India, March 28 -- Eugenio Chacarra can perhaps be called a journeyman with a difference. A bright golf talent, the Spaniard shared the halfway lead in the $2.35 million Hero Indian Open with Japan's defending champion Keita Nakajima, the pair 4-under for the tournament and sharing a two-shot lead on Friday.

Nakajima, 24, declared before the event that he wants to make it back-to-back wins here as he chases his dream of joining his compatriots on the PGA Tour. The rest of the field continues to toil at the tough DLF Golf and Country Course, but Nakajima and the 25-year-old, Madrid-born Chacarra could be the players to beat this week.

Chacarra's nascent career though has already seen a few twists, and the kind of decision-making that cou...