Women's Golf Association of India

Amandeep lands two eagles, takes 6-shot lead in 5^th leg of Hero WPGT

Gurugram, March 5: Amandeep Drall landed two eagles besides five other birdies in a sensational round of 8-under 64, a ladies course record at the Golden Greens Golf Club. Her best effort of the season so far, also gave her a six-shot lead after the opening round of the fifth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour. Amandeep leads Gaurika Bishnoi (70) by six shots, while Astha Madan shot 1-under 71 to be third.

Hitaashee Bakshi and Khushi Khanijau carded even par 72 each for tied fourth, while young amateur Lavanya Jadon shot a fine 1-over 73 to be sixth. Lavanya was the top amateur.

Amandeep’s round was a welcome return to form for the star, who lost her card on the Ladies European Tour, but is determined to find her form and way back to international Tours.

She opened with a string of three pars before a birdie on fourth and an eagle on fifth followed by a birdie on eighth to turn in. 3-under 33 as she bogeyed the sixth hole.

On the back nine, she added a birdie on 11th and more birdies came on 15th and 16th and she closed with a second eagle on the 18th.

Gaurika was one-over till the 15th with three birdies against four bogeys. She closed in style with three birdies in a row for a respectable 2-under 70 to be second. Astha Madan had four birdies against three bogeys.

Experienced stars Ridhima Dilawari, Neha Tripathi and Seher Atwal along with Shagun Narain were tied for seventh at 74 each.

The Order of Merit leader, Sneha Singh, shot 3-over 75 and was Tied-11th with five others.

Tee times for Round 2 of the fifth leg of Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour 2024 at Golden Greens Golf Club, Gurugram

Tee 1

1. 8:00 am: Nayanika Sanga 79, Gauri Karhade 79;

2. 8:10 am: Snigdha Goswami 78, Shweta Mansingh 78;

3. 8:20 am: Karishma Govind 78, Riya Yadav 78, Kriti Chowhan 78;

4. 8:30 am: Vrinda Yadav 77, Rhea Jha 77, Yaalisai Verma 76;

5. 8:40 am: Prarthana Khanna (A) 76, Rhea Purvi S. 76, Ananya Garg 75;

6. 8:50 am: Yashita Raghav 75, Agrima Manral 75, Sneha Singh 75;

7. 9:05 am: Trimann Saluja 75, Jahaanvie Walia 75, Neha Tripathi 74;

8. 9:15 am: Ridhima Dilawari 74, Shagun Narain 74, Seher Atwal 74;

9. 9:25 am: Lavanya Jadon (A) 73, Khushi Khanijau 72, Hitaashee Bakshi 72,

10. 9:35 am: Astha Madan 71, Gaurika Bishnoi 70, Amandeep Drall 64;

Tee 10

11. 8:00 am: Oviya Reddi 80, Marshneil Prasad 80, Jasmine Shekar 80;

12. 8:10 am: Anisha Agarwalla 81, Ceerat Kang (A) 81, Saaniya Sharma 81;

13. 8:20 am: Saanvi Somu (A) 81, Sachika Singh 82, Gursimar Badwal 83;

14. 8:30 am: Durga Nittur 83, Geetika Ahuja 83, Anaggha Venkatesh 87