By Rahul Banerji
Incessant rain in Chennai did nothing to affect the battle for season’s honours between Sneha Singh and Neha Tripathi in the first round of the 16th leg of the Hero WPGT on Wednesday.
After a truncated nine-hole first round at the TNGF Cosmo Club, where organisers did well to make the course playable, the two contenders were tied for the top spot alongside Khushi Khanijau on level par 35s.
Sneha Singh needs to ensure that she finishes ahead of Neha or not allow her closest pursuer to make Rs. 27,793 more than her, to top the Order of Merit, the WGAI said.
Sneha and Khushi did well to par all nine holes for an even-par 35, while Neha, who won last week, had two birdies and two bogeys in succession between the fourth and seventh holes in her card.
Hot pursuit
Close on their heels were Seher Atwal and Rhea Jha, who shot 1-over 36 each. Rhea parred the first eight holes before dropping a shot on the ninth.
Seher found a birdie early and was 1-under till she came to the eighth tee. She then dropped shots on the two closing holes for the day.
Yaalisai Verma was sole sixth with a 2-over 37, while six players including amateur Srihita Mandava, were tied for the seventh place at 3-over 38.
The five pros tied with Srihitha were Ravjot K. Dosanjh, Shweta Mansingh, Ridhima Dilawari, Ananya Datar and Ishvari Prasanna.
Scores and round 2 tee times
7:30 am: Geetika Ahuja 42, Karishma Govind 42
7:40 am: Anisha Agarwalla 41, Gauri Karhade 40
7:50 am: Agrima Manral 40, Jasmine Shekar 40, Anaggha Venkatesh 39
8 am: Snigdha Goswami 39, Durga Nittur 39, Rhea Purvi S. 39
8:10 am: Ishvari Prasanna 38, Ananya Datar 38, Srihitha Mandava (A) 38
8:25 am: Ridhima Dilawari 38, Shweta Mansingh 38, Ravjot K Dosanjh 38
8:35 am: Yaalisai Verma 37, Seher Atwal 36, Rhea Jha 36
8:45 am: Khushi Khanijau 35, Neha Tripathi 35, Sneha Singh 35
Also read: Two-way battle shapes up for WPGT Order of Merit in Chennai
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