Saturday, August 12 2006 16:05 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Castle Rock: Daniel Chopra and Arjun Atwal make excellent recoveries on the second day at the International at the Castle Pines Golf Club, as play is stopped early due to darkness with many players yet to finish their second round.

However, Asian Tour Order of Merit leader Jeev Milkha Singh has a rough day and is sure to miss the cut after seven bogeys against just two birdies.

Chopra has five birdies and one bogey in an excellent round, which fetches him nine, points and brings his total to eight after minus one on the first day. He starts with four pars and then birdieds the fifth, sixth and seventh. He adds two more on 14th and 15th before dropping a shot on 16th.

The Swede is solid in finding the greens and needed 28 putts for the round. He is tied 38th while Atwal is tied 70th and on the cut line.

The Indian has three bogeys in his first seven holes, before turning his game around. He makes five birdies and only one bogey after that to log six points for the day and five points for the tournament.

The cut is likely to come at five points in this unique event, where each albatrosses fetches eight points, eagle five and birdie two. Bogeys lead to a one-point penalty and double bogeys or worse cost three.

Jeev, who has three points on the first day, starts with a birdie on first, but bogeyed the fourth, fifth, seventh, 10th, 11th, 15th and 16th in a wretched stretch. Not even a birdie on 17th can save him as he scores minus three and crashes out with his total reading zero after two rounds. His iron play let him down badly as he found just 33 per cent greens in regulation.