Sports News | Teen Star Guntas Sandhu is Top Indian at WAAP Championship in Vietnam
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Teenage Chandigarh golfer Guntas Kaur Sandhu carded a second straight even-par round of 71 to move up four places to tied-35th in the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship on Saturday.
Da Nang (Vietnam), Mar 8 (PTI) Teenage Chandigarh golfer Guntas Kaur Sandhu carded a second straight even-par round of 71 to move up four places to tied-35th in the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship on Saturday.
She is now the top Indian player with one more round to go. Guntas (73-71-71) was placed tied-39th overnight.
Also Read | WPL 2025: Top Five Performers From UP Warriorz vs Mumbai Indians Clash.
Mannat Brar (67-76-73), who was tied-ninth after the first day before slipping to tied-30th after the second, slid further to T-39th alongside Saanvi Somu (72-74-70). Saanvi was the only Indian to card under-par on the third day. After making the cut on the line, she has now improved from tied-50th to tied-39th.
Malaysian-born Jeneath Wong, 20, who shifted to Melbourne when she was 10 and is now in college in California, compiled a stunning 7-under 64 with eight birdies against one bogey to open a three-shot lead.
Wong leads Korea's overnight leader Sumin Hong (69) and China's Soomin Oh (66). Both Soomin and Sumin had an eagle each. Soomin landed her eagle on the 10th and Sumin got hers on the 18th to get to tied-second.
On a day when the conditions were benign as compared to the first two days at the Hoiana Shores Golf Club, Guntas, starting from the back nine, picked three birdies against one bogey to turn in 2-under. However, the front side of the course did not yield any birdies for the young star, who also dropped shots on the fourth and ninth.
Guntas felt she could have played better but has been thrilled with the experience of getting to play the elite-level event.
Wong moved from tied-second at the halfway stage to sole lead after the third and is poised to become the first Malaysian to win the prestigious WAAP title, which opens a lot of doors for the winner.
The winner here will be invited to compete in three of this year's major championships – the AIG Women's Open, Amundi Evian Championship and the Chevron Championship – as well as the Hana Financial Group Championship, ISPS Handa Australian Open, the 122nd Women's Amateur Championship and, by tradition, the Augusta National Women's Amateur.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)