Women’s pro golf: Bakshi sisters in forefront

Gurugram, March 11 : Jahanvi Bakshi’s comfort with the DLF Golf & Country Club continued to grow as she carded the day’s only under par round in the second round of the fifth leg of the Women’s Pro Golf Tour.
Jahanvi, who is still searching for her maiden win on the Tour, shot 3-under 69 to follow up on her first round 71 for 4-under 140 total and open up a handy four-shot lead over younger sister Hitaashee (71-73) with one round to go.
It is the first time a pair of sisters are occupying the first two spots in a Hero WPGT event. Some of the other sisters playing on the Tour include Atwals, Mehar and Seher, and Badwals, Gursimar and Gurjot.
As the battle for the honours moved towards becoming a clash between Bakshi sisters, Vani Kapoor shot 73 after a first round 74 to lie at third and was three shots behind Hitaashee.
Tvesa Malik, who began well with 71 on the first day slipped to 77 that included a triple on Par-5 eighth and a double on Par-4 ninth. She lies fourth with amateur Avani Prashanth (72-76).
Jahanvi, whose final round at the same course in the eighth leg of the Hero WPGT 2020 was a 69, was shooting her third straight sub-par round at the Gary Player layout. In the first round this week, she was five-under through 12 holes before a triple on 13th and a bogey on 15th set her back and she finished at one-under 71.