Amateur Lavanya Gupta went past the overnight leader, Jasmine Shekar, to grab the lead after two rounds in the fifth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the DLF Golf & Country Club.
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Lavanya, who was trailing Jasmine by one shot after Day 1, carded even par 72 while Jasmine shot 2-over 74 and fell behind by one.
Both players gave away crucial shots towards the end of the round. While Lavanya bogeyed the 14th and the 17th, Jasmine double bogeyed the 15th. Overall Lavanya had three birdies and three bogeys, while Jasmine had three birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey. Lavanya is now 1-under 143, while Jasmine has an even par total of 144.
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Durga Nittur shot the day’s best round of 2-under 70 with five birdies against three bogeys to leap into the third place at 1-over 145.
Young stars Saanvi Somu (75-73) and Mannat Brar (72-76) were tied for fourth place, while Amandeep Drall (75-74) was sole sixth.
Amateur Mahreen Bhatia improved on her score by six shots as she shot 72 after a 78 and was Tied-seventh with amateur Aradhana Manikandan (78-72) and former Hero Order of Merit winner, Sneha Singh (76-74).
Khushi Khanijau (75-77) and Vidhatri Urs (74-78) rounded off the Top-10 at 8-over 152.
Some of the top stars struggled on the challenging DLF Golf and Country Club course as Neha Tripathi (77-78) and Tvesa Malik (78-77) were Tied-14th and Ridhima Dilawari (78-82) was T-24.
The field this week has been a record 57 players vying for the Rs.18 lakh prize purse. The cut after 36 holes fell at 168 and 41 players will play the third and final round.
