Bengaluru (Karnataka)[India], Anvitha Narender played the best round of her young professional career to take a 2-stroke lead after 36 holes in the eighth leg of the Women's Pro Golf Tour at the Bangalore Golf Club.
Playing only her fourth round as a professional, Anvitha (69-65), a New Jersey-born, Bengaluru-based golfer, shot a 5-under 65 and pulled away twice from amateur Lavanya Jadon (69-67) based in Gurgaon.
After two rounds, Anvitha is 6 under par and Lavanya is 4 under par and the two are the only players with both rounds under par, according to a statement.
Anvitha, who finished T-8 in her professional debut last week, made three straight birdies from the second and got off to a great start. She dropped shots at the fifth and ninth at the Bangalore Golf Club to go 1 under par. On the back nine, she posted gains on the 10th and 12th, followed by back-to-back birdies on the 16th and 17th for an excellent round of 65.
Lavanya, who has represented India as an amateur, opened with a birdie at the first but lost it at the eighth. Another birdie on the ninth meant she was 1 under par. On the back nine, she birdied the 12th and 16th for a round of 67.
Seher Atwal shot a steady 69 with three birdies and two bogeys to take third at 1-under 139, while another amateur, Saanvi Somu, shot an even-par 70 to take fourth at 1-over 141.
2023 Order of Merit winner Sneha Singh (73), one of the four overnight leaders, and Vidhatri Urs (70) were tied for fifth place at 2 over 142. Snigdha Goswami (71- 72) was seventh.
Rhea Jha, one of the four co-leaders in the first round, fell to eighth place with a 75 in the second round. Amateur Keerthana Rajeev (74-72) was tied ninth with Gaurabi Bhowmick (71-75).
Current Order of Merit leader Hitaashee Bakshi improved to 71 in the second round and is now T-11, as is seventh leg winner Gaurika Bishnoi (73-74). Amandeep Drall continued to fight as he shot 74-75 and was T-19.
The cut was 150 and 25 players will play the final round. Among the well-known players who missed the cut was Jasmine Shekar (77-74), who was fifth last week.
Playing only her fourth round as a professional, Anvitha (69-65), a New Jersey-born, Bengaluru-based golfer, shot a 5-under 65 and pulled away twice from amateur Lavanya Jadon (69-67) based in Gurgaon.
After two rounds, Anvitha is 6 under par and Lavanya is 4 under par and the two are the only players with both rounds under par, according to a statement.
Anvitha, who finished T-8 in her professional debut last week, made three straight birdies from the second and got off to a great start. She dropped shots at the fifth and ninth at the Bangalore Golf Club to go 1 under par. On the back nine, she posted gains on the 10th and 12th, followed by back-to-back birdies on the 16th and 17th for an excellent round of 65.
Lavanya, who has represented India as an amateur, opened with a birdie at the first but lost it at the eighth. Another birdie on the ninth meant she was 1 under par. On the back nine, she birdied the 12th and 16th for a round of 67.
Seher Atwal shot a steady 69 with three birdies and two bogeys to take third at 1-under 139, while another amateur, Saanvi Somu, shot an even-par 70 to take fourth at 1-over 141.
2023 Order of Merit winner Sneha Singh (73), one of the four overnight leaders, and Vidhatri Urs (70) were tied for fifth place at 2 over 142. Snigdha Goswami (71- 72) was seventh.
Rhea Jha, one of the four co-leaders in the first round, fell to eighth place with a 75 in the second round. Amateur Keerthana Rajeev (74-72) was tied ninth with Gaurabi Bhowmick (71-75).
Current Order of Merit leader Hitaashee Bakshi improved to 71 in the second round and is now T-11, as is seventh leg winner Gaurika Bishnoi (73-74). Amandeep Drall continued to fight as he shot 74-75 and was T-19.
The cut was 150 and 25 players will play the final round. Among the well-known players who missed the cut was Jasmine Shekar (77-74), who was fifth last week.
