The 28-year-old compiled a two-day total of three-under-par 141 to emerge as the highest-ranked Indonesian in tied-23rd place, two shots ahead of Thongchai and Dubuisson, who took a share of 38th place after returning with rounds of 72 and 69 respectively at the Royale Jakarta Golf Club.
Gandranata is feeling upbeat about his chances at the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters as he managed to make cut for the first time in two appearances.
“It’s the first time I made cut here at the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters. I did not do well last year. I’m glad I rewrote history today. I came into the tournament hoping to make the cut. Now that I’ve achieved that, I really hope to see myself in contention tomorrow!” said Gandranata, who marked his card with five birdies against three bogeys.
Despite playing on home soil, Gandranata does not feel the pressure of having to play well in front of home crowd this week.
“I think playing on home soil actually helps my game. We don’t have lots of big tournaments here and I treasure every opportunity I get to play here. Playing at home makes me feel like there are a lot of people supporting me,” added Gandranata, who has been a regular player on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) since turning professional in 2012.
The second round of the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters was suspended at 5pm local time due to lightning threats on Friday.
Local amateur Fadhli Rahman Soetarso will be one of the 19 players to resume their second rounds at 6.45am on Saturday. Soetarso is currently the second-placed Indonesian on tied-47th. He is even-par through 11 holes.
Indonesia's top-ranked player Rory Hie had to retire at hole 16 because of a wrist injury.
Round three will not start before 8am tomorrow.
Scores of the Indonesian players after day 2 of the CIMB NIAGA Indonesian Masters being played at the par 72, 7340 Yards Royale Jakarta GC course (a - denotes amateur, leader at -10):
141 - George GANDRANATA 71-70
(Par) - Fadhli Rahman SOETARSO (A) 72 Par (11)
148 - Ramadhan ALWIE 76-72
149 - Fahmi REZA 77-72
150 - William SJAICHUDIN 76-74, Kurnia Herisiandy SANTOSO 75-75
(+6) - Jamel ONDO 78 Par (11)
151 - Denny A. WIJAYA 77-74, Jordan IRAWAN 74-77, Sarmilih 73-78
152 - Rinaldi ADIYANDONO 78-74
(+8) - Andik MAULUDIN 77 +3 (12)
153 - Tirto TAMARDI (A) 77-76
(+9) - Benny KASIADI 78 +3 (14)
(+10) - Johannes DERMAWAN 75 +7 (14), Bramantio ADI 81 +1 (13), Ilyasyak 79 +3 (10)
155 - Ian ANDREW 77-78
156 - Asep SAEFULLOH 81-75, Ade SEBUL 80-76
157 - Kevin C. AKBAR (A) 77-80, Junaidi IBRAHIM 81-76
167 - Naraajie RAMADHANPUTRA (A) 79-88
168 - Abhi SAHARI 84-84
Rory HIE 76 RTD (16)
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