Tvesa Malik rallies to finish even par for first round in Spain  

Jessica Korda and Tvesa Malik. Pics: LET

Sotogrande, Spain, Aug 19: Tvesa Malik, struggling to find her form back, rallied in her first round of the Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande to indicate that she is on her way back. Tvesa, coming into the event with a bunch of missed cuts behind, fought back from 3-over after five holes to get back even par by the finish at La Reserva Club de Sotogrande.

Tvesa ended the first day at even par and Tied-30th on a day when Jessica Korda produced a blistering round of 11-under 61 to lead the Individual tournament by five shots.

Korda, a six-time LPGA Tour winner, made three eagles on her way to a course record and equalling the lowest round in relation to par on the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Tvesa, who was inside the Top-20 on the Order of Merit last year, started from the 10th and bogeyed 11th, 12th and 14th to go 3-over. She birdied 18th, sixth and eighth to get back to even. She will now need to build on this to get back on track.

Korda had one blemish on the card with a bogey on the eighth but was excellent otherwise with six birdies and three eagles, despite feeling slightly under the weather.

Team Jessica Korda also sits at the top of the leaderboard on 19-under-par in the Team competition.

The quartet of Korda, Czech’s Tereza Melecka, Finland’s Noora Komulainen and amateur Malcolm Borwick only dropped one shot in their round, scoring 10-under-par on the front nine and nine-under-par on the back nine.

Team Roussin and Team De Roey share second place after 18 holes  with both teams recording totals of 18-under-par.

For the quartet of Pauline Roussin, Jana Melichova, Mim Sangkapong and amateur Ana Luisa Hernandez they played their front nine in seven-under and found their form on their back nine coming home in 11-under to be in second place.

It was an excellent day for Manon De Roey, who won the Individual title at the Aramco Team Series – Bangkok, as she sits in second place on the Individual leaderboard after shooting a round of 66 (-6).

France’s Pauline Roussin and USA’s Nelly Korda sit in a share of fourth place on five-under-par after they shot rounds of 67.

Four players are tied for sixth in the Individual competition with 2021 Aramco Team Series – London Individual winner Marianne Skarpnord on four-under-par alongside German pair Leonie Harm and Olivia Cowan, as well as Spain’s Ana Peláez Trivino.

 

 

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