Gurugram, Sep 24: An action-packed round which had six birdies and an eagle carried rookie professional Anvvi Dahiya to the top of the leaderboard in the 13th Leg of the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour. The 18-year-old Gurugram golfer, playing in her hometown, bounced back from a disappointing first round of 78 and carded 5-under 67 on the second day. It was the only under par round of the day.
The 11-shot improvement took her to a 1-over total of 145 and she was ahead of experienced campaigners like Vani Kapoor (73-73) and Ridhima Dilawari (75-72), who were second and third. Ridhima was one of the only two players to get a par or better in the second round.
Anvvi, who is with the DLF Golf Academy turned professional earlier this year after a stellar junior and amateur career during which she won the 2022 DGC Ladies Open Amateur Golf Championship at just 14 years old.
She has in the past finished runner-up on the Hero WPGT, but is now looking at a breakthrough win in her fledgling pro career. She was joint runner-up in the ninth leg this season alongside Amandeep Drall and behind the winner, Vani Kapoor at Clover Greens in Hosur.
Starting from the first, Anvvi had three birdies on the third, fourth and the sixth. She dropped a double bogey on the seventh, but then eagled the eighth to get back to 3-under. On the back nine, she had three birdies against one bogey for a 67.
Tvesa Malik (74-74) and Nayanika Sanga (74-74) are tied for fourth place, while Lavanya Jadon (74-76) is sixth.
Overnight leader, Vidhatri Urs had a big drop as she shot 82 after a first round 69 and slipped to seventh place, while Jasmine Shekar also experienced a big dip from 71 to 81 and is now Tied-eighth with Kashika Misra (77-75).
Diksha Dagar also had a rough day with an 81 after a first round 72 and she tied 10th alongside amateurs Yogya Bhalla (77-76) and Anuradha Chaudhuri (78-75).
The cut fell at 164 and 41 players made the cut.
The contest to watch will be in the lead group as young Anvvi takes on the experienced Vani and Order of Merit leader, Ridhima in the final group.
This is the last event before the Hero Women’s Indian Open next month at the same venue.
Tee times for the third and final round of the 13th Leg of Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at DLF Golf and Country Club:
1. 8:30 am: Yaalisai Verma 164, Amandeep Drall 164;
2 8:41 am Ravjot Dosanjh 164, Neha Tripathi 164, Yashita Raghav 164;
3 8:52 am: Janneya Dasanniee 163, Snigdha Goswami 163, Ayesha Gupta (A) 163;
4. 9:03 am: Oviya Reddi 163, Sneha Singh 162, Shweta Mansingh 162;
5. 9:14 am: Anvitha Narender 162, Agrima Manral 162, Smriti Bhargav 161;
6. 9:25 am: Khushi Khanijau 161, Karishma Govind 160, Sifat Sagoo 160;
7. 9:36 am: Anaggha Venkatesh 160, Eti Chaudhary 159, Seher Atwal 159;
8. 9:47 am: Heena Kang 159, Mehak Lohan (A) 159, Ananya Datar 158;
9. 9:58 am: Shagun Narain 158, Saanvi Somu 157, Anushka Gupta (A) 157;
10. 10:09 am: Durga Nitur 156, Mannat Brar 155, Shrestha Shukla 154;
11. 10:20 am: Diksha Dagar 153, Yogya Bhalla (A) 153, Anuradha Chaudhuri (A) 153;
12. 10:31 am: Jasmine Shekar 152, Kashika Misra 152, Vidhatri Urs 151;
13. 10:42 am: Lavanya Jadon 150, Tvesa Malik 148, Nayanika Sanga 148;
14. 10:53 am: Ridhima Dilawari 147, Vani Kapoor 146, Anvvi Dahhiya 145.
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