Indian amateur Avani Prashanth lies second in Germany, Dagar 10th

BRANDENBURG: Indian amateur Avani Prashanth fired a major warning shot with an albatross in a round of 7-under 65 that placed her second after the first round at the Amundi German Masters.

Playing on a sponsor’s exemption for the second year in a row, Avani had an albatross, her first in a tournament and second in her life on Thursday. Avani, whose first albatross came as an eight-year-old in a practice round in Bangalore in 2015, had six birdies, an albatross against two bogeys.

The leader was England’s Olivia Mehaffey who fired a great round of 64 to hold a one-stroke lead.

Among the other Indians, Diksha Dagar (69), who has been playing well in recent weeks, was tied for sixth. She had five birdies against two bogeys

When the round ended, Vani Kapoor (73) was T-45th, Ridhima Dilawari (75) was T-70 and Amandeep Drall (77) was Tied- 105th.

Mehaffey, the Northern Irish player, began her round on the back nine at Golf & Country Club Seddiner See and started with a birdie on the 10th before rolling in four on the trot from hole 13 through to 16.

Mehaffey dropped shots on 17 and 18 but soon bounced back with birdies on the first, fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth holes to sit at the top of the leaderboard on eight-under-par.

Mehaffey took a break from life on Tour halfway through last season after needing to work on her mental health and heal following the death of her father Philip in December 2021.

She returned to competitive golf at the beginning of the 2023 season and has been seeing improvement in her game in recent weeks as she added a new driver to the bag last week. IANS

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