Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour: Vani, Ankita tied for lead after first round

Gurgaon: Vani Kapoor shared day one honours with fellow Delhi golfer Ankita Tiwana after the first round of the fifth leg of the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour at the ITC, Classic Golf Resort here today.

The Delhi girls are two under 70, finishing tied first, one shot clear of Shweta Galande and Vaishavi Sinha, who are tied third with identical scores of one under 71.

Vani, who has been in sublime form this season, was her consistent self today carding three birdies on the third, 12th and 13th holes as opposed to a solitary bogey on the 18th hole.

Ankita also had an immaculate round today as she carded three birdies on the ninth, 11th and 13th holes and like Vani conceded just a single bogey on the seventh hole.

In the absence of seasoned players like Smriti Mehra, Sharmila Nicollet and Neha Tripathi, the young guns of Indian women’s golf made sure that there was no dearth of quality.

The likes of Shweta Galande, Vasishavi Sinha and Saaniya Sharma ensured good scores on an overcast day. Shweta carded four birdies on the first, second, fifth and 18th holes and had bogeys on the seventh, 13th and 15th holes to finish round one with an impressive score of one under 71, tied at third position along with Vaishavi.

Vaishavi carded three birdies on the 12th, 15th and 16th holes and conceded two bogeys on the fourth and 10th holes.

Saaniya Sharma also had a good outing today and carded six birdies, the most by any player today, to end round one at fifth place with a par score of 72.

However, she would be disappointed at conceding six bogeys. Nikki Ponappa is placed at sixth position with a score of two over 74 at the end of round one.

The Rs 5,00,000 event is the fifth in the series of 14 this year.

PTI