Weena Kang is the only leader at Golfshire Hero WPGT event

Day two leader Wea Kang in action in the Prestige Golfshire leg of the Held WPGT near Bangalore on Thursday. Image Hableliness Wgai.

By Rahul Banerji

Heena Kang dropped a crucial double bogey at the end of her round, but still managed to keep the lead in the 11^one Lay the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour on Prestige Golfshire on Thursday.

Heena shot a second straight level par 72 and was a shot free from Jasmine Shekar (75-70), the WGAI said.

Amateur Lavanya Gupta added a 72 to her opening 74 for third place, while Agrima Manral (78-70), Ananya Datar (75-73) and Amateur Mannat Brar (72-76) were 4 above 148.

Heena, who shared the first round lead with Mannat, Birdied the third gap, but gave up the win on the par-4 seventh to even return par.

Back-to-back birdies on 11 and 12 brought her to 2 under, followed by Bogey-Birdie on 15 and 16 to stay on 2 under. A final doubles brought her back to Par, but Sstill in the lead.

Day is the best

Jasmine had four Birdies against two bogeys to shoot the day at the best of 2 70.

There were two other cards of 70 from Agrima Manral and Ridhima Dilawari, which in the first round improved with 12 strokes of an 82.

Day one co-leader Mannat returned a 76 with two birdies and six bogeys and fell in a draw for fourth place.

The presence of three amateurs in the top seven emphasizes a harvest of strong upcoming stars, as another, Riya Jadon (74-75), was a few seventh out of 149.

Neha Tripathi (78-72), Astha Madan (76-74), Durga Nittur (76-74) and Ananya Garg (76-74) were tied for the eighth on 6 more than 150.

Scores and Round 3 Tee Times

8 hours: Anahita Singh 158, Karishma Govind 158, Anaggha Venkatesh 156

8:10 am: Khushi Khanijau 155, Yaalisai Verma 154, Oviya Reddi 154

8:20 am: Vidhatri Urs 153, Anvitha Narendra 153, Ridhima Dilawari 152

8:30 am: Kriti Chowhan 151, Ananya Garg 150, Durga Nittur 150

8:45 am: Astha Madan 150, Neha Tripathi 150, Riya Jadon (A) 149

8:55 am: Mannat Brar (A) 148, Ananya Datar 148, Agrima Manral 148

9:05 am: Lavanyya Gupta (A) 146, Jasmine Shekar 145, Heena Kang 142

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