Meher sets the course ablaze with four-under

Delhi girl Meher Atwal set the KGA Golf Course alight with a superb four-under 68 that gave her a headstart in the tournament as she opened with a five-shot lead over her nearest rival,Vani Kapoor at the Southern India Ladies Golf Championships in Bangalore,according to information reaching here.

Delhi girl Meher Atwal set the KGA Golf Course alight with a superb four-under 68 that gave her a headstart in the tournament as she opened with a five-shot lead over her nearest rival,Vani Kapoor (73) at the Southern India Ladies Golf Championships in Bangalore,according to information reaching here.

The electric performance also put Meher,the niece of the celebrated golfer Arjun Atwal,six clear of the third-placed Tvesa Malik (74). The card may well have been even better but for a bogey-bogey finish,as Meher was six-under through 16 holes. Meher’s scores were all the more creditable considering the conditions the ground was heavy on account of rain last night and early morning forcing the organisers to allow preferred lies.

Meher’s two errors came on the 17th and 18th hole. On the closing hole she went into the bunker and seemed distracted as she duffed a shot and ended with a bogey. The last two holes played rather tough as only three players managed birdies on 17th and just one Millie Saroha got a birdie on 18th.

The fancied Aditi Ashok had a rough front nine of four-over 40 and finished the day at 76 at sixth place,tied with Millie Saroha (76). Raksha Phadke and Rabiya Gill,with 75 each were tied fourth. Gurbani,who opened with a birdie,had a frustrating day with an 78,the same as Anisha Padukone. Currently fifth on the Order of Merit,Meher is within striking distance of the three players Gurbani Singh,Vani Kapoor and Shreya Ghei ahead of her.

Meher opened with a birdie on the par-4 first and then added two more on fourth and sixth holes to turn in three-under. The run continued on the back nine and she was six-under at that stage,but with two back-to-back bogeys,she ended the day at 68.

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