Indian-American golfer Akshay Bhatia followed up his career-best round of 8-under 62 with a solid second-round 69, bringing his 36-hole total to 9-under par at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
Defending champion Aaron Rai had a chance to finish runner-up, but a double bogey on the front nine and a bogey on the back nine ruined the chances, and he finished with a round of 2-under 68 that saw him finish Tied-fifth at the Wyndham Championship by six shots.
Indian American Akshay Bhatia fell to T-58 as he carded 74 but Aaron Rai (65) was Tied-ninth.
Akshay Bhatia opened the RBC Canadian Open with 1-under 69 and also said that he was playing for Grayson Murray, his senior colleague and fellow PGA TOUR player, who took his life last week.
Bhatia was lying T-34 and fellow Indian-American Sahith Theegala who had also spoken about the need to tackle mental health issues had a rough start with 4-over 74 at Hamilton Golf and Country Club.
