Tvesa takes lead as she appears to be like to finish title drought

Tvesa Malik who has not had a win since 2021 shot 1-over 68 as no participant went beneath par for the second day working within the eleventh leg of the Women’s Pro Golf Tour in Bengaluru on Thursday.

Tvesa, who shot 70 within the first spherical, is now 4-over 134 on the Par-67 format.

Tvesa, who final received within the sixth leg of the 2021 season, leads Durga Nittur (70-69), who’s looking for her maiden win as a professional. Durga turned professional in 2020-21.

Amateur Mannat Brar, one of many three in a single day leaders, is mendacity third as she adopted her first spherical 69 with a 71 and is 2 photographs behind Tvesa.

Sneha Singh (69-72) and Seher Atwal (69-74), who had been additionally in shared lead after the primary spherical, dropped down the chief board.

Sneha, two-time winner this season, is sole fourth, whereas Oviya Reddi (72-70) is fifth.

Tvesa didn’t have one of the best of begins with bogeys on the primary and the Par-5 fourth. Yet she fought again with positive factors on the sixth and eighth solely to drop a 3rd bogey on the Par-3 ninth.

Another bogey on the eleventh meant she is 2-over, however a birdie on Par-4 fifteenth salvaged the day and gave her the lead.

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Tvesa has been taking part in the native Tour, whilst she is taking a look at any probabilities to get again to the Ladies European Tour, the place she misplaced the cardboard final 12 months and has restricted standing in 2023.

Local golfer Durga, taking part in in the identical group as Tvesa, was even par via 14 holes and within the lead however a double bogey on Par-4 fifteenth noticed her fall again to 2-over 69 and into second place with another spherical to go.

It was a tough day for Mannat, who had 5 bogeys in opposition to one sole birdie for 4-over 71. Sneha Singh had six bogeys and one birdie in her 72.

Seher, who didn’t have a single birdie on the second day, shot 7-over 74 after her first spherical effort of 69. She dropped to tied sixth alongside Kriti Chowhan (74-69) and Agrima Manral (74-69).

Five gamers together with final week’s winner Neha Tripathi are tied ninth. The others are newbie Saanvi Somu, Saaniya Sharma, Jasmine Shekar and Ananya Datar, all at 10-over 144.

-PTI