Tvesa, Gaurika join 2019 season in second leg

Tvesa, Gaurika join 2019 season in second leg

Pune: Leg 1 winner Neha Tripathi will be challenged to the hilt as the 2018 Order of Merit winner, Tvesa Malik and the 2017 topper Gaurika Bishnoi have decided to make their first appearance of the year, at the second leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour 2019 which will be played at the picturesque Oxford Golf Resort here from January 23 to 25.

Neha will try and add to her comprehensive win in the season-opener as the Tour stays in Pune for the second successive week. The event this week again carries a purse of Rs. 8 lakh.

Tvesa had skipped the first leg and so had Gaurika, who has been trying to balance golf with academics and has said she will focus fully on golf after college.

While Tvesa and Gaurika’s appearance will make the contest very keen, amateur Pranavi Urs, who finished second and Diksha Dagar, who was third last week, will be missing. Pranavi is back to preparing for her amateur circuit and Diksha is preparing to play the Australian LPGA Qualifying.

Also entered for the event are four other Indians, Vani Kapoor, Ridhima Dilawari, Diksha Dagar and Astha Madan. The ALPG qualifiers are scheduled from January 28-30 at Ballarat Golf Club.

The highlight of Neha’s win last week was a stunning five-under 66 on the second day, after which she held her game together on the final day to romp home a winner by five shots. 

The first leg saw a healthy run of par and under par scores and the stronger field this week should see a few more. The first threesome on Wednesday will see Amandeep Drall, Gursimar Badwal and Tvesa Malik, and it will be one of the marquee groups of the day. 

Sifat Alag, who turned  pro last week, will be looking at improving her showing when she tees up with Sonam Chugh and Siddhi Kapoor in the second group.

Millie Saroha, who faded away after a great start, will be in the third group with Ishvari Prasanna and the experienced Smriti Mehra.

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