Golfer Avani Prashanth Tied For Lead At World Amateur Event, Team Lying Third

25.10.2023 - 15:19 sports.ndtv.com

Indian golfer Avani Prashanth continued her superb form by shooting a bogey-free 4-under 68 to take a share of the early lead in the first round of the individual section of the World Amateur Team Championship for Espirito Santo Trophy in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

Avan, who won the Queen Sirikit Cup and a pro title, while being an amateur at a LET Access Tour event in Europe, started on the 10th tee at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club and had two sets of back-to-back birdies, one on each half of the course.

Avani, who also has Top-10 finishes in two other LET professional events in Kenya Ladies Open and Hero Women's Indian Open, started with seven pars and then birdied the 17th and 18th.

She added two more birdies on fifth and sixth and finished with 68. She was tied for the top individual spot with Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio of Spain and Sara Byrne of Ireland.

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