Harpal Singh Bedi

Bengaluru: Neha Tripathi, and Seher Atwal returned identical card of 2-under 70 to share the lead at the of the first-round of the tenth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Prestige Golfshire here on Wednesday.

Amateur Vidhatri Urs, Sneha Singh and Ishvari Prasanna carded 1-under 71 each, while two other players, Nayanika Sanga and Shweta Mansingh scored even par 72 each to be tied sixth.

Gaurika Bishnoi, who had a triple bogey eighth on the Par-5 third and Ananya Datar were Tied-eighth with 73 each, while Saaniya Sharma and Gauri Karhade shot 2-over 74 each to be Tied-10^th.

Neha, who has been playing off-and-on on the Ladies European Tour even as she has been working on her game to achieve consistency, had five birdies, on first, sixth, ninth, 11^th and 16^th and dropped shots on eighth, 13^th and 15^th.

Seher, who won last year in Pune and was runner-up in her last two starts, also shot 70 despite suffering a double bogey on the Par-5 16^th, which was her only blemish on the day. She had four birdies on first, sixth, 10^th and 14^th, at which point she was 4-under before the double bogey saw her drop.

Four-time winner this season, Pranavi Urs had a rough day as she had three double bogeys and a bogey against three birdies in a card of 4-over 76 that placed her T-13.

However, Pranavi has shown an ability to fight back over the last two days and this may well be yet another occasion.

HSB