Sports News | Tvesa Sees Lead Cut to Half as Ananya Chases Hard in 13th Leg of Hero WPGT
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Tvesa Malik saw her lead cut by half but still held a comfortable three-shot margin over her nearest rival, Ananya Datar, after two rounds in the 13th leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour (WPGT) at the DLF Golf & Country Club.
Gurugram, Sep 20 (PTI) Tvesa Malik saw her lead cut by half but still held a comfortable three-shot margin over her nearest rival, Ananya Datar, after two rounds in the 13th leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour (WPGT) at the DLF Golf & Country Club.
Tvesa was 5-under 139 for two rounds and Ananya, seeking her maiden Hero WPGT win, was at 2-under 142.
Tvesa had three bogeys between the eighth and the 13th as she carded 2-over 74.
At one stage, Ananya (71-71), who shot a second straight 71 to come within three shots, was just one behind after 11 holes at the challenging Gary Player layout, which will host India's biggest women's event -- the Hero Women's Indian Open next month.
The rest of the field was way behind. Khushi Khanijau (75-70) rose up the leaderboard to get to third at 1-over 145, while Neha Tripathi (71-75) slipped from overnight joint second to fourth at 2-over 146.
Tvesa dropped shots on the third and par-5 eighth before she found her first birdie of the day on the ninth to make the turn in 1-over 37.
Meanwhile, Ananya was 2-under for the front nine as she had three birdies and just one bogey in her 2-under 34. The lead between the two was now just three.
On the back nine, when Tvesa bogeyed the par-4 11th and Ananya birdied the same hole, the lead was just one shot.
The duo bogeyed the par-4 13th and Ananya dropped a shot on the 14th to help Tvesa move two strokes ahead. A birdie on the par-4 17th made the lead a handy three for Tvesa as Ananya parred the last four holes.
Khushi Khanijau had two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine but did much better on the back nine where she had three birdies against one bogey for the day's best round of 2-under 70 and she moved into sole third.
Overnight joint second Neha Tripathi, the winner last week, had a front nine with a bogey on par-5 fourth and a triple bogey on par-3 fifth. A birdie on the eighth hole was small consolation.
On the back nine, Neha seemed to make up some ground with birdies on the 15th and 17th, but there was further disaster in the form of a double-bogey on the par-5 18th as she carded 75 to fall to fourth.
Jasmine Shekar (72-75) was fifth and Kriti Chowhan (74-76) was sixth. Pranav Urs continued to struggle as she added a 75 to her first round 76 and she was tied-7th alongside Asmitha Sathish (77-74) and Agrima Manral (73-78).
Amateur Mahreen Bhatia, double medallist at the US Kids European and US Kids World Championships golf, made a big improvement on her first round with a 73 after a first-round 80 to force her way into the top-10.
Among the big names lagging behind were Seher Atwal (81-74) at T-12 and Sneha Singh (77-79) at T-15.
The cut fell at 167 with 27 players making the grade.
Tvesa will play her final round with Ananya and Khushi.
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