Amandeep leading Day 2 in KGA Women’s Pro Golf

21 July, 2016:  Amandeep Drall carded an even par round of 72 on the second day to maintain the lead in the Hero-KGA Women’s Pro Golf Championship 2016 at the Karnataka Golf Association here on Thursday. Trailing her by a margin of eight shots is Gursimar Badwal with a total score of 150. The INR 6,00,000 event will culminate on 22^nd July.

Panchkula’s Amandeep Drall carded two birdies on the 2^nd and 6^th holes with an equal number of bogeys on the 1^st and 7^th in her front nine. She carded two more birdies on the 10^th and 11^th holes, but two dropped shots on the 14^th and 17^th prevented her from carding an under-par score in the round and she finished with a total score of 142. She has a big lead of eight shots going into the final round and will be eyeing her second title of the season.

Gursimar Badwal carded 3 over 75 in the second round to retain her second position. She started impressively, carding two birdies on the 4^th and 6^th holes while dropping a single shot on the 7^th hole in her front nine. The professional from Kapurthala, however, could not sustain the momentum on her return and carded two bogeys on the 13^th and 18^th holes along with a double on the 16^th.

Kolkata’s Neha Tripathi is placed third with a total score of 153 after 36 holes. Her card on the day included five birdies on the 7^th, 8^th, 12^th, 13^th and 16^th holes, the maximum by any golfer on the day. However, the advantage was surrendered with five bogeys on 1^st, 10^th, 11^th, 15^th and 17^th holes and a double of the 6^th. She finished the round with a score of 2 over 74.

Hero MotoCorp sponsored Sharmila Nicollet and Trisha Sunil are tied for the fourth position with identical totals of 154. Sharmila’s card on the day included four birdies on the 1^st, 8^th, 10^th and 18^th holes along with five bogeys on the 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th and 17^th. She also carded a triple bogey on 4^th hole to finish the round with a score of 4 over 76. Trisha Sunil carded three birdies on the 1^st, 3^rd and 16^th holes. She also carded five bogeys on the 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th and 17^th along with a double on the 5^th to finish tied with Sharmila.

Jaipur’s Afshan Fatima and amateur Suchitra Ramesh are tied for the sixth position at 155. They are followed by Delhi’s Ankita Tiwana and Pune’s Shweta Galande in tied eighth at 156, followed by Sonam Chugh, Siddhi Kapoor, and amateur Millie Saroha in tied tenth position at 157.

Hero-KGA Women’s Pro Golf Championship 2016