Vani Kapoor made a great recovery in the latter stages of her second round to move closer to her maiden professional title as she opened up a four-shot lead over veteran Smriti Mehra in the third leg of the Hero-WGAI Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Prestige Golfshire golf course in Bengaluru.
Vani, who had a sub-par round of 71 on the opening day, shot a 77 for a total of 148, as against Smriti’s 152. The veteran golfer had a similar 76 on first day.
Sharing the second place with Smriti was local girl and amateur Aditi Ashok, who dominated the amateur circuit with Vani last season.
Neha Tripathi (77-77) and Nalini Singh Siwach (74-80) were tied for fourth at 152 while Saaniya Sharma (76-81) was lying sixth. “It was a tough a challenge out there. I am going to play in a normal way, just the way I do every day. I am not going to come under pressure,” said Vani.