Vani Kapoor traded locations with Diksha Dagar to maneuver to the second spot behind new chief German rookie Aline Krauter after the midway stage of the $400,000 Hero Girls’s Indian Open golf on the DLF Golf and Nation Membership right here on Friday.
Vani shot a two-under 70 for a two-round tally of 138 and stayed atop the leaderboard until Krauter carded a 68 to take a one-shot lead.
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Diksha returned a par spherical to share the third spot with Sweden’s Sara Kjellker.
The German chief carded a flawless 68 – dotted with two birdies on both sides of the flip – for a seven-under 137.
The ‘reduce’ got here at six-over 150 and left 64 golfers, together with 10 Indians, within the fray for the weekend motion.
Vani had an eventful spherical. She had six birdies to point out towards 4 bogeys. “It’s so good to play at your house course and have family and friends right here in addition to all of the DLF members. It’s a superb feeling [and] actually a special feeling.”
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Diksha’s placing let her down as she managed to give you a par spherical. In a single day chief Stavnar Madelene tumbled after following her first-round 66 with a 74.
Avani Prashanth and Vidhatri Urs, the 2 home-grown amateurs making the ‘çut’ produced contrasting performances.
Avani who was positioned fourth for a very long time throughout the day, finally shot a 70 for a 141 whereas Vidarthi faltered whereas coming in and finally scored a 74.
Main scores:
137 – Aline Krauter (Ger) (79, 68); 138 – Vani Kapoor (68, 70); 139 – Diksha Dagar (67, 72), Sara Kjellker (Swe) (73, 66); 140 – Hannah Burke (Eng) (70, 70), Stavnar Madelene (Nor) (66, 74); 141 – Gaurika Bishnoi (72, 69), Avani Prashanth (A) (71, 70); 142 – Kim Metraux (Sui) (71, 71); Liz Younger (Eng) (71, 71); 143 – Trichat Cheenglab (Tha) (69, 74), Elia Folch (Esp, 72, 71), Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) (73, 70).
Different Indians (who made the ‘çut’): 144 – Vidhatri Urs (A) (70, 74); 145 – Ridhma Dilawari (74, 71); 146 – Khushi Khanijau (73, 73); 147 – Neha Tripathi (75, 72); 149 – Nishtha Madan (79, 70); 150 – Amandeep Drall (76, 74).