Agencies
PATTAYA, Feb 1: India's Avani Prashanth made a smart recovery from a bogey start to finish the opening day of the Women's Amateur Asia Pacific with a strong 4-under 68 card that placed her on a creditable tied fourth here on Thursday. Avani, winner of the Queen Sirikit Cup individuals last year, and fourth at the World Amateur Team Championships in 2023, had six birdies against two bogeys on a satisfying day. Three players including Eila Galitsky, bidding to become the first player to win the WAAP twice, her Thai teammate Nova-porn Soontreeyapas, who registered a hole-in-one and Chinese Taipei's Chen-Wei Wu were in shared lead at 5-under 67. One shot behind, Avani was tied with Thailand's Pimpisa Rubrong, Amy Im of New Zealand and China's Yahui Xhang, returning scores of 68 each. Among other Indians, Vidhatri Urs (73) and debutant Saanvi Somu (73) were tied 39th, while things did not go well for debutants Keerthana Rajeev Nair (81) and. Heena Kang (81) at tied 84 and Mannat Brar (82) was 86th.
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