Indian sports wrap, November 30: Pranavi Urs tied in third place after round two in Malaga

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Pranavi Tied-third in Spain

Pranavi Urs added a solid 3-under 69 to her first round of 6-under 66 to be tied third after the second round at the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España.

The Mysuru golfer, who is playing her first full season on the Ladies European Tour, is now 9-under for 36 holes and trails leader Carlota Ciganda (67-66) who is 11-under.

Pranavi is tied third with Helen Briem of Germany who shot 66-69 to be 9-under. Lying second is Pia Babnik of Slovenia, who has had two straight 67s.

She got off to a good start with two birdies in her first three holes before dropping her only shot of the day on the eighth. She later rolled in two more birdies on the ninth and 15th holes.

“I could have holed a lot more putts than dropped, so hopefully in the next couple of days it will,” said the Indian.

“The game was pretty solid, I also didn’t give myself as many opportunities as yesterday. I had little mistakes here and there, but that’s golf. It was overall a decent day.

“I’m slowly getting used to playing in the last group. The crowd is obviously fantastic here and they’re all cheering for you. It’s been fantastic.” Defending champion Aditi Ashok carded a 71 to be Tied-23rd, while Diksha Dagar, two-time winner on the is 1-under 143 and Tied-31st. Tvesa Malik (72-75) is Tied-61st.

Ciganda, a seven-time LET winner began the day two shots off the pace and had a bogey-free second day around Real Club Guadalhorce Golf.

She began with a birdie on the second before adding another on the fourth and back-to-back birdies on holes six and seven to make the turn in four-under.

The 20-year-old Slovenia’s Pia Babnik, who has her brother on the bag, carded a bogey-free round of 67 (-5) for the second day in a row to be in outright second place after 36 holes in Spain.

The 2024 La Sella Open champion Briem had two bogeys and five birdies on her scorecard to keep her within touching distance of leader Ciganda.

Spain’s Maria Hernandez fired a bogey-free round of 66 (-6) to be in a tie for fifth place on seven-under-par alongside Belgium’s Manon De Roey.

De Roey had an eagle, three birdies and a bogey on her scorecard to seal a round of 68 (-4) on day two in Malaga.

-PTI