Women's Golf Association of India

Ridhima moves into two-shot lead in Leg 1 of Hero WPGT

Pune, Jan 9:Ridhima Dilawari seems to be continuing from where she left off last season as she moved into sole lead at the end of the second round of the first Leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour 2020 at the Poona Club Golf Course on Thursday. Ridhima, who shared the first round lead with amateur Pranavi Urs (70-73), shot 71 to go with her first round card of 70 to aggregate one-under 141 at the Par-71 layout.

Ridhima, who won five times in 12 starts in 2019, is now two shots clear of Pranavi and Amandeep Drall, whose second round 70 was the only sub-par round of the day.

Vani Kapoor moved up with one-over 72 and at 147 for two rounds, she is Tied-fourth alongside Afshan Fatima (73-74).

Ridhima, who played solid and steady golf through 2019, may well have been more than two shots clear of the field, but for the closing bogey on Par-5 18th. She also dropped a shot on another Par-5, the seventh besides Par-4 eighth and 11th. Her birdies came on Par-3 fourth, Par-4 ninth, Par-4 10th and Par-5 12th.

Amandeep Drall was doing very well with three birdies against just one bogey on the front nine. She added another on 11th to go to three-under for the day, but dropped shots on 15th and 17th to fall to 70.

Pranavi Urs started the day with a triple bogey on Par-4 first hole but creditably managed to hold her round together with three birdies and two other bogeys for a card of 73.

Vani Kapoor had one birdie against two bogeys in her 72.

Fancied Diksha Dagar (72-77) and Saaniya Sharma (73-76) are Tied-sixth, while Jyotsana Singh (77-74), Sonam Chugh (76-75), Mehar Atwal (76-75) and Neha Tripathi (74-77) are Tied-eighth at 151 each.

Tee times for Round 3, Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at Poona Club Golf Course:

8:30 AM : Trimann Saluja 170; Ayesha Kapur 168;

8:40 AM : Anousha Tripathi 166; Geetika Ahuja 165;

8:50 AM : Oviya Reddi 162; Shriya Vivek 160; Gursimar Badwal 160;

9:00 AM : Tanirika Singh 159; Ishvari Prasanna 159; Anisha Agarwalla 158;

9:10 AM : Ananya Datar 155; Gurjot Badwal 154; Khushi Khanijau 153;

9:20 AM : Siddhi Kapoor 152; Neha Tripathi 151; Mehar Atwal 151;

9:30 AM : Sonam Chugh 151; Jyotsana Singh 151; Diksha Dagar 149;

9:40 AM : Saaniya Sharma 149; Afshan Fatima 147; Vani Kapoor 147;

9:50 AM : Pranavi Urs (A) 143; Amandeep Drall 143; Ridhima Dilawari 141;