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Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Rookie Avani placed second at Hulencourt Women's Open
Hulencourt , Avani Prashanth produced a fine round of 3-under 69 to follow up on her opening 4-under 68 to stay in second place at the Hulencourt Women's Open golf on the Ladies European Tour here. The 18-year-old from Bengaluru now sits at seven under par, just one stroke behind the leader, Germany's Helen Briem . The other Indians in the field to make the cut were Diksha Dagar in T-38th place and Tvesa Malik in T-50th place. The other Indians who took part were Vani Kapoor , Sneha Singh , Amandeep Drall and Hitaashee Bakshi , and all of them missed the cut. Avani began her second round on the back nine with a birdie on the tenth and picked up a second shot on the 13th hole. She then had a run of eight pars till the third of the front nine. On the front nine Avani dropped her first shot of the day on the fourth hole before making birdie on the fifth, dropped another shot on the sixth only to pull it back with a birdie on the seventh hole. She closed her round with a birdie on the ninth hole for a 69. Diksha, after an even par first day, closed the second day with a score of 1-over par to tumble down the order to tied 38 in the second round from T-22 on the first day. Diksha made three birdies and four bogeys during the second round and has a combined 36 hole score of one over par. Tvesa Malik, who shot 4-over par 76 on the first day, landed an eagle on her finishing hole, the ninth to for a round of 2-under 70 and squeeze inside the cut line at two over par. The cut was set at two over par. The leader at the end of the second round was Helen Briem of Germany as she played for a 4-under 68 for the second day in a row. Briem started her round on the back nine and made birdies on the 10th, 13th and 14th holes. On the front nine she dropped her only shot of the day on the fifth hole and picked up shots on the eighth and ninth holes. The first day leader Kelsey Bennett of Australia played 1-under par 71 to slip down to third in the standings. Meghan MacLaren without a bogey, and Darcey Hall of Wales, also with a 68, were tied fourth at 5-under totals.
RTÉ News
3 days ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Helen Briem leads in Belgium as Sara Byrne and Lauren Walsh remain in mix
Germany's Helen Briem leads the Hulencourt Women's Open after firing eight-under-par through 36 holes in Belgium. Briem delivered a solid second round, dropping her only shot of the day on the fifth hole. Starting the day just one shot off the lead, the composed 19-year-old rolled in five birdies - capped by back-to-back birdies on her final two holes around a sun-soaked Hulencourt. Just one-shot back is 18-year-old rookie Avani Prashanth, who capped off her round with a closing birdie. Australia's Kelsey Bennett – yesterday's overnight leader – finished the second round six-under par, to sit in solo third place. Bennett dropped her only shot of the day on the second hole, but followed it up with back-to-back birdies on the 6th and 7th holes to make it a solid round. England's Meghan MacLaren and Wales' Darcey Harry both fired rounds of five-under par after 36 holes, to sit in a tie for fourth place. A total of four players are in a share of sixth place on four-under par heading into the weekend. Czech's Klara Davidson Spilkova, Hong Kong's Ginnie Ding, France's Nastasia Nadaud, and Singapore's Shannon Tan, are only a further shot back. Sara Byrne (68) and Lauren Walsh (69) are in a share of 16th on two under after excellent second rounds. But Anna Foster (74) and Olivia Mehaffey (71) both finished one shout outside the cut mark on +3. Canice Screene was a shot further back after a 74. The third and final round gets underway tomorrow at 8:15am local time. "Overall, it was pretty solid, even though I made a few mistakes," said Briem. "I recovered well from most of them, made a lot of up-and-downs, so I'm really happy with how I played." "I hit a lot of drivers - it's a pretty long course. The greens are very firm, which is something I'm not really used to. Usually my wedges spin back up to 10 metres, but here they're rolling forward five to seven metres, so I've had to adjust. But overall, I think I'm handling it pretty well." The teenager's putting has been a standout strength over the past two weeks: "Last week I putted really well, even with tough greens. My speed control was good, and it's been the same this week. I haven't had a three-putt yet in two rounds, which is pretty good for me." "I've rolled in some nice birdie putts, and I'm really pleased with where my game is right now - especially my short game and putting."
