By Rahul Banerji
Fired by her last outing at Clover Greens, Gaurika Bishnoi shot a 4 under 68 for the first round lead in the eighth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour on Wednesday.
Gaurika, a multiple winner on the Hero WPG Tour, emerged as champion at the last event at the Hosur course in 2019.
Gaurika opened with three birdies and one dropped shot on her outbound nine on Wednesday.
On her way back, she picked up a further four shots against two bogeys, including one on the closing hole.
Seher Atwal underlined how much she has gained from playing Ladies European Tour events, as she returned a solid 3 under 69 that contained four birdies against one bogey that gave her sole possession of second place.
Close group
Four players, including two amateurs, were tied for third place on 1 under 71 – amateurs Keerthana Reddy and Saanvi Somu, and young pros Hitaashee Bakshi and Sachika Singh.
Kriti Chowhan and Jasmine Shekar were tied for seventh on level par 72, while things did not go as well for Sneha Singh, a two-time winner this year.
The Hyderabad girl was tied-ninth with a rollercoaster 73 that included six birdies against five bogeys and a double. Tied for ninth with Sneha were Anisha Agarwalla and amateur Ayushi Dutta.
The seasoned Tvesa Malik had a rough start with a 4 over 76 that included a double bogey and a quadruple.
Scores and round 2 tee times
8 am: Vrinda Yadav 85 Karishma Govind 84;
8:10 am: Taniya Balasuriya 83 Ayesha Kapur 83 Suchitra Ramesh 83
8:20 am:: Ishvari Prasanna 82 Yaalisai Verma 80 Mehar Atwal 79
8:30 am:: Riya Yadav 79 Rhea Purvi S. 78 Ravjot K Dosanjh 78
8:40 am: Aaradhya Shetty (A) 78 Rhea Jha 78 Khushi Khanijau 78
8:55 am: Snigdha Goswami 76 Disha Kavery 76 Tvesa Malik 76
9:05 am: Shweta Mansingh 75 Neha Tripathi 75 Gauri Karhade 75
9:15 am: Durga Nittur 75 Agrima Manral 75 Geetika Ahuja 75
9:25 am: Ananya Datar 74 Anvitha Narender (A) 74 Rishika Muralidhar 74
9:40 am: Jyotsana Singh 74 Ayushi Dutta (A) 73 Sneha Singh 73
9:50 am: Anisha Agarwalla 73 Jasmine Shekar 72 Kriti Chowhan 72
10 am: Hitaashee Bakshi 71 Sachika Singh 71 Saanvi Somu (A) 71
10:10 am: Keerthana Rajeev (A) 71 Seher Atwal 69 Gaurika Bishnoi 68
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