Dubai-based amateur Ananyaa Sood on her way into a three-way tie for the lead on day two of the Hero WPGT seventh leg in Mysore on Friday. Image courtesy WGAI.
By Rahul Banerji
Teenage amateur Ananyaa Sood joined overnighht leader Riya Jadon and Anvitha Narender atop the leaderboard after two days of the Rs 17 lakh Hero WPGT event in Mysore on Friday.
Ananyaa, 15,, who has fine-tuned her golf in Dubai joined the New Jersey-born Anvitha Narender to bring an overseas flavour to proceedings at the Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Golf Course, the WGAI said.
A US Kids European Championship winner in 2024, Ananyaa had five birdies against two bogeys and a double in her 1 under par 69 while Anvitha, a WPGT winner in 2024, had the day’s best of 2 under 68.
Riya had a rough day with three bogeys and no birdies in her 73 but managed to keep a share of the lead at level par 140 after 36 holes.
Durga Nittur (71), Amandeep Drall (72), Vidhatri Urs (73) and Anvvi Dahhiya (73) were tied for fourth at 2 over 142, while Tvesa Malik returned a 5 over 75 that included a quadruple bogey after briefly holding the second day lead.
Tvesa was tied for eighth with Karishma Govind (73) at 3 over 143.
Ananyaa, who is based in Dubai and trains under former Indian pro Sujjan Singh, has been making steady progress.
She has played on the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour in the past, and also posted good results in junior events in Dubai and elsewhere, while training at the Claude Harmon III centre in Dubai.
Anvitha, who was born in the US, is now based in Bangalore. She tasted success on the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour in 2024.
A prolific winner on the amateur circuit, Anvitha, just 20, won a title in only her second pro start at the Bangalore Golf Club.
Promising start
Riya Jadon, 17, had a distinguished amateur career. She turned pro at the start of the current season and has scored a podium finish since.
She won prominent titles on the Indian Golf Union circuit and has represented India at the Under-16 R&A Girls Championship in 2016 and also won the DGC Ladies title at the age of 13.
The final day promises to be a keen contest for honours between three young faces keen to make a mark at the higher level and are grouped together for the third and final round.
Khushi Khanijau (72) and Ananya Garg (73) rounded off the top 10 at 4 over 144.
Mannat Brar (69) was one of the only three players – the other two being co-leaders Anvitha and Ananyaa – to bring in an under par score and she was tied for 12th alongside Vani Kapoor (73) and Rhea Purvi (71) at 5 over 145.
The cut fell at 152 leaving 30 to play the final round.
Prominent players missing out included past Hero Order of Merit winner, Sneha Singh, Heena Kang and Ridhima Dilawari, who won three of the last six events and withdrew midway through the second round due to medical reasons.
Scores and round 3 tee times
7:30 am: Prakruthi Sastry 151, Eti Chaudhary 151, Agrima Manral 151
7:40 am: Prarthana Khanna 150, Shagun Narain 150, Kashika Misra 150
7:50 am: Snigdha Goswami 150, Shweta Mansingh 149, Alysha Dutt (A) 149
8 am: Jahanvi Bakshi 148, Seher Atwal 148, Yaalisai Verma 148
8:10 am: Rhea Jha 147, Neha Tripathi 146, Zara Anand (A) 146
8:25 am: Ceerat Kang (A) 146, Vani Kapoor 145, Rhea Purvi 145
8:35 am: Mannat Brar 145, Ananya Garg 144, Khushi Khanijau 144
8:45 am: Tvesa Malik 143, Karishma Govind 143, Anvvi Dahhiya 142
8:55 am: Vidhatri Urs 142, Amandeep Drall 142, Durga Nittur 142
9:05 am: Riya Jadon 140, Ananyaa Sood (A) 140, Anvitha Narender 140
Also read: Rookie Riya Jadon leads in Mysore leg of Hero women’s pro tour
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