Golfers Neha, Saaniya maintain lead in fourth leg of Hero women’s Tour

Pune, Feb 15 (IANS) Golfers Neha Tripathi and Saaniya Sharma dropped crucial shots right at the end of their second round but still managed to keep a share of the lead in the fourth leg of the Hero womens Pro Tour here on Thursday.

The two experienced golfers, Saaniya (73) and Neha (74) are now tied at the top at 7-over 151. The duo is one shot clear of Tvesa Malik (75) and Suchitra Ramesh (74) who have a total of 152 each.

Smriti Mehra (76), Millie Saroha (76) and Gursimar Badwal (78) occupy the fifth to seventh places. Gursimar, who won the last event is facing problems this week after another indifferent day with a round of 78.

Tavleen Batra, who was one of the three co-leaders on first day shot 85 and fell to eighth place while Siddhi Kapoor (84) was ninth and Mehar Atwal (80) and Ayesha Kapur (82) were tied 10th.

–IANS

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