Indian sports wrap, June 14: Avani placed second at Hulencourt Women’s Open
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Rookie Avani placed second at Hulencourt Women’s Open
Avani Prashanth produced a fine round of 3-under 69 to follow up on her opening 4-under 68 to stay in second place at the Hulencourt Women’s Open golf on the Ladies European Tour.
The 18-year-old from Bengaluru now sits at seven under par, just one stroke behind the leader, Germany’s Helen Briem (68-68). The other Indians in the field to make the cut were Diksha Dagar (72-73) in T-38th place and Tvesa Malik (76-70) in T-50th place.
The other Indians who took part were Vani Kapoor (76-73), Sneha Singh (74-75), Amandeep Drall (74-76) and Hitaashee Bakshi (79-74), and all of them missed the cut. Avani began her second round on the back nine with a birdie on the tenth and picked up a second shot on the 13th hole. She then had a run of eight pars till the third of the front nine.
On the front nine Avani dropped her first shot of the day on the fourth hole before making birdie on the fifth, dropped another shot on the sixth only to pull it back with a birdie on the seventh hole. She closed her round with a birdie on the ninth hole for a 69.
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Talwar makes cut in Czech Republic
Indian golfer Saptak Talwar made the cut at the Raiffeisenbank Golf Challenge with a second-round score of 1-under 70 at Golf Resort Kaskáda, keeping his campaign alive for the weekend.
With rounds of 72 and 70, the 26-year-old sits at even-par 142 and is tied for 60th place. Talwar began the day on the front nine with a birdie on his first hole.
He picked up another shot on the fifth only to drop one on the sixth before closing the front nine with a birdie. On the back nine he made birdie on the 11th hole and followed that with a bogey on the 12th.
He made his final birdie of the round on the 15th hole but lost shots on the 16th and 18th holes to end the day with 70. His combined 36 round score sits at even par with scores of 72 and 70.
The second day ended with a four-way tie for the lead between Spain’s Sebastian Garcia (65-67), England’s Joshua Berry (68-64), Welshman Stuart Manley (66-66) American Palmer Jackson (65-67). The leaders all have a 36-hole combined score of 10-under par.