GOLF
Tvesa rises to T-21 with an excellent 67 in German Masters
Indian golfer Tvesa Malik carded her greatest spherical on the Women European Tour in nearly 4 years with a 5-under 67 that carried her from the reduce line to T-21 on the finish of the third spherical of the Amundi German Masters at Golf & Nation Membership Seddiner See.
Tvesa, searching for to regain her card on the LET, had an eagle and 5 birdies in opposition to two bogeys.
Whereas this was her greatest present on LET since late 2021, Tvesa had recorded a 65 on the Sunshine Women Tour in South Africa, whereas successful the SuperSport Women Problem in February this 12 months.
India’s different two gamers to make the weekend, Pranavi Urs (71) and Diksha Dagar (73) have been T-31 and T-43. The remaining 4 Vani Kapoor, Amandeep Drall, Sneha Singh and beginner Avani Prashanth didn’t make the reduce.
Austrian Emma Spitz (66) and Alexandra Försterling (69) shared the lead on seven-under-par going into the ultimate spherical.
Tvesa, former Order of Benefit winner on Hero Girls’s Professional Golf Tour in India, started from the tenth started in an electrical method with 4 birdies in first six holes and turned in 4-under.
On her second 9, the entrance facet of the course, She eagled the primary however dropped a shot on second. A birdie on the fifth was erased by a bogey on seventh however her 67 noticed her stand up the chief board from T-55 to T-21, Pranavi had seven birdies in opposition to 4 bogeys and a double, whereas Diksha had three birdies in opposition to 4 bogeys in her 73.
The 24-year-old Spitz started her spherical with a birdie on the primary earlier than including one other on the third and an extra birdie on the sixth. Spitz dropped a shot on the twelfth however bounced again instantly with back-to-back birdies on 13 and 14 earlier than rolling in two extra on 16 and 18 to seal her spherical of six-under.
Three-time LET winner Försterling, who led on the halfway mark of the competitors, had one birdie on her entrance 9 earlier than dropping her solely shot of the day on 11 and as typical, she completed strongly with birdies on 13, 16 and 18 to affix Spitz on the prime of the chief board.
-PTI