapathy birdied it. That two-shot swing saw Ganapathy move into sole lead by two shots as Baisoya fell to 6-under.
There were three other players — former two-time All India Amateur champion Aryan Roopa Anand (71-70), Ridhima Dilawari (69-72) and Milind Soni (69-72) — at 3-under for two rounds and are Tied-third.
In the team competition, RVR Delhi moved into the top spot with a two-round two-player total of 7-under, while Phoenix Hyderabad are second at one shot behind alongside Atri Mumbai.
With the conditions at Anahita continuing to be challenging, only four other players, WGAI pro Amandeep Drall (69-74), Udayan Mane (70-73), rookie Sukhman Singh (71-72) and Shaurya Binu (75-68) were under par at 1-under total each. They were Tied-eighth.
Only a total of 12 players are in red numbers, indicating how challenging the course has been with the windy conditions and demanding greens.
Big stars who are outside Top-10 of the scoreboard include Pukhraj Gill (72-72), SSP Chawrasia (73-71) and Gaurav Ghei (74-70) at T-12; Shiv Kapur (70-73) at T-20; Karandeep Kochhar (73-73) at T-22 and Gaganjeet Bhullar (73-74) at T-29.
Ganapathy said, “I have been putting well and that worked for me again today, especially on the back nine. I have contended in the past and I know the more I put myself in this position the more chances I will have.” PTI ATK PDS PDS
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