Gursimar, Neha in joint lead at 4- over
Gursimar Badwal had a topsy- turvy round, but in the end finished day two atop the board with first round leader Neha Tripathi on four- over 146s in the third leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour in Pune on Thursday.
Gursimar’s adventurous round at the Poona Club golf course had seven birdies, six bogeys, one triple bogey and had only four pars. She played in the lead group alongside Neha and Saaniya Sharma and all three golfers in the lead group had a rough start.
While Gursimar started with three bogeys, Neha had a bogey on first and a double on second. Saaniya doubled bogeyed the par- 4 first and then dropped another shot on the third. However, she did manage a birdie in between on the second on the par- 3 second.
Gursimar then went on a birdie spree, hitting as many as seven — three on the front nine and four on the back nine. At that stage she was oneunder for the day and the tournament.
However, a triple bogey
Gursimar played in the lead group alongside Neha and Saaniya Sharma and all three golfers in the lead group had a rough start
led to another dropped shot for a two- over finish on the day.
Neha’s four bogeys and one double against two birdies saw her turn in 4over 39. On the back nine she had just one bogey but no birdies for a final card of 76 that saw her drop into the shared lead.
Saaniya opened with a double, ended with a triple and in between had four bogeys and three birdies. She carded 6over 77 and was lying sole third at 149.
Afshan Fatima ( 72) had the best card of the day and was T5 with Tvesa Malik ( 76) on 150. Ayesha Kapur ( 78) and Trisha Sunil ( 79) were T6 on 152 while Sonam Chugh ( 79) was eighth on 155.
Smriti Mehra ( 77) and Siddhi Kapoor ( 78) were T9 on 156s.