Newly-minted pro Anvitha Narender on her way into the second-round lead on day two of the women’s tour event at Bangalore Golf Club on Wednesday. Image courtesy WGAI.
By Rahul Banerji
Anvitha Narender shot the best round of her budding professional career to hold a two-shot lead after day 2 of the eighth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour in Bangalore on Wednesday.
The New Jersey-born Anvitha returned a 5-under 65 on the day to move two strokes clear of Gurgaon-based amateur Lavanya Jadon (69-67) at the Bangalore Golf Club.
The Bangalore-based rookie (69-65) was 6 under par 134 and Lavanya 4 under 136, the only two in the field with two sub-par rounds, the WGAI said.
Anvitha, who was tied for eighth on her pro debut last week, started well with three early birdies byut also dropped two shots to turn in 1-under.
On the back nine, she picked up four shots without further damage to her card for a fine round of 65.
Lavanya, who has represented India as an amateur, opened with a birdie but she gave it back on the eighth hole.
Another birdie on hole nine meant she turned in 1 under par and picked up two more strokes on the way back to the clubhouse.
Steady run
Seher Atwal carded a steady 69 with three birdies and two bogeys to be sole third at 1 under 139, while amateur Saanvi Somu had a level par 70 to be fourth on 1 over 141.
The 2023 Hero Order of Merit winner, Sneha Singh (73), who turned 20 this week and was one of the four overnight leaders shared fifth place with Vidhatri Urs (70) on 2 over 142s. Snigdha Goswami (71-72) was seventh.
Another first round joint leader, Rhea Jha. slipped to eighth with a 75 on Wednesday. Amateur Keerthana Rajeev (74-72) was tied ninth with Gaurabi Bhowmick (71-75).
Current Order of Merit leader, Hitaashee Bakshi hit a 71 in the second round to be T11 with seventh-leg winner, Gaurika Bishnoi (73-74). Amandeep Drall continued to struggle as she shot 74-75 and was T19.
The cut fell at 150 and 25 players made it to the final round. Among those missing out was Jasmine Shekar (77-74), fifth last week at Mysore.
Scores and day 3 tee times
7:30 am: Khushi Khanijau 150, Disha Kavery 149
7:40 am: Ravjot K. Dosanjh 149, Ananya Garg 149
7:50 am: Prakruthi N. Sastry (A) 149, Amandeep Drall 149, Shweta Mansingh 149
8 am: Rhea Purvi Saravanan 148, Jahaanvie Walia 148, Astha Madan 148
8:10 am: Gaurika Bishnoi 147, Agrima Manral 147, Gauri Karhade 147
8:25 am: Hitaashee Bakshi 147, Anisha Agarwalla 147, Gourabi Bhowmick 146
8:35 am: Keerthana Rajeev (A) 146, Rhea Jha 144, Snigdha Goswami 143
8:45 am: Sneha Singh 142, Vidhatri Urs 142, Saanvi Somu (A) 141
8:55 am: Seher Atwal 139, Lavanya Jadon (A) 136, Anvitha Narender 134
Also read: Four tied for opening day lead at Hero WPGT Bangalore event
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