Vani leads full Indian complement past Aramco Series Jeddah cut

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DIksha Dagar
File photo of Diksha Dagar, who was part of the winning team at the Aramco team event in London last year. Image courtesy Twitter/LET.

By Rahul Banerji

Vani Kapoor handed in a second successive sub-par card to stay in the upper reaches of the Aramco Team Series – Jeddah’s individual competition on Friday.

The best-placed Indian at the $500,000 Ladies European Tour event was tied for 13th place alongside four others on a five-under total (69-70) at the 54-hole event.

All four Indians in the field made the 36-hole cut.

Diksha Dagar was tied 35th on one-under 143 (71-72), Amandeep Drall made a smart recovery and climbed to tied 50th on level par 144 and Tvesa Malik made it on the bubble despite a closing double-bogey.

A playoff will be needed to decide the team event with two groups finishing tied at the top on 29-under par including one led by 2019 Hero Women’s Indian Open winner Christine Wolf of Austria.

The playoff will be held after the end of the individual competition on Saturday afternoon at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club.

Christine Wolf, Laura Beveridge, Alexandra Swayne, and amateur Raghdah Alessawi set the early pace, adding a 16-under score to the first day’s 13-under.

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Catching up

South Africa’s Nicole Garcia, Casandra Alexander, Tereza Melecka, and amateur Sonia Bayahya followed their first round of 16-under with a 13-under to set up the tie.

Team Wikstrom and first-day leaders Team Kreuzer finished in a tie for third place on 28-under-par with Team Gustavsson, Team Hull, and Team Peláez Trivino all a further shot behind.

England’s Charley Hull led the way in the individual event taking a one-shot lead into Saturday with a bogey-free seven-under 65 and a nine-under total.

There was a three-way tie for second place with another former Hero Women’s Indian Open winner, Caroline Hedwall of Sweden, defending champion Pia Babnik of Slovenia, and Italy’s Virginia Elena Carta all on eight-under-par.

Garcia and Spain’s Ana Peláez Trivino shared fifth place on seven-under with a six-way tie one shot behind them that included German teenager Chiara Noja.

Also read: Vani makes strong start on Aramco Series debut in Jeddah

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