Sharma shoots solid 68, moves into Top-15 at KLM Open

Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma on Friday carded a solid four-under 68 in the second round to move to Tied-14th and raise hopes of a Top-10 finish at the KLM Open.

Sharma handled the strong winds well with five birdies and just one bogey to move to six-under for 36 holes.

James Morrison (67) joined Callum Shinkwin (69) in shared lead at the top of the leaderboard.

Sharma closed the day with a nice birdie on 18th to go back with a positive feel.

Meanwhile, SSP Chawrasia had only a slim hope of making the weekend rounds despite a bogey free three-under 69 on second day. He is one-under 143 and the cut is likely to fall at two-under.

Gaganjeet Bhullar, who after 28 holes was one-over and staring at an early exit, made three birdies in a row from 11th to 13th to get to two-under and was on the bubble with five more holes to play.

With three shots between Sharma and the current leaders, the Indian who won two European title in 2018, could even hope to make a run over the weekend on this ...