Sharmila Nicollet storms into lead in second leg of
Hero-WGAI Tour
Bangalore, August 29: Sharmila
Nicollet stormed into lead with a very steady two-under 68 that put her one shot
ahead of Nalini Singh Siwach (68), who, too, carded a fine 68 in the second
round of the second leg of theHero-WGAI
Women’s Pro Tour at Clover Greens in Bangalore.
Sharmila, who
was in a tie for second overnight, was three-under through 13 holes, before her
first and only mishap of the day in the form of a bogey came on 14th.
She then parred the last four holes for a 68, which was the best round thus far
in the tournament.
Also giving Sharmila a run for her money was young
Nalini Singh Siwach (68) who overtook overnight leader Smriti Mehra (72) to take
the second spot. Nalini was at even par 140, one behind Sharmila whose aggregate
is 139. Smriti is lying third at 141.
Neha Tripathi (72) was placed fourth at 143 while
Ankita Kedalya (72) was fifth at 147 and Shraddhanjali Singh (74) was sixth at
148.
Sharmila opened with five pars before a birdie came
her way on the par-4 sixth. Five more pars elapsed before back to back birdies
on 12th and 13th. Then after a lone bogey on
14th, she steadied with four pars.
Nalini was two-under through nine, but then dropped
bogeys on tenth and 11th. She birdied the 14th and
15thto come back into red numbers and she stayed under par with three
more pars.
Smriti’s day started with a birdie o first, but she
dropped a double on the second. One more birdie against two bogeys saw her
finish the front nine in 38. A double bogey on 10th meant she was
four-over. But three birdies against one bogey retrieved the day and she
finished at 72.
Vani Kapoor, who lost the first leg, Hero-KGA
tournament, last week, shot a second successive 76 and was placed
11th, while Meghna Bal, who had a fine 71 on first day went to a 80
on second.
The event carries a purse of Rs. 5 lakhs and is the
second in the schedule of the Tour which has 12 events.
Tee times for third and final round:
9:00 AM: Nalini Singh (159)/ Mita Gowande
(159)
9:10 AM: Nikki Ponappa (158)/ Trisha Sunil
(A)(157)
9:20 AM: Priya Puri (156)/ Pallavi Jain (156)/ Rani
Sonti (155)
9:30 AM: Preetinder Kaur (154)/ Vani Kapoor (152)/
Meghna Bal (151)
9:40 AM: Ankita Tiwana (151)/ Suchitra Ramesh (A)(150)/
Saaniya Sharma (148)
9:50 AM: Shraddhanjali Singh (148)/ Ankita Kedlaya
(A)(147)/ Neha Tripathi (143)
10:00 AM: Smriti Mehra (141)/ Nalini Singh Siwach (140)/
Sharmila Nicollet (139)
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