In- form Tvesa surges ahead
Overnight leader Tvesa Malik overcame a rocky start to maintain her lead after two rounds of the seventh leg of Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Prestige Golfshire course here Bengaluru on Thursday.
Tvesa, who shot an even par 72 on first day, went 4- over 76 on day two but increased her lead from one to two shots.
Her total of 148 was two clear of second- placed amateur Seher Atwal ( 71), whose card was the first sub- par score of the event, and Amandeep Drall ( 77) who were on 6- over 150.
Smriti Mehra ( 75) and Asian Games- bound amateur Ridhima Dilawari ( 76) were tied- 4th at 151, while Gursimar Badwal ( 81) was sixth at 154. Neha Tripathi ( 76), amateur Pranavi Urs ( 80), Afshan Fatima ( 78) and Anisha Padukone ( 84) occupied the seventh to 10th places.
Tvesa, who has come into her own this season with a string of top- 3 finishes including one win, opened with a double bogey and followed that with a bogey. She had one birdie against two more dropped shots which meant she was 4- over through seven holes. She thereafter played the remaining 11 holes in even par with one birdie and a bogey.
Seher played an excellent round with nine straight pars on the front nine, followed by two birdies against a lone bogey and four more pars. Amandeep had a bogey on first and double bogeys on next two holes to be 5- over for three holes. One birdie and two more bogeys in the remaining 15 holes saw her finish at 77.