Karandeep Kochhar, who has two Asian Tour runner-up finishes in his career, was in strong contention for a breakthrough win as he hung in for a second round card of 1-over 73 in tricky wind conditions at the US $500,000 AM Green IGPL Bharath Classic in Morocco. At a total of 5-under following rounds off 66-73, Kochhar was tied-5th.
Thais Settee Prakongvech (70-65) and Runchanapong Youprayong (65-70) held the joint lead. The Thai duo was three shots clear of Niklas Regner (66-72) and another Thai, Ekpharit Wu (71-67).
Also tied at fifth with Kochhar were Indian teenager Kartik Singh (70-69), Philippines’ Lloyd Jefferson Go (71), American MJ Maguire (70), Sweden’s Charlie Lindh (70), South African Ian Snyman (72) and New Zealand’s Nick Voke (72).
The 11-time Asian Tour winner, Gaganjeet Bhullar (75-70), IGPL’s 2025 Order of Merit winner Pukhraj Singh Gill (74-71) and two-time Asian Tour winner Rashid Khan (74-71) were tied-49th.
