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| Amateur Zara and Lavanya share lead in 8th leg of Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour | | | BENGALURU, June 17: Amateur Zara Anand and Lavnya Jadon opened with identical cards of four-under 64 in the eighth Leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour to share the lead at the Bangalore Golf Club here on Wednesday.
The duo was one shot clear of Durga Nittur and Smriti Bhargav, who carded three-under 65 each at the par-68 course.
Two other young stars, Anvvi Dahhiya and amateur Mahreen Bhatia were tied fifth with two-under 66 each in the event carrying a purse of Rs.17 lakh, which started with 57 players, but Jahanvi Bakshi withdrew due to medical reasons.
Zara began with three pars before faltering with bogeys on the next two holes. Then she made her recovery with back-to-back birdies on the sixth and the seventh and yet another on the ninth to turn in one-under. She maintained that momentum with a birdie on the 10th and three in a row from 13th to the 15th. A late bogey on the 17th cost her sole leadership.
Three players -- Mannat Brar, Karishma Govind and amateur Ananyaa Sood -- were tied seventh with rounds of one-under 67, while four players -- Jasmine Shekar, Kashika Misra, Nayanika Sanga and Ayushi Dutta -- scored even-par 68 each to round off the Top-10.
Among the big names struggling on the first day were last week's runner-up and 2025 Hero Order of Merit winner Vani Kapoor, who carded four-over 72 with her only birdie coming on the 18th. She was tied 34th alongside her good friend Amandeep Drall.
Ridhima Dilawari and Vidhtari Urs were tied 14 with one-over 69 each, as were Heena Kang and Neha Tripathi. Tvesa Malik (70) was tied 19th. |
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