Spain’s Agusti leads the ADT event after a bogey-free 64
El Jadida, Morocco, May 30: Spain’s Agusti Madalena shot the lowest round of the tournament so far to take a four-shot lead even as Indian teenager Kartik Singh carded a bogey-free 6-under 66 in the second round of the US$160,000 AM Green IGPL Morocco Rising Stars 2026. Kartik, who was on fire in the second round at the stunning Mazagan Beach & Golf Resort, and he is Tied-fifth and five shots behind the leader in the event co-sanctioned by the AM Green IGPL and Asian Development Tour.
Kartik, who impressed on the AM Green IGPL Tour in 2025, shot a flawless 66 after starting from the tenth on the second day. He had shot 1-under on the first day and is now 7-under for 36 holes and five shots behind the leader, Madalena (68-64), who is 12-under.
Three players, first round leader, Ho Ho Yue (66-70), fellow Hong Kong golfer, Matthew Heung (68-68) and Argentine Franco Scorzato (68-68) were tied second at 8-under.
Kartik is Tied-fifth along with a Thai duo, Tanapat Pichaikool (70-67) and Runchanapong Youprayong (67-70) at 7-under.
Raghav Chugh (69-70) and Syed Saqib Ahmed (69-70), who were inside Top-10 after Day 1, slipped down to T-12, while Trishul Chinnappa (69-71) dropped to T-25 after being T-8 a day earlier.
A total of 10 Indians made the cut, which fell at 1-under. The others making the weekend rounds included Samarth Dwivedi (70-72), Sachin Baisoya (71-71), Rashid Khan (72-70), and Arjun Bhati (72-70), who were all 2-under at T-36. Also getting past the cut line were Milind Soni (75-68) and Kartik Sharma (74-69) at 1-under and were Tied-45th.
The 25-year-old Madalena took full advantage of the softer morning conditions and played a bogey-free round with eight birdies. He could have gone lower, but missed a six-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole.
Leader Madalena has not had a single top-10 finish in Official World Golf Ranking events in his five years of playing as a pro, but that could all change after a flawless round of 64.
The eight-under par 64, added to his 68 in the opening round, took him to 12-under par going into the weekend rounds and gave him a four-shot lead over the trio at 8-under in Tied-second place.
Thailand’s Tanapat Pichaikool (67) and Runchanapong Youprayong (70) were also in the hunt, tied fifth at seven-under, where they were joined by Indian teenager Kartik Singh (66).
The leading Moroccan player was Ayoub Id-Omar (68) in tied eighth place.
Starting from the tenth, Kartik Singh opened with a birdie and added back-to-back gains on the 14th and the 15th again on the 18th. On his second nine, birdies on the fifth and the sixth gave a him a healthy scorecard of 6-under 66.
Among the AM Green IGPL players in the field, Raghav Chugh and Syed Saqib Ahmed (both 70) were leading contenders at five-under and in tied 12th position, while prominent names missing the cut included Olympian Udayan Mane, Sudhir Sharma, Shaurya Bhattacharya, Pukhraj Singh Gill, Karandeep Kochhar, Aryan Roopa Anand, Khalin Joshi, Shubham Jaglan, and Aman Raj.
Leader Madalena said, “That was really good, I think the best golf I have ever played. No mistakes, just a perfect round. I made some good putts, very happy. I struggled to make par on the 17th hole, but it was a good two-putt from a very long distance before I missed from about two meters for eagle on the 18th. I like the golf course. I think my playing style has adapted to this course layout very well.”
“I will try to play the same over the weekend, but maybe I will not be able to score this well. But I’m feeling good on the golf course, so I am hoping I can keep playing like this.”
Cheung finished tied second at the Taiwan Glass Taifong Open earlier this month and continued his good form from there.
This week is the fifth stop of the 2026 season on the AM Green IGPL Tour, and also the fifth event on the Asian Development Tour. This week’s event will be followed by the $ 500,000 AM Green IGPL Bharath Classic, an event on the Asian Tour, which will also be held at the Mazagan Beach & Golf Resort on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. The week after that, Morocco will also host The International Series Morocco presented by Visit Morocco.
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