India's Anirban Lahiri stayed in sight of a good finish while even holding a share of the lead for a short period in the second round of Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship here.
Towards the afternoon, two mistakes gave him a bogey each and he fell back to even par for the day, and at four-under 138 he is tied eighth, but four shots behind the leader, Kevin Dougherty (66), who held the 36-hole lead at 134 (-8).
With the cut coming in at one-over 143, Lahiri was in the upper rows of the leaderboard, while Shubhankar Sharma exited early with a 79, after 75 in the first round.
Lahiri, who was four-under 67 for the first day called it disappointing and felt that he left at least two or three shots out there.
Lahiri birdied third and seventh, but dropped a shot on sixth in between. On the back nine, he birdied 12th and at that stage at six-under he even held a share of the lead for a very brief while. Then he bogeyed 13th and 17th for an even par 71.
He said, "I drove awful on front nine, the driver misbehaved a little bit. I was out of position on Par-5s. Those are the holes you need to make birdies on. If you get a good drive away and get the long irons right, the Par-5s are reachable."
"I missed a six-footer on 17, a five-footer on 16, a 10-footer on 15 and a 12-footer on 14. That's four inside 15 feet and two inside eight feet."
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