Late bogeys drop Vani into a share of joint lead at Rambagh

Tournament favourite and Order of Merit leader Vani Kapoor dropped two late shots to fall ihto a share of the day one lead at Jaipur on Wednesday. Image courtesy WGAI.

By Rahul Banerji

Vani Kapoor raced through the front nine in four under on day one of the Rambagh Golf Club leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf in Jaipur on Wednesday. 

However, the four-time winner this year not only ran out of birdies but also dropped two shots to finish on 2 under 70 at the par-70 course, the WGAI said.

It was still good enough to give Vani a share of the lead alongside Shagun Narain, looking for her maiden win, and the resurgent Jahanvi Bakshi, who is on her way back from a long lay-off and injury.

Vani’s opening 30 was the best split on the front side of the course, while Jahanvi and Vidhatri had back nine scores of 2 under 34 each.

Bogey-free

Shagun went bogey free for the day while Jahanvi parred the first nine holes and then picked up four shots including three in a row between holes 13 and 15.

Jahnavi, whose sister Hitaashee plays on the Ladies European Tour, however, dropped a double bogey on the par-5 17^th that dropped her to a 68.

Four players including amateur Riya Jadon, shot 1 under 69s for tied fourth place. The others were Jasmine Shekar, Nayanika Sanga and Shweta Mansingh.

Multiple winner Sneha Singh was tied for eighth place alongside Vidhatri Urs and Kriti Chowhan on level par 70.

Things did not go too well for some of the other experienced stars like Ridhima Dilawari, Neha Tripathi and Amandeep Drall.

Ridhima and Neha shot 71s for tied 11^th alongside Astha Madan while Amandeep and Khushi Khanijau, shared 14th place on 74s.

Scores and round 2 tee times

8 am: Geetika Ahuja 84, Anisha Agarwalla 80

8:10 am: Yaalisai Verma 80, Rhea Jha 79, Agrima Manral 79

8:20 am: Shiksha Jain (A) 78, Ravjot K Dosanjh 78, Vrinda Yadav 77

8:30 am: Karishma Govind 77, Jahaanvie Walia 77, Ananya Garg 76

8:45 am: Eti Chaudhary (A) 76, Snigdha Goswami 76, Ananya Datar 75

8:55 am: Anvitha Narender 75, Durga Nittur 74, Saanvi Somu (A) 74

9:05 am: Anvvi Dahhiya (A), 74 Seher Atwal 74, Smriti Bhargav 73

9:15 am: Khushi Khanijau 72, Amandeep Drall 72, Ridhima Dilawari 71

9:30 am: Astha Madan 71, Neha Tripathi 71, Sneha Singh 70

9:40 am: Kriti Chowhan 70, Vidhatri Urs 70, Shweta Mansingh 69

9:50 am: Riya Jadon (A) 69, Nayanika Sanga 69, Jasmine Shekar 69

10 am: Jahanvi Bakshi 68, Shagun Narain 68, Vani Kapoor 68

Also read: Vani, Sneha and Amandeep back for the Jaipur leg of Hero WPGT