Gurgaon, September 25: Birdies
were hard to come by on a tough opening day at the sixth leg of the
Hero-WGAI Women’s Pro tour event at the Goldem Greens on Tuesday as
Nalini Singh Siwach took the lead at the end of the first round with a
card of 76.
Nalini,
winner last week, was one shot cleat of Neha Tripathi and Smriti Mehra,
who shot 77 each. Interestingly both Nalini and Neha had just one
birdie each at the Golden Greens course, which proved a handful for the
golfers. But Smriti, aggressive as usual, turned in three birdies, but
she also had six bogeys and one double. She had bogeys in her first
three holes. Smriti’s three birdies came on eighth, ninth and 18th.
Saaniya
Sharma was the only other golfer to come inside 80 as she carded 79,
while Preetinder Kaur shot 81. Nikki Ponappa and Ankita Tiwana carded 82
each.
Vani
Kapoor, who won a pro event at the same course while being an amateur
had a struggle with a round of 83 that had seven bogeys and two doubles
and no birdies.
Nalini
had the best start with three pars and birdied the fourth. But she
bogeyed the next four. And then she had just one more bogey and rest
pars.
Pallavi
Jain and Shraddhanjali Singh withdrew because of medical reasons, while
Nalini Singh (88), Rashika Chauhan (A) (88) and Rani Sonti (91) missed
the cut.
This
is the sixth leg of the Hero-WGAI Women’s Pro Tour and five different
players have won titles with Smriti Mehra being the only multiple
winner.
Tee times: 2nd round:
8:30 AM: Priya Puri (85)/ Vandana Agarwal (83)
8:40 AM: Vani Kapoor (83) / Ankita Tiwana (82)
8:50 AM: Nikki Ponappa (82) / Preetinder Kaur (81) / Saaniya Sharma (79)
9:00 AM: Smriti Mehra (77) / Neha Tripathi (77) / Nalini S. Siwach (76)
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