Pia Babnik and Tvesa Malik. Pic: LET
Geneva, Switzerland, Sep 25: Tvesa Malik made the cut at the Lavaux Ladies Open after an early scare as he shot 74-72 in the first two rounds.
Tvesa, who was in contention before finishing T-10 last week at the Lacoste Open de France on the Ladies European Tour, is T-31 at the end of 36 holes in the 54-hole event. She is way behind runaway leader, Pia Babnik, who played the first two rounds with the Indian.
Tvesa had a birdie on second and then suffered a setback with back-to-back bogeys third and fourth. She reached even par with a birdie on Par-5 fifth. A bogey on 10th and a birdie on 12th with rest being pars ensured even par 72. In the first round, she had four birdies, four bogeys and a double bogey in the 74.
Tvesa’s playing partner a 16-year-old highly talented high school girl, Slovenia’s Babnik, added 9-under 63 to her first 3-under 69 to get to 12-under and lead by five shots over overnight leader, Agathe Sauzon (67-71) who is at 7-under 135. Argentine amateur Magdalena Simmermacher (69-69) was third at 6-under. It is the first time Babnik, who has her father on the bag, is holding overnight lead.
Babnik turned pro earlier this year after a series of fine performances as an amateur on LET and LETAS Tours. In her five starts so far, she has never finished below T-18 and won seven straight events in Slovenia during the Covid-19 lockdown.
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