Gurgaon’s Lavanya holds a one-shot lead in leg 6 of Hero WPGT

Day one leader Lavanya Jadon in action in the sixth leg of the Hero WPGT at the DLF Golf and Country Club on Tuesday. Image courtesy WGAI.

By Rahul Banerji 

Gurgaon’s Lavanya Jadon shot a closing birdie for the first-round lead in the sixth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the DLF Golf & Country Club on Tuesday.

Lavanya had five birdies against three bogeys in a round of at 2 under par 70 at the Gary Player designed course, the WGAI said.

Hero Order of Merit leader Sneha Singh was four-under after 13 holes before hitting a disastrous patch as she bogeyed four holes in a row from 14 to 17.

The stretch dropped the Hyderabad player to level par before a closing birdie ensured a 1 under card of 71 and a tie for second place with Anvvi Dahhiya, who had finished more than an hour earlier.

The highlight of Sneha’s round was an eagle – the only one on Tuesday – on the Par-4 second, where she holed her second shot. Overall, the former national champion had six birdies and the eagle against five bogeys and a double in a roller-coaster ride.

Promising amateur Anvvi Dahhiya had five birdies against four bogeys, to be alongside Sneha on 71.

Level pegging

Aiming for a title hat-trick, DLF golfer Vani Kapoor returned a level par 72 with two birdies and as many dropped shots for sole fourth place two shots behind the leader.

Lavanya, looking for her maiden win in her first season, birdied the second and sixth. tenth, 12^th and 18^th holes and dropped shots on the fifth, 11^th and 14^th.

Sneha eagled the second and birdied holes four, eight, nine, 12 and 13 while giving away shots on the third before the double bogey on the Par-3 fifth.

Four dropped shots on the trot from the 14^th ruined her round though a closing birdie was some consolation.

Amandeep Drall and Gaurika Bishnoi shot 2 over 74s to be tied for fifth, while Gauri Karhade, Agrima Manral and amateur Keya K. Badugu were T7 on 2 over 74 while Jasmine Shekar (77) was tenth.

Ridhima Dilawari (78) was T14. Neha Tripathi had a rough day with an 85 for T29, while Shweta Mansingh (86) was tied for 33rd place.

Scores and round 2 tee times

7:20 am: Lavanya Gupta (A) 86, Anaggha Venkatesh 86

7:30 am: Shweta Mansingh 86, Neha Tripathi 85, Yaalisai Verma 85

7:40 am: Khushi Khanijau 85, Geetika Ahuja 85, Oviya Reddi 84

7:50 am: Kriti Chowhan 82, Rhea Jha 82, Alysha Dutt (A) 82

8 am: Keerthana Rajeev (A) 81, Rhea Purvi Saravanan 81, Durga Nittur 81

8:15 am: Chitrangada Singh 80, Disha Kavery 80, Riya Yadav 80

8:25 am: Prarthana Khanna (A) 79, Anisha Agarwalla 79, Ridhima Dilawari 78

8:35 am: Shagun Narain 78, Anahita Singh 78, Yashita Raghav 77

8:45 am: Anvitha Narender 77, Snigdha Goswami 77, Jasmine Shekar 76

9 am: Agrima Manral 75, Keya K Badugu (A) 75, Gauri Karhade 75

9:10 am: Gaurika Bishnoi 74, Amandeep Drall 74, Vani Kapoor 72

9:20 am: Sneha Singh 71, Anvvi Dahhiya (A) 71, Lavanya Jadon 70

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