Tee Birds call the shots on day eight at Lloyd DGC League

By Rahul Banerji

Tee BIrds pulled the rug from under Robo4me, winning four of their seven games to tally 8.5 points and climb to second place behind The A-Team in their group at the Lloyd DGC League.

In the event powered by Vredestein Tyres at the Delhi Golf Club, Robo4me tallied 6.5 points.

Tee Birds have played three matches thus far and have 25.5 points as do The A-Team who sit atop the table in that group with 29 points.

Robo4me have completed their quota of four matches for the league stage and total 25 points.

In the second session, Bajaj Foundation scored nine points from four wins in the seven games against B I Luxury, who managed 6.5 points.

Bajaj Foundation are third in their group with 25 points and B I Luxury are fifth with 13 points.

Birdie Machine took on SwingKKings and scored eight points from three wins and a draw. Birdie Machine are on 21 points for the tournament.

In the final session, Christie’s Golf won four matches to tally 9.5 points against Athletic Drive who managed 6.5 points. Both teams are comfortably placed with Athletic Drive topping the group.

Chevalier set for HWIO return

Six years ago, when Camille Chevalier came to India, she was focussed on a solid week to ensure that she would improve on her rookie status and keep her card.

Even after 36 holes when she was three shots behind the second-round leader, the 23-year-old from Aix-en-Provence in France confessed that she was not thinking about a win as she teed off in the final round.

Yet she did pull it off with a great back nine at the Hero Women’s Indian Open 2017, sinking five birdies in the last nine holes.

That grandstand finish fetched Camille her maiden Ladies European Tour title by one shot from Michele Thompson, who had a record-setting 64 on the second day.

Chevalier is all set to return next week and is looking at the Hero Women’s Indian Open to revive her career, which after her maiden win took her to the US, but the Epson Tour in 2018 was as far as she got.

The win in India apart, there have been only two other top 10s, third at the La Reserva Sotogrande in 2019 and 10th  at the Andalucia Open de Espana in 2018.

In the last three years, she has only had the occasional top 20 finish like the T12 in South Africa last year and T21 in the Italian Open. But she has been in the Top-10 at the Aramco Team Series events.

Camille is now looking to turn the clock back as she readies to tee off next week at the DLF Golf & Country Club for the Hero Women’s Indian Open from October 20 to 23.

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