Shiv Kapur, Jeev Milkha Singh Miss Cut at Munich Open
It was the fifth successive cut Shiv Kapur had missed on the European Tour apart from exiting early from the US Open. Jeev Milkha Singh has missed four cuts in last eight starts.
Indian golfers Shiv Kapur and Jeev Milkha Singh missed the cut at the BMW International Open after returning cards of 70 and 75 respectively in the second round, here.
Kapur (72-70) missed the cut by one shot and Jeev (71-75) was further down as the cut came at three-under after 36 holes.
It was the fifth successive cut Kapur had missed on the European Tour apart from exiting early from the US Open, for which he came in through the qualifiers.
Jeev has missed four cuts in last eight starts and his best has been tied 22nd at the Lyoness Open two weeks ago in Austria.
Rafa Cabrera-Bello sits at the top of the leaderboard at the halfway mark for the second consecutive year following a five under par second round of 67 in Munich.
The Spaniard was part of a four-way share of the lead 12 months ago before being defeated by Fabrizio Zanotti in a play-off, but he holds the outright lead this time round, as he attempts to go one better at Golfclub Munchen Eichenried.
Cabrera-Bello, a two-time European Tour winner, fired six birdies in his opening 11 holes, including chipping in from the drop zone on the 18th hole (having started on the tenth tee) after finding the water with his approach.
He made his only bogey of the day on the eighth hole -his penultimate of the day - but a par on the last meant he finished on 12 under par, the same 36-hole total he posted last year.
He is a shot clear of Englishman James Morrison, the Open de Espana champion, who signed for a round of 66, having carded only one bogey - on the 14th hole - in his first two rounds.
Joint first round leader Lasse Jensen of Denmark is a further shot back on ten under par following a round of 69, alongside Northern Ireland's Michael Hoey, who surged up the leaderboard with nine birdies in his impressive round of 65.
But home favourite Martin Kaymer missed the cut after finding the water on the 18th hole. The two-time Major Champion would have needed a closing birdie to make the weekend, but his resulting bogey for a round of 71 meant he finished on one under par and fell two strokes short.