Anvitha, Tvesa exchange top spots on day two of Oxford event

Bangalore golfer Anvitha Narender swapped places with overnight leader Tvesa Malik on day two of the Oxford Golf Resort leg of the Hero WPGT on Wednesday. Image courtesy WGAI.

By Rahul Banerji

Anvitha Narender climbed one place and into the lead on day two of the Oxford Golf Resort leg of the Hero WPGT in Pune on Wednesday.

First day Tvesa Malik endured a rocky second round after opening with a bogey-free 70, going a 2 over par 74 to swap places with Anvitha, the WGAI said.

Bangalore’s Anvitha, who had a 71 in the first round of the Rs 17 lakh event added a level par 72 in the second with a day to go to go.

Riya Jadon rose to third place with a steady 72 that included three birdies against three bogeys, while Nayanika Sanga (71) sank three birdies against a lone bogey.

Anvitha opened Wednesday with a bogey but birdies on holes nine and 11 helped her recover before she dropped a second shot on 12.

A further birdie against a final dropped shot saw her finish with a 72.

Double trouble

Tvesa had three birdies, but she also gave back three bogeys and a double in her card of 74.

Ketaki Sood (71), Shagun Narain 74) and amateur Priya Kumari (75) were tied for fifth at 3 over 147.

Mannat Brar, one of the three players to shoot under par on the second day, and Ridhima Dilawari (73) were tied for eighth place.

Last year’s Hero Order of Merit winner, Vani Kapoor (73), Khushi Khanijau (75), amateur Aradhana Manikandan (75), Karishma Govind (75), Durga Nittur (75) and Ananya Garg (76) were tied for tenth place.

Durga in fact landed the first hole-in-one of the season on the Par 3 14^th from 140 yards.

The cut fell at 154 with 24 professionals and four amateurs goinng into the final day.

Scores and round 3 tee times: Tee 1

7:50 am: Eti Chaudhary 151, Amandeep Drall 150, Vidhatri Urs 150

8 am: Ananya Garg 149, Durga Nittur 149, Karishma Govind 149

8:10 am: Aradhana Manikandan (A) 149, Khushi Khanijau 149, Vani Kapoor 149

8:25 am: Ridhima Dilawari 148, Mannat Brar 148, Priya Kumari (A) 147

8:35 am: Shagun Narain 147, Ketaki Sood 147, Nayanika Sanga 146

8:45 am: Riya Jadon 145, Tvesa Malik 144, Anvitha Narender 143

Tee 10

7:50 am: Shweta Mansingh 151, Rhea Purvi Saravanan 151

8 am: Prakruthi Sastry 151, Alysha Dutt (A) 152

8:10 am: Neha Tripathi 152, Lavanya Jadon 152, Jasmine Shekar 153

8:20 am: Agrima Manral 154, Sneha Singh 154, Lavanya Gupta (A) 154

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