Pune amateur Mannat Brar on her way into the day one lead at the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour event in Mumbai on Tuesday. Image courtesy WGAI.
By Rahul Banerji
National champion Mannat Brar held a two-shot lead after the first round of the fourth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at Bombay Presidency Golf Club on Tuesday.
Mannat, who will represent India at the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championships in Vietnam next week, looked set for a low round as she was four-under after 12 holes.
Three bogeys between holes 14 and 17 though saw her fall back before she finished with a birdie on 18th for a 2 under par 68, the WGAI said.
Kriti Chowhan, Seher Atwal and Shweta Mansingh were tied for second on level par 70.
The highlight of Shweta’s round was a hat-trick of birdies from 15 to 17 as she tallied four birdies against as many bogeys.
Seher, a past winner on the Tour, had two birdies and two bogeys while Kriti Chowhan also had a similar card.
Solid record
The 17-year-old Mannat, who last year became the first Indian to reach the semi-finals of the R&A Girls Amateur, is also the All India Amateur and Junior Girls Championship winner.
She birdied the first, fourth and sixth holes to turn in 3-under and added a fourth birdie on 12.
Bogeys on holes 14, 15 and 17, however pulled the Pune amateur back before she closed with a birdie on 18.
The crowded leader board had a five-way tie for fourth place on 2 over 72 including 2024 Hero Order of Merit winner, Hitaashee Bakshi, last week’s runner-up Vani Kapoor, Neha Tripathi, Jasmine Shekar and amateur Anuradha Chaudhuri.
Six others led by Sneha Singh, winner last week in Pune, amateurs Saanvi Somu, Keerthana Rajeev and Aradhana Manikandan besides Ananya Datar and Lavanya Jadon were tied for 10th on 3 over 73s.
Ridhima Dilawari (74) was T-16, Gaurika Bishnoi and Khushi Khanijau (75 each) were T-21, Amandeep Drall (76) was T-23, and Rhea Purvi (77) was T-25.
Scores and round 2 tee times
8 am: Bhuvika Bhise (A) 84, Vrinda Yadav 83, Rhea Jha 82
8:10 am: Snigdha Goswami 81, Ravjot K. Dosanjh 81, Yashita Raghav 79
8:20 am: Gauri Karhade 79, Agrima Manral 78, Geetika Ahuja 78
8:30 am: Chitrangada Singh 78, Oviya Reddi 78, Karishma Govind 77
8:40 am: Anahita Singh 77, Rhea Purvi S. 77, Anisha Agarwalla 77
8:55 am: Amandeep Drall 76, Durga Nittur 76, Khushi Khanijau 75
9:05 am: Gaurika Bishnoi 75, Shagun Narain 74, Ridhima Dilawari 74
9:15 am: Disha Kavery 74, Anaggha Venkatesh 74, Sachika Singh 74
9:25 am: Sneha Singh 73, Keerthana Rajeev (A) 73, Aradhana Manikandan (A) 73
9:40 am: Saanvi Somu (A) 73, Ananya Datar 73, Lavanya Jadon 73
9:50 am: Jasmine Shekar 72, Hitaashee Bakshi 72, Vani Kapoor 72
10 am: Anuradha Chaudhuri (A) 72, Neha Tripathi 72, Shweta Mansingh 70
10:10 am: Seher Atwal 70, Kriti Chowhan 70, Mannat Brar (A) 68
Also read: In-form Sneha Singh eyes hat-trick of wins on Hero WPGT
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