Nishtha Madan is currently ranked 52nd on the Epson Tour
Nishtha misses top-10 on Epson Tour
Nishtha Madan, the 24-year-old lady pro who moved from Gurgaon to the United States some years ago, was lying 3rd after shooting 69-69 at the US$ 200,000 Epson Tour event in New York but a final round 75 dropped her to 11th. It was best finish of the season since her fifth place finish at the IOA Championship in March.
Nishtha will take the two-week break in the tour schedule before resuming in Michigan from July 29-31.
19 year old Lucy Li , who qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur and the U.S. Women’s Open at age 10 and 11, respectively, the youngest ever, won the tournament by four-strokes after shooting rounds of 66-68-69 (10-under 203).
Drall, Kapoor make cut in Spain
Amandeep Drall on Day 2 of the tournament in Spain
Amandeep Drall and Vani Kapoor, both multiple winners on the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour, made the cut at the US$ 300,000 Estrella Damm Ladies Open, a Ladies European Tour (LET) event in Spain while the four other Indian girls missed.
Drall shot consistent rounds of 72-72-71-73 (Even-par 288) to finish tied 37th and Kapoor shot 73-72-74-72 (3-over 291) to finish 50th.
Drall has a limited number of tournament exemptions in Europe having finished in a tie for 39th at the Qualifying Tournament in Spain last December.
The other Indians in the field who missed the cut at 2-over 146 were:
Diksha Dagar – 74-74 (+4)
Neha Tripathi – 73-76 (+5)
Tvesa Malik – 77-73 (+6)
Ridhima Dilawari – 78-76 (+10)
Spaniard Carlota Ciganda, who has played the Hero Women’s Indian Open in the past, took the title by two-strokes, shooting 65-67-68-70 (18-under 270).
The 6 Indian players Amandeep Drall, Diksha Dagar, Ridhima Dilawari, Tvesa Malik, Neha Tripathi and Vani Kapoor – will travel to the Netherlands for the US$ 250,000 LET event from July 14-17 in the Netherlands, and so will not be seen in action at the Hero WPGT event in Bangalore this week.
Lahiri, Sharma miss Scottish Open cut
Anirban Lahiri and Shubhankar Sharma during the practice round at the Scottish Open
Photo – Noah Montgomery
Anirban Lahiri and Shubhankar Sharma missed the cut in the US$ 8mn Scottish Open, which represented a historic first jointly sanctioned event between the PGA Tour and European Tour, and with it their last chance to qualify for this week’s British Open at St Andrews. While Lahiri shot 72-72 (4-over 144) to miss the cut by a shot, Sharma followed his first round 69 with a 76 to miss the cut by three at 5-over 145.
This was Sharma’s fourth consecutive missed cut of the season and continues a worrying trend of poor play. He last made the cut in May at the Dutch Open, where he finished tied for 14th.
The tournament was won by the in-form American Olympic gold medal winner Xander Schauffele, who shot 72-65-66-70 (7-under 273) to win by one giving him his 3rd consecutive win after the Travelers Championship (June 23-26) and the JP McManus Pro-Am (July 4-5), an unofficial event. His victory also moved him to fifth on the World Rankings.
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Photo – LET Flickr/ Epson Tour