Vani best Indian at tied 13th place in Jeddah as all four make cut

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Vani best Indian at tied 13th place in Jeddah as all four make cut

Sunday, 13 November 2022 | PTI | Jeddah

The Indian quartet of Vani Kapoor, Diksha Dagar, Amandeep Drall and Tvesa Malik made the cut at the Aramco Team Series – Jeddah.

Vani, who has been in good form of late as the season moves towards the closing stages, added 2-under 70 to her first round 3-under 69 and was 5-under to be tied 13th.

She was the best-placed Indian in the field at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club.

Diksha (71-72), on the other hand, was tied 32nd and Amandeep (74-70) with two late birdies was tied 46th.

Tvesa (71-74) made things tough for herself with a double bogey on her last hole, but squeezed inside the cut line at 1-over and she was tied 56th.

Overall, in the individual competition, England's Charley Hull holds a one-shot lead heading into the final day after carding a bogey-free round of 7-under 65 to be nine-under-par.

Hull, winner of the individual champion from the 2021 Aramco Team Series – New York, had a phenomenal front nine to make the turn in six-under and then finished with a flourish with a birdie on 18.

Three players sit in a tie for second place with Sweden's Caroline Hedwall, Slovenia's Pia Babnik and Italy's Virginia Elena Carta all on eight-under-par.

Vani started on the tenth but was 2-over by her eighth hole. A birdie on 18th, her ninth hole, was followed by a bogey on the second. She was 2-over at that point.

A birdie on third reversed the momentum and she closed with three birdies in a row. On the first day, she had four birdies in her first five holes and carded 3-under 69.

Diksha had just one birdie on 13th and one bogey on sixth in her 72.

Amandeep was even par through 12 holes with a total of 2-over and outside the cutline. But back-to-back birdies on fourth and fifth took her inside the line as she finished at 2-under for the day and even for 36 holes in tied 46th place.

Tvesa seemed to be making the cut comfortably before she gave away a double bogey on her last hole to just scrape in.

Defending champion Babnik was the only player able to match Hull on day two as she also produced a round of 7-under 65 with eight birdies and one bogey.

South Africa's Garcia and Spain's Ana Peláez Trivino are in a share of fifth place on seven-under with one round remaining.

In the team competition, Team Wolf with Christine Wolf, Laura Beveridge, Alexandra Swayne and amateur Raghdah Alessawi and Team Garcia with Nicole Garcia, Casandra Alexander, Tereza Melecka and amateur Sonia Bayahya finished tied at the top of the leader board at the conclusion of the 36-hole team event.

With both teams level on 29-under-par, they will playoff for victory at the conclusion of the third round tomorrow afternoon at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club.

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