Hosur, Tamil Nadu, July 9: Amandeep Drall fired a second straight 4-under 68 and opened a two-shot lead over her best friend, Vani Kapoor, who also shot a 68 in the second round of the ninth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Clover Greens.
Amandeep fired a bogey free round with two birdies on either side of the course.
Even as the first-round leader, amateur Alysha Dutt (67-78) slipped down to T-17 with a score 11 shots higher than her first round effort, Vani Kapoor, the five-time winner in 2025, shot up to second place with 70-68. Vani, who like Amandeep had a bogey free round, is tied second with Eti Chaudhary (69-69) at 6-under total of 138.
Four players were in tied fourth place and they were led by Nayanika Sanga (73-66), who improved on her first-round card by seven shots and moved alongside Jasmine Shekar (72-67), Anvvi Dahhiya (70-69) and Durga Nittur (69-70) as the leaderboard continued to be crowded.
Jahnavi Prakhya (70-70) was sole eighth at 4-under 140, while experienced Neha Tripathi (71-70) shared the ninth place with youngsters Kashika Misra (72-69) and Lavanya Jadon (71-70) at 3-under 141.
Four more players, Khushi Khanijau, Shweta Mansingh, Jahaanvie Walia and Ananya Garg were also under par at 2-under 142 as Ridhima Dilawari, three-time winner this season, was even par with cards of 75-69.
Amandeep, a former runner-up at the Hero Women’s Indian Open, birdied the second, fifth, tenth and 15th and did not drop a single shot in a very steady performance. Vani opened with birdies on the first, second and third in a row and another one on the ninth as she was 4-under for the first nine, but she parred the entire back nine in a steady showing.
The Par-72 Clover Greens course continued to be generous with Nayanika Sanga (66) firing seven bridies against one bogey for the day’s best card of six under that included four gains on the front nine and three more on the back nine. Her sole bogey was on the Par-4 13th.
Apart from Amandeep Drall and Vani Kapoor, there were quite a few others who had a bogey free day. They included Jasmine Shekar (67), Durga Nittur (70) and Kashika Misra (69).
Hitaashee Bakshi (72-73), hoping to rediscover her form on the domestic Tour, was way behind in T-17 alongside amateurs Diya C Patil and Alysha Dutt, the first-round leader.
The cut fell at 7-over 151 and 35 players made it to the third and final round.
Tee times for the third and final round of the ninth leg of Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at Clover Greens, Hosur, Tamil Nadu:
1. 8:30 am: Hitaashee Bakshi 145, Ridhima Dilawari 144;
2. 8:40 am: Ananya Garg 142, Jahaanvie Walia 142, Shweta Mansingh 142;
3. 8:50 am: Khushi Khanijau 142, Neha Tripathi 141, Lavanya Jadon 141;
4. 9:00 am: Kashika Misra 141, Jahnavi Prakhya 140, Durga Nittur 140;
5. 9:10 am: Anvvi Dahhiya 139, Jasmine Shekar 139, Nayanika Sanga 139;
6. 9:20 am: Eti Chaudhary 138, Vani Kapoor 138, Amandeep Drall 136.
Tee 10
7. 8:30 am: Diya C Patil (A) 145, Alysha Dutt (A) 145, Vidhatri Urs 146;
8. 8:40 am: Sneha Singh 147, Karishma Govind 148, Mahreen Bhatia (A) 148;
9. 8:50 am: Mannat Brar 148, Keerthana Rajeev (A) 148, Ketaki Sood 148;
10. 9:00 am: Riya Jadon 148, Ayushi Dutta 148, Ananthi Vivek (A) 149;
11. 9:10 am: Seher Atwal 149, Ananyaa Sood (A) 149, Shrestha Shukla 150;
12. 9:20 am: Yaalisai Verma 151, Anvitha Narender 151, Gourabi Bhowmick 151.
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