Women’s Indian Open golf 2019 | Amandeep Drall jumps to tied-eighth as 10 Indians make it to weekend round
Amandeep Drall shot a fine two-under 70 in the second round to be the best-placed Indian at the tied eighth spot in the Women’s Indian Open golf tournament in Delhi on Friday. With the cut falling at seven-over, 10 Indians made it to the weekend rounds, four of them amateurs.
Amandeep Drall shot a fine two-under 70 in the second round to be the best-placed Indian at the tied eighth spot in the Women’s Indian Open golf tournament in Delhi on Friday and she now occupies the position with a total of two-under 142. Amandeep, a consistent player on the domestic circuit, has never had a top-10 finish in a Ladies European Tour event. She finished her day with three birdies on the 16th, 17th and 18th.
Australian Whitney Hillier rode a roller coaster of a back nine, which she rounded off with two birdies at the very end to sneak ahead of everyone into the sole lead with six-under and was one ahead of Marianne Skarpnord (68-71), who had the clubhouse lead for the most part of the day. Meghan MacLaren occupied the shared third place alongside Linda Wessberg of Sweden at two-under 140.
With the cut falling at seven-over, 10 Indians were included in the 68 players those who made the weekend rounds, four of them amateurs.
Starting from the 10th, Tvesa Malik (72-70) was one-over for the back nine, her first nine, and one-under for the front nine of the course just like the first day. Also starting on 10th, Vani Kapoor (74-70), sixth in 2017, was one-under for back nine and on the front stretch, she had two birdies and one bogey.
The bravest Indian on the second day of the tour was Diksha Dagar (72-73), who started the day with a disastrous quadruple bogey. She hit the far right and went back to the tee and had a four-putt on the green for an eight. She fought back with three birdies on third, fourth, and eighth before dropping shots again on 11th and 12th, only to birdie the 13th and 14th. Then Diksha saved an improbable par on the 18th hole to end up one-over 145 and tied-22nd.
Gaurika Bishnoi (73-74) was tied-31st, while fast-rising amateur Anika Varma (76-72) and Astha Madan (73-75) were in shared 37th place at four-over 148. Amateurs Jahnavi Bakshi (74-76) and Pranavi Urs (71-79) were tied-51st at six-over 150. Yet another amateur Seher Atwal (74-77), studying in the US, just made the grade at seven-over 151.