India, March 28 -- Two equally creative long putts on the undulating 18th hole at either end of Saturday's play in the $2.55mn Hero Indian Open DP World Tour event left one grimacing in dejection and the other beaming in satisfaction. It summed up how the demanding DLF Golf and Country Club course designed by nine-time Major winner Gary Player has rewarded and punished the field yet again.

It was Akshay Bhatia early in the day. Needing a birdie to make the cut at 4-over for the tournament, he sent his third shot on the par-five nicely snaking to rest about five feet from the pin. The next putt for the US player of Indian origin and Arnold Palmer Invitational champion showed how players have struggled to read the line, failed to perfect t...