Bangalore, July 10:
Benglauru amateur Anisha Padukone along with Pune’s Raksha Phadke played spectacular golf today to grab the lead at the end of second round of the eighth leg of the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour, here.
The amateur duo, who are playing their maiden event this season, were tied for the first place with identical totals of even par 144 after round two in the INR 5,00,000 tournament at the KGA Golf Course.
Phadke and Padukone both carded the day’s lowest score of one under 71. While Raksha played a careful round that included three birdies on the 1st, 6th and 9th holes in addition to two bogeys on the 3rd and 16th holes, Anisha played an attacking round, carding five birdies on the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th and 14th holes. Her round also included two bogeys on 11th and 15th along with a double bogey on the 8th.
The eighth leg so far has seen some impressive golf from local stars, as Hero MotoCorp sponsored Sharmila Nicollet and amateur Nikita Arjun were tied for the third place with current Hero Order of Merit leader and Delhi golfer Vani Kapoor, all carding identical scores of 146 after 36 holes.
Sharmila began strongly with two birdies on the 1st and 4th holes with a lone bogey on the 9th hole in her front nine. Her back nine, however, wasn’t very impressive as she carded two consecutive bogeys on the 14th and 15th holes.
Vani, who carded an even par score today, played a careful round with two birdies and two bogeys a piece on the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 11th holes, respectively. Nikita, who is also tied for the third place, played consistently carding one over 73 in the second round. Her round consisted of three birdies on the 11th, 12th and 17th holes along with four bogeys on the 9th, 14th, 15th and 18th holes. (PTI)
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