Corales Puntacana Championship: Lahiri, Atwal make cut

Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), Sep 26 (IANS) India’s Anirban Lahiri and Arjun Atwal made the cut at the Corales Puntacana Championship by producing contrasting performances in the second round of the tournament.Lahiri, 33, made a good start and was 3-under through 12 holes. However, he dropped a lot of shots in the remainder to finish even par. Despite that, he squeezed inside the cut line of 3-under 141 as 74 professionals made it to the weekend.Forty-seven year-old Atwal, who was playing the same group as Lahiri, birdied two of his last three holes and somehow managed to make the cut. Akshay Bhatia (69-73) and Daniel Chopra (75-80), meanwhile, missed the cut.Hudson Swafford led the field with 12-under total, while Sean O’Hair (67-67), Luke List (69-65) and Justin Suh (67-67) were Tied-second at 10-under.–IANSaak/