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Diksha, Avani and Hitaashee tied thirty sixth at Jabra Women
Evian-les-Bains (France), Could 23 (PTI) Indian golfers Diksha Dagar, Avani Prashanth and Hitaashee Bakshi completed their first spherical on the Jabra women Open with an identical one over par 72 every right here.
All three have been tied thirty sixth within the standings.
The fourth Indian, Tvesa Malik, had a disappointing begin with 4-over 75 and he or she was tied 84th.
Moa Folke of Sweden led the sphere on the finish of the primary day as she put in a close to excellent spherical with eight birdies and one bogey.
Folke began from the sixth, as gamers started on the sixth and fifteenth on the Evian Resort and Golf Membership, and birdied the primary, second, seventh, ninth, twelfth, thirteenth, fifteenth and 18th holes. Her solely bogey of the spherical was on the sixteenth gap.
After an excellent Prime-10 final week, Diksha, ranging from the sixth, made 4 birdies and had 5 bogeys in her first spherical.
Diksha began the day with a birdie on the sixth and the seventh and added yet one more on the ninth. Two bogeys on the thirteenth and sixteenth noticed her fall again.
A birdie on the primary noticed her bounce again and he or she was 2-under at that stage. However three bogeys in a row from third to the fifth, her final three holes, noticed her fall to 1-over.
Avani Prashanth, beginning on the fifteenth, had three birdies towards 4 bogeys, whereas Hitaashee Bakshi, who was tied twelfth final week in Dutch Women, had two birdies, one bogey and a double bogey in her 72.
Folke leads her closest opponents by two photographs. In second place there’s a five-way tie between Finland’s Sanna Nuutinen, Thai April Angurasaranee, Australian Kelsey Bennett, Czech Sara Kouskova and Spaniard Amaia Latorre.
4 gamers are in a share of seventh place with Alexandra Swayne of the U.S. England’s Annabel Fuller, Switzerland’s Chiara Tamburlini and Italy’s Anna Zanusso all on four-under-par.
– PTI
Akshay Bhatia makes good begin, lies eleventh at Charles Schwab
Indian-American golfer Akshay Bhatia overcame back-to-back bogeys on his second 9 however nonetheless carded 3-under 70 and was positioned tied eleventh within the first spherical of the Charles Schwab Problem at Colonial right here.
Bhatia, at present ranked thirtieth on the earth, was as excessive as twenty first beforehand.
Aaron Rai, the Indo-British participant on the PGA Tour, shot even par 70 with one birdie and one bogey to be tied 57th.
Two-time PGA Tour winner Bhatia completed fourth behind Scheffler at Hero World Problem and third behind Rory McIlroy on the Gamers this season and he had 5 birdies, 4 of them in his first 10 holes after ranging from the tenth.
Bhatia bogeyed the fourth and fifth and had one other birdie on the closing gap, the ninth and is 4 photographs behind the chief, rookie John Pak (63).
World No. 1 Scheffler shot 68 and was tied twentieth.
Scheffler, latest winner of the PGA Championship, his third main, started eagle-birdie by holing a putt for eagle from off the inexperienced on the par-5 first gap and a 23-footer for birdie on No. 2. However he had only one extra birdie towards two bogeys for a 2-under 68 and was tied twentieth.
Pak shot 63 for a three-shot lead over 9 gamers, J.J. Spaun the highest-ranked amongst them at twenty seventh.
Tommy Fleetwood and 2023 Open champion Brian Harman have been amongst a bunch of 9 gamers 4 again of Pak, and Scheffler headlined the 15 gamers who have been 5 strokes behind.
Defending champion Davis Riley, who’s taking part in the primary two rounds with Scheffler, had two double bogeys on the entrance 9 and shot 3-over 73.
Jordan Spieth shot 69 with birdies on two of his remaining 4 holes.
– PTI