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PGTI Tour: Yuvraj Sandhu extends lead to two shots on Day 2 of Players' Championship
The Statesman Kolkata
|August 21, 2025
Yuvraj Sandhu of Chandigarh produced a second-round score of four-under 67 to extend his lead to two shots at the Rs 1 crore PGTI Players Championship 2025 being played at the Clover Greens Golf Course & Resort near Hosur in Tamil Nadu.
PGTI Order of Merit leader and last week's winner Sandhu (63-67), the overnight leader by one shot, moved his total to 12-under 130 at the halfway stage.
Olympian and Pune golfer Udayan Mane (67-65) returned the day's lowest score of 65 to leapfrog eight spots to tied second place at 10-under 132. Nepal's Subash Tamang (64-68) continued in tied second place after shooting a 68 in round two.
This story is from the August 21, 2025 edition of The Statesman Kolkata.
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