Diksha and Amandeep. File pic
Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 11: Amandeep Drall and Diksha Dagar made the cut even as the conditions continued to be extremely tough at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open on the second day.
Amandeep, who was T-10 after the first day’s 73, dropped to 5-over 77 and slipped T-27th at the halfway stage, while Olympian Diksha who had a 75 on firs day scored 76 on the second to get to 7-over 151 and was T-29.
The cut fell at 11-over as only one player and 66 players will play the weekend rounds.
The leader Linnea Strom of Sweden (68-73) was left as the only player under par for 36 holes. The next best was Nuria Iturrioz of Spain, whose 2-under 70 was one of the rare under rounds and was par for two rounds. Seven players including Becky Morgan, former winner of Hero Indian Open, were Tied-third at 1-over.
Amandeep, who spent a considerable part of 2021 on the LET Access Series, started from the 10th, and suffered a massive drop on her first nine itself as she bogeyed 14th, 15th, 17th and double bogeyed the 18th. She turned in 5-over for the day. On the second nine, she birdied third and sixth, but again dropped shots on seventh and ninth.
Diksha, one of the only two Indians to have won on the Ladies European Tour, also started on 10th and she opened with a birdie. However, that was her only birdie of the day and she dropped five bogeys on 12th, 14th, fourth, fifth and ninth.
The conditions have been difficult for scoring and only four players had under par rounds and only one player is still in red numbers after 36 holes in the first event of the Ladies European Tour for 2022.
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