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\"SmritiBangalore<\/strong>: Smriti Mehra<\/a> turned in a birdie-birdie finish enroute to a one-under 69 that put her two shots ahead of Saaniya Sharma and three others, Sharmila Nicollet,<\/a> Neha Tripathi<\/a> and Meghna Bal<\/a>, all of whom shot 71 each Hero-WGAI Women\u2019s Pro Tour<\/a> at Clover Greens in Bangalore.<\/p>\n

Smriti would have had a much better finish but for a hat-rick of bogeys from 13th to 15th. Overall she had six birdies and five bogeys in the 69.
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Saaniya Sharma finished with a bogey, but for which she might have been sole second for the first round. She started the day with a birdie and then had three more on the back nine. She also bogeyed the third and sixth and double bogeyed the fifth.<\/p>\n

Sharmila Nicollet, like Smriti and Saaniya, started with a birdie, but failed to get another birdie. She bogeyed ninth and 15th to go one-over. Nalini Singh Siwach carded two-over 72 and was sixth.<\/p>\n

Vani Kapoor, who lost the first leg, Hero-KGA tournament, last week, struggled to a 76. She birdied the third and fifth but then had a four-over back nine as she ended the day at 76.<\/p>\n

The event carries a purse of Rs. 5 lakhs and is the second in the schedule of the Tour which has 12 events.<\/p>\n

Tee times: Round 2
9:00 AM: Trisha Sunil (A) (80)\/ Ankita Tiwana (78)
9:10 AM: Preetinder Kaur (78)\/ Mita Gowande (77)
9:20 AM: Vani Kapoor (76)\/ Pallavi Jain (76)\/ Nalini Singh (76)
9:30 AM: Ankita Kedlaya (A)(75)\/ Nikki Ponappa (75)\/ Priya Puri (75)
9:40 AM: Suchitra Ramesh (75)\/ Rani Sonti (75)\/ Shraddhanjali Singh (74)
9:50 AM: Nalini Singh Siwach (72)\/ Meghna Bal (71)\/ Neha Tripathi (71)
10:00 AM: Sharmila Nicollet (71)\/ Saaniya Sharma (71)\/ Smriti Mehra (69)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"SmritiBangalore<\/strong>: Smriti Mehra<\/a> turned in a birdie-birdie finish enroute to a one-under 69 that put her two shots ahead of Saaniya Sharma and three others, Sharmila Nicollet,<\/a> Neha Tripathi<\/a> and Meghna Bal<\/a>, all of whom shot 71 each Hero-WGAI Women\u2019s Pro Tour<\/a> at Clover Greens in Bangalore.<\/p>\n

Smriti would have had a much better finish but for a hat-rick of bogeys from 13th to 15th. 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