Tvesa Malik finds form and event lead at Rambagh GC

By Rahul Banerji

Form is sometimes an elusive friend but on Thursday, Tvesa Malik appeared to have looked in the right direction at the Rambagh Golf Club in Jaipur.

In round two of the Hero Women’s Pro Tour, Tvesa produced a flawless 4-under 66 to head the leaderboard, three shots clear of her closest pursuer.

With rounds of 71-66 Tvesa sits on 3-under 137, with overnight leader Jahanvi Bakshi (71) nearest to her on level par 140.

Jahnavi had a mixed bag of three bogeys and two birdies while playing alongside Tvesa and sister, Hitaashee (75), who had an off day with five bogeys and no birdies.

Tvesa, who has not won since the 13^th leg in 2019, a season in which she won three times, was happy with her performance.

“I felt confident with my putting after quite a while and I made the putts I needed.

“I also hit well and the most satisfying thing was I kept bogeys off the card. Let’s see how things shape up in the final round,” she said.

Climbing into third place was Ridhima Dilawari (71), who after being 2-under through 10 holes, dropped three shots to lose some of her momentum.

Steady display

Amateur Avani Prashanth maintained her steady pace to stay the leading amateur after a round of level par 70 that had two birdies and two bogeys. She was sole fourth.

Order of Merit leader Amandeep Drall was par after first nine, but then gave away four bogeys and a double in an eight-hole stretch before ending the day with a consolation birdie.

Her round of 75 saw her slip to tied fifth alongside Hitaashee Bakshi.

Amateur Kriti Chowhan, a local girl, shot a fine 71 and was seventh on 147, while Seher Atwal, winner of the fourth leg, had a 73, the same as Vani Kapoor for shared eighth pace.

Scores and round three tee times

From 1^st Tee:

8:40 am: Rishika Muralidhar (A) 166, Anisha Agarwalla 166

8:50 am: Jyotsana Singh 166, Mehar Atwal 165, Gursimar Badwal 160

9 am: Rhea Purvi Saravanan 160, Ishvari Prasanna 159, Trimann Saluja 158

9:10 am: Geetika Ahuja 158, Neha Tripathi 158, Durga Nittur 157

9:20 am: Rhea Jha 156, Shagun Narain 156, Oviya Reddi 156

9:30 am: Saaniya Sharma 155, Lakhmehar Pardesi 154, Gaurika Bishnoi 153

From 10^th Tee:

8:40 am: Shweta Mansingh 153, Khushi Khanijau 151,

8:50 am: Gauri Karhade 149, Ananya Datar 149, Nishna Patel (A) 149

9 am: Vani Kapoor 148, Seher Atwal 148, Kriti Chowhan (A) 147

9:10 am: Hitaashee Bakshi 146, Amandeep Drall 146, Avani Prashanth (A) 145

9:20 am: Ridhima Dilawari 143, Jahanvi Bakshi 140, Tvesa Malik 137

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