Vani takes three-shot lead in opening round

Sep 05, 2012 - Age Correspondent

Vani Kapoor

Vani Kapoor, playing her maiden season as a professional, opened a three-shot lead over her former amateur rival Aditi Ashok and Nalini Singh Siwach in the opening round of the third leg of the Hero-WGAI Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Prestige Golfshire course in Begaluru on Tuesday.

The 18-year-old DLF golfer Vani — who lost in a play-off in her maiden pro appearance last month — played a steady round with just a bogey against two birdies, on the fifth and the 11th holes. Her sole blemish came on the par-5 13th.
Aditi had a 74 with two birdies and four bogeys. Tw of her bogeys came on the second and the third holes. Nalini was tied second at 74 along with Aditi.
Tied in fourth place at 76 was Shraddhanjali Singh and the fifth place was shared by last week’s winner Smriti Mehra and Saaniya Sharma.
Sharmila Nicollet skipped the event as she is planning to play in the Austrian Open on the Ladies European Tour.
Top Scores
71: Vani Kapoor
74: Adithi Ashok (A) and Nalini Singh Siwach
75: Shraddhanjali Singh
76: Smriti Mehra and Saaniya Sharma
77: Neha Tripathi
80: Rani Sonti and Nikita Arjun (A)

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