Newburgh, Indiana: Shubhankar Sharma grinded it out for an even pas 72 that still kept him in the picture despite dropping from Tied-third to Tied-10th in the second round of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship.
Sharma shot 72 to get to six-under 138.
Sharma needs to finish sole sixth or better to lock his PGA Tour card for 2019-20. He is six off the lead, as Chris Baker with 69 moved to 12-under, but Scottie Scheffler, at sixth is just two ahead of Sharma.
India’s Anirban Lahiri has already locked his PGA Tour card but skipped the Tour Championship to be with his family in Palm Beach where Hurricane Dorian is expected to hit in next day or two.
Baker shot 69 at Victoria National Golf Club to take the 36-hole lead while Lanto Griffin and Tom Lewis sit two shots off the pace at 10-under 134. The 33-year-old Baker, who turned professional in 2008, is in search of his first PGA TOUR card.
Sharma starting from the tenth had a bogey on 14th, but birdied 15th to get back on track and turned in even par.
On his second nine he was going fine with back to back birdies on second and third, before bogeys on fifth and eighth, his 14th and 17th holes pegged him back.
