NEW DELHI: Rahil Gangjee rode on a hot putter and accurate drives to shoot a four-under-par 68 and maintain a two-shot lead at the halfway stage of the $300,000 Panasonic Open in New Delhi on Friday.

The Indian finished two rounds of the Asian Tour event at 10-under-par 134, two strokes ahead of defending champion Wade Ormsby of Australia, who rolled in five birdies to stay in the hunt with a 68.

Mithun Perera of Sri Lanka, Australian Terry Pilkadaris and popular Bangladeshi Siddikur Rahman were tied in third place at 137, along with Indian amateur Pratap Atwal, a the nephew of Indian star Arjun Atwal.

“You can’t take anything lightly on this course, no matter how much you are leading by,” Gangjee said about the challenging par-72 Delhi Golf Club.

“Anything can happen but you can really go low on this course if you are hitting well, which I am doing at the moment.”

Ormsby said he needed to putt better over the weekend if he was to retain the title he won last year.

“I’m hitting the ball a lot better than last year and that takes a lot of pressure off you when you play on this course,” Ormsby said. “If I can putt better, then I should be okay for the weekend.”

Leading scores after the second round at the par-72 Delhi Golf Club:

134 — Rahil Gangjee (IND) 66-68.

136 — Wade Ormsby (AUS) 68-68.

137 — Mithun Perera (SRI) 70-67, Terry Pilkadaris (AUS) 69-68, Pratap Atwal (amateur, IND) 69-68, Siddikur Rahman (BAN) 70-67.

138 — Panuphol Pittayarat (THA) 70-68, Rashid Khan (IND) 68-70, Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 73-65.

Cappelen takes lead at Sanderson Farms

In Jackson, Mississippi, Sebastian Cappelen narrowly missed earning his PGA Tour card last season and needed a sponsor exemption to make the field in the Sanderson Farms Championship.

The 24-year-old Danish golfer is making the most of his opportunity.

Cappelen shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday in his first PGA Tour round to take the lead at the Country Club of Jackson. He opened with a bogey before making eight birdies to take a two-shot lead over Robert Streb, Scott Pinckney and Canada’s Nick Taylor.

“I couldn’t be happier, to be honest,” Cappelen said. “Obviously, I came here just trying to get a new experience and get a feel of how it feels like to play on the real tour, and I had a great time out there today. Hit a lot of good shots.”

Cappelen was an All-American in college at Arkansas. He won the Air Capital Classic in June on the Web.com Tour.

He was in good position to earn his PGA Tour card, but a poor performance in the last regular-season Web.com Tour event dropped him to 26th place on the money list — one spot shy of the top 25 finish needed to make the PGA Tour.

“I mean, obviously, it’s a heartbreaker being so close and then not getting it,” Cappelen said. “So getting a chance here where I felt like I should been, it’s everything. I couldn’t thank the sponsors here more for what they’ve done.”

Cappelen said he had some nerves before the round, but the early bogey was a sobering moment.

“That’s usually how it is for me when I have a good round,” Cappelen said. “I usually start with a bogey on the first hole, and then just kind of like, ‘OK, I’ve got to get going.’“

Play was suspended because of darkness with 15 players unable to finish.

Overnight rain made for a soft course early, but players said it firmed up as the day progressed.