Hume one stroke off the lead

SCOTLAND’S Barry Hume was pleased to find himself within a stroke of second-round leader Jyoti Randhawa of India at the Clariden Leu Singapore Masters yesterday after carding a three-under-par 69 at Laguna National Golf and Country Club.

The 25-year-old from Glasgow followed up his opening round 65 at the Classic course by firing five birdies on the more difficult Masters course to move to a 10-under 134 in the £570,000 (€840,000) tournament, which is co-sanctioned by the European and Asian Tours.

Things could have gone even better for the 2002 Scottish amateur champion, who began well with three birdies at the first four holes and was 12-under after further birdies on the 15th and 16th. A double bogey on the par-three 17th blotted his card but Hume was still delighted with his effort of the first two days. “It is always disappointing to double bogey the 17th but my golf overall has been good so I am not too worried about that,” said the Scot, who has played on the Asian Tour for the past two years.