Indian sports wrap, August 2: Dagar makes cut at AIG Women’s Open
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Dagar makes cut at AIG Women’s Open, lies 28th
Diksha Dagar handled the changing temperature conditions well enough to shoot 1-over 73, ensuring her place in the weekend rounds of the AIG Women’s Open.
Dagar, who carded 1-under in the first round, is now even par for two rounds and Tied-28th going into the final two rounds.
Making her sixth Open appearance, Dagar is making the cut for a second time with Tied-21st finish in 2023 being her best.
Japan’s Miyu Yamashita produced a bogy free second round to reach 11-under-par through 36 holes to take a commanding three-shot lead.
The 23-year-old Yamashita fired a bogey-free seven-under-par for the best round of the day.
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Vedika still 2nd at US Kids World golf, Aida rises to 5th and Ojaswini stays ninth
Vedika Bhansali of Bengaluru maintained her Tied second position after the second round of the US Kids World Championship golf at Pinehurst Village.
Vedika, who was fourth a year ago, shot two rounds of 33 each and at six-under, she is still one shot behind the leader, Audrey Zhang of the US (32-33).
After a bogey-free first round, Vedika began with a bogey but had four birdies in her remaining eight holes to get to three-under 33 in the nine-hole round for Girls 9 Category.
In boys 12, Aida Thimmaiah after a 75 on the first day produced a superb four-under 68 with five birdies and just one bogey to climb 18 places from T-23 to Tied-fifth.
In girls 12, Ojaswini Saraswat stayed in tied ninth place despite improving her score by two shots as she followed her first round 70 with a 68 and at six-under she is Tied-9th.
She is three shots behind the leaders, Riviera Lindholm of Canada and Zara Stanley of the US, who are both at nine-under.
There are three Indians in Top-10 after the second day and one more day is left.
Also, in with a chance to get into Top-10 is Nihal Cheema despite slipping two places from T-12 to T-14 as he shot three-over 39 in his nine-hole second round in Boys 8 category.
Results of the Indians at US Kids World Championships at Pinehurst:
Boys 8: Nihal Cheema (Chandigarh) (38-39) T-14; Boys 10: Kabir Goyal (Noida) shot (72-70) (T-22); Boys 11: Sohraab Singh Talwar (Mohali) – (76-74) (T-58); Boys 12: Adit Veeramachaneni (Bangalore) (73-79) (T-53), Siddhant Sharma (Faridabad) (78-78) (T-107) and Hridaan Saraogi (Jaipur) (79-79) (T-120).
Girls 8: Pramati Veera (Bangalore) – (37-36) in 9-hole rounds (T-15), Naaysha S Sinha (Noida) (38-39) in 9-hole rounds (T-28); Girls 9: Vedika Bhansali (Bangalore) (33-33) in 9-hole rounds (T-2); Ahana Shah (Mumbai) (41-42) (T-72), Suhani Chandra (Gurugram) (43-42) (T-81), Aahana Shrivastava (Gurugram) (44-41) (T-81); Girls 11: Aida Thimmaiah (Bangalore) (75-68) (T-5); Girls 12: Ojaswini Saraswat (Mohali) (70-68) (T-9).
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Saptak Talwar makes cut at Scottish Challenge
Saptak Talwar made the cut at the Farmfoods Scottish Challenge with a second round card of 1-over 72.
The score, put alongside his first round 66, placed him at 4-under for a tied-37.
In the second round, Talwar had three birdies on the front nine but gave away all that with a bogey on the 11th and a triple on the 16th.
Quim Vidal took a two-stroke lead into the weekend after signing for a six under par second round of 65 at Roxburghe.
-PTI