Amandeep leads Rd 1 with 2 under 70 at KGA

20 July, 2016: Amandeep Drall carded 2 under 70 in the first round to grab the lead in the Hero-KGA Women’s Pro Golf Championship 2016 at the Karnataka Golf Association here on Wednesday. Following her in tied second position are Gursimar Badwal and amateur Millie Saroha at 3 over 75. The INR 6,00,000 event will culminate on 22^nd July.

Panchkula’s Amadeep Drall started impressively, carding a birdie on the very first hole. She added four more birdies on the 4^th, 6^th, 8^th and 9^th holes, while dropping shots on the 5^th and 7^th in her front nine. She carded one more bogey on the 16^th hole in the latter half to finish the round with a score of 2 under 70.

Gursimar Badwal and Millie Saroha are tied for the second position with identical scores of 3 over 75 after the first round. Gursimar had an indifferent start, carding three bogeys on the 1^st, 4^th and 5^th holes along with a double on the 6^th. She carded the lone birdie on the 3^rd hole in her front nine. The professional from Kapurthala played with much more control in her back nine and a late birdie on the 17^th hole helped her finish in second position. Millie’s card on the day included four birdies on the 1^st, 9^th, 10^th and 13^th holes. She also carded five bogeys on the 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 7^th and 12^th holes along with a double on the 5^th.

Pune’s Shweta Galande and amateur Suchitra Ramesh are tied for the fourth position with identical scores of 4 over 76. Shweta dropped five shots on the 2^nd, 9^th, 10^th, 15^th and 16^th holes while carding the lone birdie of her round on the 3^rd. Suchitra’s round followed a similar script, she too carded five bogeys on the 3^rd, 5^th, 7^th, 16^th and 17^th holes with a single birdie on the 1^st hole.

Ankita Tiwana is placed sixth with a score of 5 over 77 after 18 holes. She made a promising start, carding a birdie on the first hole. The professional from Delhi, however, could not add any more birdies to her tally and dropped four shots on the 3^rd, 4^th, 10^th and 16^th holes along with a double on the 9^th.

Hero MotoCorp sponsored Sharmila Nicollet, Mysore’s Sonam Chugh and local girl Trisha Sunil are tied for the seventh spot at 6 over 78, followed by Neha Tripathi and Siddhi Kapoor in tied tenth position at 7 over 79.