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RTÉ News
14 hours ago
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- RTÉ News
Lauren Walsh and Sara Byrne remain in striking distance in Belgium
Lauren Walsh and Sara Byrne are both within striking range following the third round of the Hulencourt Women's Open in Belgium. The in-form Walsh, who led at the halfway point of last week's Tenerife Women's Open before dropping off, is in a tie for seventh on six-under par, four shots off the lead held by India's Avani Prashanth. Byrne, meanwhile, sits just outside the top 10 after a third-round 70 moved her to four-under par. Walsh went even better with a 68 despite a slow start. After opening with four pars, the Dubliner bogeyed the par-three fifth to fall back to one-under par, but it would be her only dropped shot of the day with back-to-back birdies at the sixth and seventh and the 11th and 12th being followed by another birdie at the 17th. Byrne temporarily got to five-under after three birdies over her first 12 holes, but a bogey at the 15th saw her drop outside the top 10. It's youngster Prashanth who leads the way following a third-round 69. The 18-year-old drained a huge putt on her last hole – the ninth – to ensue a one-stroke lead over France's Nastasia Nadaud. England's Cara Gainer is back in contention on six-under with the joint lowest round of the day. It was matched by Germany's Celina Sattelkau that took the latter to four-under par following a 66.
The Hindu
17 hours ago
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- The Hindu
Indian sports wrap, June 14: Avani placed second at Hulencourt Women's Open
GOLF Rookie Avani placed second at Hulencourt Women's Open 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. The 18-year-old from Bengaluru now sits at seven under par, just one stroke behind the leader, Germany's Helen Briem (68-68). The other Indians in the field to make the cut were Diksha Dagar (72-73) in T-38th place and Tvesa Malik (76-70) in T-50th place. The other Indians who took part were Vani Kapoor (76-73), Sneha Singh (74-75), Amandeep Drall (74-76) and Hitaashee Bakshi (79-74), 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. GOLF Talwar makes cut in Czech Republic Indian golfer Saptak Talwar made the cut at the Raiffeisenbank Golf Challenge with a second-round score of 1-under 70 at Golf Resort Kaskáda, keeping his campaign alive for the weekend. With rounds of 72 and 70, the 26-year-old sits at even-par 142 and is tied for 60th place. Talwar began the day on the front nine with a birdie on his first hole. He picked up another shot on the fifth only to drop one on the sixth before closing the front nine with a birdie. On the back nine he made birdie on the 11th hole and followed that with a bogey on the 12th. He made his final birdie of the round on the 15th hole but lost shots on the 16th and 18th holes to end the day with 70. His combined 36 round score sits at even par with scores of 72 and 70. The second day ended with a four-way tie for the lead between Spain's Sebastian Garcia (65-67), England's Joshua Berry (68-64), Welshman Stuart Manley (66-66) American Palmer Jackson (65-67). The leaders all have a 36-hole combined score of 10-under par.
Hindustan Times
18 hours ago
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- 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.
Irish Examiner
a day ago
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- Irish Examiner
Byrne and Walsh six shots off the lead at the Hulencourt Women's Open
Cork's Sarah Byrne and Kildare's Lauren Walsh are six shots off the leader Germany's Helen Briem at the Hulencourt Women's Open in Belgium. Byrne and Walsh are both tied for 16th after round two. Byrne hit six birdies and two bogeys during her round to finish on four under 68 while Walsh hit four birdies and a bogey for her three under 69 to leave the duo two under for the tournament and in a good position heading into the weekend. Walsh will be hoping for a better performance over the weekend after she was a 36-hole leader last week in Tenerife before falling back at the weekend. Breim hit an eight-under par dropping just one shot on the fifth hold to take the outright lead. The 19-year-old rolled in five birdies and sits just one shot ahead of 18-year-old Avani Prashanth. The rookie closed her second round with a birdie to sit on seven-under par for the tournament. Australia's Kelsey Bennett is in third on six-under par. She dropped just one shot on the second hole but hit birdies on the sixth and seventh in what was a solid second round.
RTÉ News
a day ago
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- 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."
