Shiv Kapur and Karandeep Kochhar, two of the Indian Golf Premier League’s (IGPL) prominent performers, made the halfway cut and earned places in the weekend rounds of the DP World India Championship. The third IGPL star, Sachin Baisoya, missed the cut. They were two of the three IGPL players who teed off at the event and survived a demanding test at Delhi Golf Club to finish exactly on the cut line at even-par 144. Both shot 72 in each of their two rounds.
India has been a happy hunting ground for Chacarra, who has one victory and two other top-five finishes in four appearances in the country. Shiv Kapur and Karandeep Kochhar’s progress was significant for the IGPL, whose leading players have been using the league to sharpen their games against strong domestic and international opposition. At the top, Spain’s Eugenio Chacarra continued his impressive record in India, taking a one-shot halfway lead at 10-under-par 134. After opening with a 67, he followed up with another three-under 67, despite dropping a shot late in his second round. Both have now carried that competitive form into a $4 million championship featuring some of the biggest names in world golf, including six-time Major winner Rory McIlroy. Three-over for the tournament after his first seven holes, he made seven birdies in his final 10 holes, including four in the last five, to finish at one-under 143 and was T-53 after 36 holes, alongside the experienced Anirban Lahiri, whose last worldwide victory came at Delhi Golf Club in 2015. Lahiri (70-73) was also at one-under and T-53.
