This story is from October 25, 2014

Brilliant Mane shares fifth place in Melbourne

India's Udayan Mane put up a brilliant three-under 69 to trail the leader by four strokes on the second day of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship on Friday.
Brilliant Mane shares fifth place in Melbourne
MELBOURNE: India's Udayan Mane put up a brilliant three-under 69 to trail the leader by four strokes on the second day of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship on Friday. Whatever you may say about the rapidly changing weather of this sporting metropolis, one thing is constant an Aussie ruled the leaderboard, for the second day in a row.
Antonio Murdaca followed in overnight leader Todd Sinnott's footsteps to lead at the halfway stage to make it an Australian 1-2.
Murdaca exploited the sunny Royal Melbourne Golf Club to surpass compatriot Sinnott. Murdaca submitted a card of four-under 68 for an overall total of seven-under 137. The 19year-old is followed by Thailand's Tawan Phongphun. Jin Cheng of China lagged a stroke behind Phongphun.
Mane started off with a birdie on the 10th and then hit a couple of pars before sinking four birdies through seven holes on the back nine. But a final hole bogey pegged him back. The 23-year-old, how ever, was good enough to share the fifth place with China's Guan Tianlang, Joshua Munn of New Zealand and Chinese Taipei's Pan Cheng-tsung.
"I missed a few short putts in the middle of the round. That's what made me try harder for birdies, which I sank but I was punished on the last hole for being a bit too adventurous. I miscued my tee shot for bogey. But I am happy with my round, and finishing the day at three-under," Mane told TOI on Friday.
Mane, who finished tied 13th in the Eisenhower Trophy in Japan at 14-under par, felt the composite course deserved a lot of respect and smart stroke-making for people to succeed. "The kind of pins that are put out there, you need to respect it, take your pars and go ahead. It needs a full array of shot making ­ lofted and flat shots too. So, if you can make all those then you will be fine out here," the Pune boy explained.
Meanwhile, Rigel Fernandes (71) was the only other Indian to register an under-par score to be tied 16th even as others failed to impress.
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