Sports News | Anvitha Takes 2-shot Lead over Lavanya in WPGT
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Anvitha Narender shot the best round of her fledgling professional career to take a 2-shot lead after 36 holes in the eighth leg of the Women's Pro Golf Tour, here at the Bangalore Golf Club.
Bengaluru, Jun 19 (PTI) Anvitha Narender shot the best round of her fledgling professional career to take a 2-shot lead after 36 holes in the eighth leg of the Women's Pro Golf Tour, here at the Bangalore Golf Club.
Playing only her fourth round as a pro, Anvitha (69-65), the Bengaluru-based golfer who was born in New Jersey, shot 5-under 65 and moved two clear of the Gurgaon-based amateur Lavanya Jadon (69-67).
After two rounds, Anvitha was 6-under and Lavanya 4-under being the only two players with both rounds under par.
Anvitha, who finished tied-8th in her pro debut last week, ran up three birdies in a row from the second and got off to a great start. She dropped shots on the fifth and the ninth to turn in 1-under.
On the back nine, she had gains on the 10th and 12th followed by back-to-back birdies on the 16th and 17th for a round of 65.
Lavanya, who has represented India as an amateur, opened with a birdie on the first but she gave that away on the eighth. Another birdie on the ninth meant she turned in 1-under whereas on the back nine, she birdied the 12th and the 16th for a round of 67.
Meanwhile, Seher Atwal carded a steady 69 with three birdies and two bogeys to be sole third at 1-under 139, while another amateur Saanvi Somu carded even-par 70 to be fourth at 1-over 141.
Sneha Singh (73), who was the Order of Merit winner last year, was among the four overnight leaders.
Vidhatri Urs (70) were tied for fifth at 2-over 142 and Snigdha Goswami 71-72) was seventh.
One of the four co-leaders from first round, Rhea Jha slipped to eighth with 75 in the second round. Amateur Keerthana Rajeev (74-72) was tied ninth with Gaurabi Bhowmick (71-75).
The current Order of Merit leader, Hitaashee Bakshi improved to 71 in the second round and was tied-11th along with the seventh leg winner Gaurika Bishnoi (73-74).
However, Amandeep Drall continued to struggle as she shot 74-75 and was tied-19th.
The cut fell at 150 and 25 players will play the final round. Among the well-known players to miss the cut was Jasmine Shekar (77-74), who was fifth last week.
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