Ridhima holds a four-shot lead after day two at Kalhaar WPGT leg

Ridhima Dilawari leads the field by four shots after day two of the Hero WPGT’s second leg at the Kalhaar course near Ahmedabad on Thursday. Image courtesy WGAI.

By Rahul Banerji

Overnight leader Ridhima Dilawari will take a four-shot advantage into the final day of the Kalhaar leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour event in Ahmedabad on Friday.

On Thursday, the runner-up at the opening BPGC leg in Mumbai produced a 3 under par 69 to total 5 under 139, four shots ahead of amateur Zara Anand (72-71, 143), the WGAI said.

Ridhima closed with a bogey but had reeled off four birdies in a row earlier in her 69 to go with her opening 70 in search of a first win since July last year at Zion Hills near Bangalore.

Jahanvi Bakshi (73-71), whose eagle on the Par-5 fifth made up for bogeys on holes 2 and 4, also picked up a shot on 11 for a 1 under 71 to be tied for third alongside Amandeep Drall (72-72).

While Ridhima holds a healthy lead on the field, as many as eight players are within three shots of each other behind her.

Amandeep seemed headed for a good day with four birdies against two bogeys through 17 holes but double-bogeyed the last that dropped her to level par for the second straight day.

Roller-coaster run

Delhi amateur Lavanya Gupta, the All-India ladies champion had a roller-coaster of a day, beginning with two bogeys and a double on her first three holes. 

She recovered with birdies on 4, 5 and 8 but another bogey on 9 meant she turned in 2-over. A further four birdies on the back nine gave her a superb 70 after a 75 in the first round. 

Lavanya was tied for fifth place with Nayanika Sanga (73-72) on 1 over 145.

Vani Kapoor and Saanvi Somu shot a second straight 73 each for tied seventh alongside Sneha Singh (71-75), who slipped in the second round.

Amateur Janneya A. Dasanniee (79-72), Rhea Purvi (76-75) and Lavanya Jadon (75-76) rounded off the top-10 at 7 over 151.

Mumbai leg winner, Jasmine Shekar (79-74) was tied for 17^th.

The cut fell at 159 and 27 players made it to the final round.

Scores and round 3 tee times

8:20 am: Ketaki Sood 159, Khushi Khanijau 159, Shweta Mansingh 157

8:30 am: Esther Lobo 156, Ananya Datar 156, Agrima Manral 155

8:40 am: Riya Jadon 155, Vidhatri Urs 154, Shagun Narain 154

8:50 am: Karishma Govind 153, Jasmine Shekar 153, Mahreen Bhatia (A) 152

9 am: Oviya Reddi 152, Ceerat Kang (A) 152, Durga Nittur 152

9:15 am: Lavanya Jadon 151, Rhea Purvi 151, Janneya A . Dasanniee (A) 151

9:25 am: Sneha Singh 146, Saanvi Somu 146, Vani Kapoor 146

9:35 am: Nayanika Sanga 145, Lavanya Gupta (A) 145, Amandeep Drall 144

9:45 am: Jahanvi Bakshi 144, Zara Anand (A) 144, Ridhima Dilawari 139

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