Manila: Jyoti Randhawa looked on course to end his seven year title drought on the Asian Tour as he made another stunning seven-under card to move to a season's best 15-under for 36 holes at the $ 1 million World Manila Masters, here on Friday.

Randhawa, who was Asia’s No. 1 in 2002 but last won on the Asian Tour in 2009, is bogey free in his two-day total of 15-under-par 129 that saw him enjoy a two-shot advantage over Thailand's Sutijet Kooratanapisan and Tirawat Kaewsiribandit at the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club.

Taking a cue from Randhawa’s amazing run was India’s SSP Chowrasia, who produced one of his best rounds of the year by carding a 64, which had 11 birdies, seven of them on back nine, to be at the fourth place while Thailand’s Sattaya Supupramai, who almost broke the course record, settled for a share of fifth place after returning with a 63.

S Chikkarangappa (68-67) and Gaganjeet Bhullar (69-66) were tied 11th at nine-under, while Chiragh Kumar (67-70) was tied 24th and Shiv Kapur (70-67) was tied 33rd. 

Shubhankar Sharma (69-70) in tied 45th and Jeev Milkha Singh (68-72) were the other Indians to make the cut.

Randhawa, who shot an impressive eight-under in the opening round, started the day in a five-way lead but quickly broke away from the pack with three successive birdies starting from the par-four 11 in his opening back-nine 10. 
“I found the rhythm back in my swing and I just stuck with that,” Randhawa said.