February 3rd 2011, Kolkata, India: Playing in the best possible weather conditions at the Tollygunge golf course, 18 year old rookie professional, Tanya Wadhwa became a joint leader with veteran professional Simi Mehra after the second round of the 9th leg of the Hero Honda Women’s professional golf Tour. Turning in a score of 71, one over par, Tanya
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Overnight leader Simi played an indifferent round to finish at 74. Simi’s lone birdie on the 6th hole was not good enough for her to be the sole leader after 36 holes.
Tour leader Sharmila Nicollet improved her position with a score of 72. Sharmila’s commendable performance has placed her at tied fourth position with Nalini Singh ( Siwach) who carded another 74 for a two day total 148.
Local lady Neha Tripathi who was in the joint second position after round one, failed to strike form after having carded an 80. After making a triple bogey on the 7th Hole , Neha fell back to 7th position with her indifferent score today. Five players had to retire as the missed they cut.
Going into the final round tomorrow, the stage is all set for an exciting high pressure finish.
The top three women professional players Simi Mehra, Tanya Wadhwa and Sharmila Nicollet were drawn together and will tee off at 0930am.
SCORES:-
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TOTAL
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Player
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Rd2
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Rd1
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R1+R2
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Tanya Wadhwa
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71
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73
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144
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Smriti Mehra
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74
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70
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144
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Sharmila Nicollet
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72
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76
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148
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Nalini Singh (Siwach)
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74
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74
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148
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Saaniya Sharma
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76
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76
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152
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Vandana Agarwal
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77
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75
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152
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Neha Tripathi
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80
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73
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153
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Pallavi Jain
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74
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81
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155
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Nitika Jadeja
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78
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77
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155
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Nikki Ponappa
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79
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81
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160
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Mita Gowande
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85
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82
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167
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Priya Puri
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83
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85
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168
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Nalini Singh
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0
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77
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77
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Cut______________Rule {+16}______After
Day2
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Megha Mehdiratta (A)
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89
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80
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169
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Preetinder Kaur
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88
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79
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167
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Cut______________Rule {+16}______After
Day1
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Seema Sobti
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0
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88
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88
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Rukmini Mehta
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0
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92
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92
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