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Fiji duo out of Asia champs

Monday, November 02, 2009

FIJI'S Zoheer Ahmad and Vikrant Chandra have bombed out of the Asia Amateur Championship after missing the cut at the Mission Hills Golf Club in China.

The duo failed to make the cut which was plus five after 36 holes.

Ahmad finished with a total of 13 over par 157.

He scored 77 in the first round and 80 in the second round.

In his 36 holes, Ahmad had five birdies, 19 pars, nine bogeys, two double bogey and a quadruple bogey.

Chandra finished his 36 holes with a score of 19 over par 163.

The Ba player scored 83 in the first round and 80 in the second round.

On his score card Ahmad recorded one birdie, 19 pars, 12 bogeys and four double bogey's.

Australia's Jordan Sherratt and Han Chang-won of Korea share the lead at the half way mark.

The two players are on nine under par 135.

Sherratt recorded an equal low round of the day of five-under 67 to take the clubhouse lead in the morning session, before being joined late in the day by Han, who added a 69 to his opening round of 66.

The leading duo are two strokes ahead of New Zealander Peter Spearman-Burn on 137 while Mhark Fernando from the Philippines is on 138.

Three players share the fifth spot, including India's Rashid Khan, who has twice won the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final at Mission Hills.

Khan, together with Korean Song Tae-hoon and Filipino Antonio Asistio, are on 139.

A total of 60 players qualified after the cut, coming at five-over 149.

The inaugural tournament offers an invitation to the 2010 Masters Tournament as a reward for the champion, with both the winner and the runner(s)-up earning places in International Final Qualifying for The Open Championship being played next year at St Andrews.

The Fiji amateurs will have to work hard in order to break the losing streak, which has seen our golfers not make any big moves on the world stage.

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