The Indian ace shot a second round of three-over-par 75 to advance to weekend play at the Augusta National.
The world number one mixed five birdies with four bogeys to return a one-under 71 for a 13-under aggregate of 203.
Jordan Spieth threatened to turn the year's first major into a runaway as he fired a six-under-par 66 for a five-shot lead and a Masters record for lowest 36-hole total at Augusta National on Friday.
Gaganjeet Bhullar charged into a two-shot lead at the Indonesia Open after an opening seven-under-par 64 on Thursday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
The Indian golfer shot a three-over 73 to move up from 18th to tied 15th spot at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament.
Arjun Atwal ended a four-year title drought as he won the inaugural $ 500,000 Dubai Open at the Els Golf Club on Sunday.
Bubba Watson made five birdies in a row to snatch the halfway lead at the 78th Masters on Friday as Augusta National turned on some of its favourite sons.
Rising Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma shattered the course record at the challenging DLF Golf course with a sensational eight-under 64 to surge to second place after the unfinished second round at the US$ 1,750,000 Hero Indian Open, in Gurgaon, on Friday.
The duo lead the field in the opening round of the Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia Open.
Jeev Milkha Singh carded one-under 71 and was tied 28th with a total of three-under 213 at the KSB Munsingwear Open golf tournament.
The Indian golfer finished with a total of seven-over after rounds of 79 and 72 and was tied 101st at the Irish Open.
Arjun Atwal's final day effort took his total to one-under 287 to take him to 59th place at the USD 3 million event.
Chiragh Kumar used his familiarity with the Delhi Golf Club to help him win his maiden Asian Tour title at the Panasonic Open India on Sunday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
The Indian golfing ace fired a one-under 71 in the second round of the Sega Sammy Cup on the\nJapan PGA tour.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
The Indian golf ace carded a five-under 67 on the opening day of the ANA Open on the Japan Golf Tour.
The Indian golfer opened with with five birdies and seven bogeys to finish two-over 72 in the Canadian Open.
The Indian golfer had his best round of the week, at three-under 68, to vault to tied 23rd place from overnight 46th in the Fujisankei Classic.
India's Shubhankar Sharma remained on course for his maiden European Tour victory as lightning, rain and hail forced the Joburg Open into a Monday finish.
The Indian golfer carded a one-over 72 in the second round at the 150-million-yen Fujisankei Classic.
The ace Indian golfer finished with an opening round of 7-under 65 after the first day of the B C Open in Endicott, New York.
India's S S P Chowrasia showed his resolve to win again while compatriot Anirban Lahiri fired an ominous warnings to his rivals when they took a share of the opening round lead at the King's Cup on Thursday.
His final round of one-over 72 saw him end at five-under 279 at the US PGA Tour John Deere Classic.
As much as players and officials like to talk up the competitive nature of the Presidents Cup there was also an end-of-season party atmosphere at Muirfield Village on Thursday with even Tiger Woods joining in the fun.
India's Jyoti Randhawa charged into contention with a flawless seven-under-par 65 to seize a one-shot lead at the half-way stage of the US $750,000 Chiangmai Golf Classic in Thailand on Friday.
The IOCL-lad fired ten birdies to return a card of nine-under 63 and record the lowest total in the history of amateur golf in India.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Tiger Woods sank to the bottom of the US Open leaderboard after an opening round 10-over 80 on Thursday, but vowed to fight on and return to the top.
Tiger Woods fed off an "electric" atmosphere to card his lowest score in two years on the PGA Tour, a six-under 64 that put him within two shots of the early first round lead at the Wyndham Championship on Thursday.
Ace Indian golfer Shiv Kapur will take with him the sweet and bitter memories of the 142nd Open Championships after ending his campaign with an even-par 71, Muirfield, Scotland on Sunday.
Vijayveer Sidhu, 16, shot a gold in the 25m standard pistol event for junior men after combining with Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Adarsh Singh to claim the team gold on the last day of the ISSF World Championships.
More than 24 hours after Dustin Johnson began his second round at the wind-lashed British Open he ended it still on top of the leaderboard.
Jyoti Randhawa, who took time off to work on his game, showed that he made a wise decision as he registered his first top-10 finish in more than two years in the CJ Invitational hosted by KJ Choi in Yeoju, Korea on Sunday.
Adam Scott has climbed to a joint career-high number three in the world rankings following his dramatic Masters victory on Sunday.
Adam Scott ended decades of Australian agony when he became the first player from his country to win the Masters with a high-quality playoff victory over Angel Cabrera at a rain-soaked Augusta National on Sunday.
