Neha Tripathi leads field on day one of RCGC Hero WPGT event

By Rahul Banerji

Neha Tripathi led the way by two shots after day one of the 15^th Leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club on Tuesday.

Neha, winner of the 10^th and 12^th Legs of the Tour, is also looking at the top spot on the Hero WPGT Order of Merit, where she is third behind the top two, Sneha Singh and Seher Atwal.

Sneha and Seher were in a big group tied for ninth place seven shots behind the leader.

Neha birdied holes two, 14 and 18^, but dropped shots on holes six, 11 and 12 on her way to a level par 72, the WGAI said.

Trailing Neha was Tvesa Malik, who suffered a difficult four-hole stretch on the back nine where she dropped three shots in four holes. Overall, Tvesa had two birdies against four bogeys in her 74.

Brave display

Amateurs have been doing well this season and the latest on that list was Anaahat Bindra, whose 75 placed her tied third with Jyotsana Singh.

Anaahat had three bogeys in a row from eight to ten among her five dropped shots, but back-to-back birdies late in the day saved the round for her.

Anisha Agarwalla (76) was fifth, while Kriti Chowhan and Ridhima Dilawari carded 77s for tied sixth on a day when scoring was not easy.

Jasmine Shekar, who secured a place in the Final Stage of the Ladies European Tour’s Q-School recently was eighth, while Khushi Khanijau, Rhea Jha, Shweta Mansingh, Seher, Ananya Datar and Sneha were tied for ninth.

Scores and round 2 tee times

8 am: Marshneil Prasad 88, Rhea Purvi S. 86

8:10 am: Anaggha Venkatesh 86, Ravjot K Dosanjh 84, Geetika Ahuja 84

8:20 am: Oviya Reddi 84, Ishvari Prasanna 83, Agrima Manral 82

8:30 am: Yaalisai Verma 82, Sinjini Mukherjee (A) 81, Gauri Karhade 81

8:40 am: Snigdha Goswami 81, Sneha Singh 79, Ananya Datar 79

8:55 am: Seher Atwal 79, Shweta Mansingh 79, Rhea Jha 79

9:05 am: Khushi Khanijau 79, Jasmine Shekar 78, Ridhima Dilawari 77

9:15 am: Kriti Chowhan 77, Anisha Agarwalla 76, Jyotsana Singh 75

9:25 am: Anaahat Bindra (A) 75, Tvesa Malik 74, Neha Tripathi 72

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