Amandeep maintains lead

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 21  

Panchkula golfer Amandeep Drall carded an even par round of 72 on the second day to maintain the lead in the KGA Women’s Pro Golf Championship at the Karnataka Golf Association on Thursday. Trailing her by a margin of eight shots is Gursimar Badwal with a total score of 150.

Amandeep carded two birdies on the second and sixth holes with an equal number of bogeys on the first and seventh in her front nine. She carded two more birdies on the 10th and 11th holes but two dropped shots on the 14th and 17th 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 carded 3-over-75 in the second round to retain her second position. She started impressively, carding two birdies on the fourth and sixth holes while dropping a single shot on the seventh hole in her front nine.  The professional from Kapurthala could not sustain the momentum on her return and carded two bogeys on the 13th and 18th holes along with a double on the 16th.

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

Sharmila Nicollet and Trisha Sunil finished their day at tied fourth with identical totals of 154.