Gaurika in lead, Tvesa climbs to 2nd place

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 19 

Gaurika Bishnoi closed the second round with a one-shot lead despite carding an unimpressive 2-over 74 on the second day of the ninth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Eagleton Golf Resort in Bengaluru on Thursday.  

The Gurugram golfer shot one birdie and three bogeys in her 74 that put her 1-over 145 and gave her a slender lead over Tvesa Malik, whose 71 was the only sub-par round of the day.

Overnight leader Neha Tripathi found the going tough with six bogeys and no birdies in her 78. With a two day total of 148 she was tied-3rd alongside amateur Pranavi Urs (76).

Gaurika had one win and five runner-up finishes in her rookie year in 2017 and is playing only her fourth event this season. The 19-year-old had an early birdie on the second, but with conditions not easy for scoring, she bogeyed the fourth, seventh and 10th and parred the rest.

Terrific Tvesa 

Tvesa, another golfer from Gurugram, shot two birdies in comparison to one bogey to jump four places on the leaderboard. The 22-year-old, who was tied-6th at the close of opening round, birdied the third and fourth, while dropping a shot on the par-4 ninth. On her return, Tvesa parred all the holes to produce a 71.   

Kapurthala’s Gursimar Badwal (72), who made a big improvement on her first round 77, had four birdies which was the most on the second day. She is now tied-5th with Trisha Sunil (75-74).

Suchitra Ramesh had a fine start with back-to-back birdies on the second and third but she failed to maintain the tempo and carded three bogeys and a double to end the day with a 75. She is sole seventh.

Amandeep slips

Anisha Padukone (76) and Amandeep Drall (80) were tied-10th. Panchkula’s Amandeep, who was tied-5th overnight, had a bad day in the office as she carded a triple bogey on the par-5 13th in addition to five bogeys on the front nine. She also dropped a shot on the 15th. The only birdie in her card came on the par-4 11th.