Neha, Ankita share lead on Day 1 of Golf Tour's ninth leg

Kolkata's Neha Tripathi and Delhi girl Ankita Tiwana displayed top form to jointly lead the field on the first day of the ninth leg of the Hero Women's Professional Golf Tour 2014, here today.
Both Ankita and Neha finished the first round with an identical score of even par 72, which was also the day's best score og Rs 5,00,000 event currently underway at the scenic Eagelton Golf Resort here.
Neha's front nine was a mixed bag. She began with a bogey on the first hole, but quickly steadied herself with a birdie on the second, only to repeat the pattern with another bogey on the fourth and a birdie on the sixth hole.

She played the back nine more cautiously, with just a bogey and a birdie apiece on the 14th and 16th holes respectively.
Ankita too had a good day at office, carding a total of three bogeys on the first, 10th and 15th holes and three birdies on the 14th, 17th and 18th holes.
None of the golfers could card an under-par score in today's game.

Delhi amateur Mehar Atwal once again proved her mettle as she is lying third after a first round score of two-over 74, with four bogeys on the eighth, ninth, 10th and 12th holes and two birdies on the 16th and 18th holes.

Pune's Shweta Galande and Kapurthala golfer Gursimar Badwal were tied at the fourth place with identical scores of three-over 75.
Shweta made several unforced errors through the round with four bogeys on the fifth, sixth, seventh and 18th holes and a double bogey on the second hole. She carded a total of three birdies on the 10th, 12, and 17th holes. Gursimar, on the other hand, carded a total of four bogeys on the fourth, seventh, 12th and 18th holes, and had just a lone birdie on the 11th hole.
Delhi's amateur golfer Millie Saroha was placed sixth with a score of four-over 76 after 18 holes.

Current Hero Order of Merit leader and Delhi golfer Vani Kapoor has been off colour recently, and her performance in the first round today was no different. She was tied seventh with local girls and amateurs Anisha Padukone and Ankita Kedlaya with identical scores of five-over 77.