Baisoya leads 9 Indians past first hurdle; Sandhu, Ahlawat, Khalin and Himmat also make cut

Honey Baisoya (69-67) led a group of nine Indians past the first cut at the Asian Tour Qualifying School Final Stage here on Thursday.

Baisoya, a contemporary of Shubhankar Sharma in his junior days, was two-under 69 on the first day at the Lake View Resort and Golf Club Course A&B.

On the Course C&D, he shot four-under 67 containing six birdies and two bogeys. Baisoya, who has six wins on the Indian PGTI Tour, is now six-under 136. He is the best-placed India at Tied-14th.

Also getting to the next two rounds were Yuvraj Sandhu (72-66) in T-28th, former Asian Tour winners Khalin Joshi (72-67) and Himmat Rai (71-68) in T-35th.

Veer Ahlawat (70-71) and Ankur Chadha (72-69), who came through the first stage Qualifier, were T-65th, Aadil Bedi (74-69) and Manu Gandas (71-72) were T-109th and Yashas Chandra (72-72) were T-129th.

Three of the nine Indians, who missed the cut did so by one shot and they were Harshjeet Singh Sethie (A) (71-74), M Dharma (71-74) and Sunit Chowrasia ...