Indian Golf Round-up | Aditi Ashok makes the cut in US; Anika Varma, Tvesa Malik tied-9th at Indian Open

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok mixed three birdies with as many bogeys for an even-par 71 to make the cut at tied 32nd position at the Ladies Professional Golfers’ Association (LPGA) Tour’s Volunteers of America Classic. Aditi, who missed the Women’s Indian Open which she won in 2016, for this event on LPGA, twice birdied and gave away gains on the very next hole on second and third and then sixth and seventh. Then she bogeyed again at 15th but birdied the 17th to card 71.

DLF regular Vani Kapoor was tied 13th at level par 216 (74, 70,72) following a steady round, in the course of which she swapped two bogeys for as many birdies, while Amandeep Drall could not build on her momentum of Friday when she climbed to tied-eighth spot and carded a 3-over 75 that dropped her into a tie for 27th place at 3-over 219. Astha Madan was next best at 4-over 220 (73, 75, 72) with her best round of the week.

Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri’s dismal run continued as he shot a two-over 73 in the second round to miss the cut at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas, USA, thus, missing his third cut in four starts of the new 2019-20 season. Lahiri added a two-over 73 in his second round to a two-under 69 in his first round and ended at even par for 36 holes. The Indian was way below the cut line, which fell at four-under as he hit 11 of 18 greens in regulation during his second round, finishing at even for the tournament. Lahiri finished his day tied for 117th at even par.

In Madrid, at the Open de Espana golf tournament, India’s SSP Chawrasia shot an even-par 71 in the second round to make the cut, but it was a horrific second round for compatriot Gaganjeet Bhullar which saw him crash out. Chawrasia finally ended his disappointing run of seven missed cuts on Friday as he added an even-par 71 following his first-round 70 to get to one-under 141 to be placed tied-44th.