South Korean and Englishman share lead at Indian Open

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NEW DELHI (AP) -- Baek Seuk-hyun of South Korea and Simon Griffiths of England share the halfway lead at the Indian Open at the Delhi Golf Club.

Baek shot a 2-under 70 Friday, while Griffiths fired a 5-under 67 to climb up the leaderboard from his overnight position of joint 21st.

The American pair of Anthony Kang and Ben Fox, Rikard Karlberg of Sweden and little-known Indian Manav Jaini all finished a stroke behind.

Overnight leader Kim Hyung-sung slipped to joint 11th place after shooting a 2-over 74 for 141, while former champions Arjun Atwal with a 142 and Jyoti Randhawa on 143, both from India, were in 18th and 21st place.

Baek, 20, has three victories on the domestic Thai tour. His round included four birdies and two bogeys.

"It's my first time leading a big tournament," he said." I dream of winning a big tournament every day and this time, it's a chance for me and I hope to take it."

Griffiths would have been the outright leader but for a missed one-foot putt on the last.

"There was a spike mark right. I was thinking about the mark and should have been thinking about striking a good putt. Stupid really," said Griffiths.

"I have just been lacking confidence recently. When you are struggling you think about going backwards rather than forwards. I don't know what has turned things around but I am just digging in. I need to get something out of the week."

Defending champion C. Muniyappa of India and Daniel Chopra of Sweden were among those who missed the cut.