Pranavi Urs landed two eagles in a space of four holes but finished with a triple bogey for a round of 74 on the opening day of the Amundi German Masters on the Ladies European Tour. (More Sports News)
Indian golfers had mixed luck in the opening round as the 21-year-old Mysuru golf💦er, Pranavi, playing her first year on the LET, was tied third at one stage at 2-under but finally finished 2-over 74 and was tied 42nd.
Amateur Avani Prashanth and seasoned Tvesa Malik, trying to get bacಞk to the LET, shot even par 72 ෴each to be tied 17th and the best Indians on a difficult first day.
The leader was local Patricia Isabel Schmidt, who carded 4-under with six birdies and a double bogey in her 68. Also, at 4-under🌄 was Swedish amat𓄧eur Meja Ortengren, who still had four holes to play.
They were followed by Austrian Emma Spi﷽tz (69), who had seven birdies and four bogeys.
Among the other Indians, Diksha Dagar (74) was also T-42 and tied with Pranavi.
Amand๊eep Drall, making her first start on LET this season, and Vani Kapoor, were also 2-over but were yet to finish their first round.
Vani had three more holes to play, and Aman🌜deep had four to go.
Sneha Singh was 3-ove꧋r with three mo🏅re holes to play.
Pranavi, a former Order of Merit winner on Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour, had a strange round as she 💫began on the tenth with bogeys on the 10th and the 11th, but she then eagled the Par-5 12th and the Par-5 16th.
A dropped shot on the 17th meant she turned in 1-un⭕der 35.
After five pars from the first to t🙈he fifth, she 🌠birdied the sixth to go 2-under but dropped a shot on the seventh and then had a crippling triple bogey on the Par-4 ninth, her closing hole.
Diksha, who was tied for third at the event last year, had two birdies against four bogey﷽s for her 74.
