Amanda Doherty, Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar. File pic
Galgorm, N Ireland, Aug 13: Diksha Dagar and Aditi Ashok ensured Indian presence over the weekend at the ISPS Handa World Invitational as they made the halfway cut in the US$ 1.5 million tournament.
Diksha added an even par 72 at the Massereene Golf Club with four birdies against four bogeys. Along with her first round 73 on Par-73 Galgorm Castle course, she was even for two rounds and T-45.
Aditi shot even par 73 at the par-73 Galgorm Castle following on 1-over 73 at Massereene. She was 1-over for two rounds and T-55t.
India’s third player in the field Tvesa Malik (77-76) missed the cut as she continued to struggle with her form.
Amanda Doherty continued her impressive form shooting a round of 67 (-5) to lead by one shot at the midway mark. After a first round of six-under at Galgorm Castle, the 24-year-old followed it up with a round of five-under at Massereene.
Doherty began her round with back-to-back birdies on the second and third holes, and rolled in three more on six, seven and nine to make the turn in 31 (-5). Despite a dropped shot on the 11th, the LPGA Tour rookie made another birdie on 13 to finish with a total of 11-under-par after 36 holes.
Denmark’s Emily Kristine Pedersen – winner of the 2020 Race to Costa del Sol – and American Lauren Coughlin sit one shot back on 10-under-par.
England’s Cara Gainer sits in outright fourth place after the opening two days of competition on nine-under-par, having produced a round of 67 (-5) at Massereene.
Three players are in a share of fifth place including England’s Georgia Hall, who produced a hole-in-one on day two as did Finland’s Tiia Koivisto.
Hall sits alongside Ireland’s Leona Maguire and Chinese Taipei’s Peiyun Chien on eight-under-par, American Allisen Corpuz is alone in eighth place one shot further back.
Five players are in a tie for ninth on six-under-par including 2022 Race to Costa del Sol number one and two Maja Stark and Linn Grant. The cut fell at +1 with 62 players making it through to Saturday.
In the men’s competition, Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson leads by one shot on nine-under having produced a round of even par at Massereene with 64 men making the cut.
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