Here are the main developments from the world of sports activities on August 26 –
GOLF
Sensational Avani wins LET Access Tour occasion in Sweden
Amateur golfer Avani Prashanth grew to become the third Indian girl to triumph in Europe this 12 months as she produced a surprising back-nine to win the Ashsell Final.
Avani got here up with 4 birdies and an eagle within the final seven holes to win on the Ladies European Tour’s Access Series (LETAS) on Friday.
It is the primary by an Indian girl, although Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar have received the principle Ladies European Tour earlier this season.
The 16-year-old Avani, who shot 72-71 within the first two rounds, was tied-ninth after 36 holes.
In the ultimate spherical, she had a tough begin with bogeys on the primary and fourth holes. She repaired that injury with birdies on the fifth and eighth. She was even for the spherical after 11 holes and a top-10 end was on very a lot on the playing cards.
She then exploded with a bunch of birdies and an eagle on the again 9.
Avani gained momentum to get two consecutive birdies on holes 12 and 13 adopted by an eagle on the 14th to place herself within the lead. One extra birdie on the seventeenth was the place the highest Indian newbie clinched the title.
“It’s surreal winning this week, after my rocky start to finish five-under-par is great, and this is my first professional win on international soil,” Avani mentioned.
“The wind completely switched on us, which really made the first four holes super long and tough to play. Whilst the first four played long, a good number played shorter.” “So, after nine, I came back to par and then saw the wind was down in the back nine, and then I really took advantage from there on.” Avani received the Queen Sirikit Cup in Manila earlier this 12 months and now has her eyes set on being the youngest golfer ever to characterize India on the Asian Games in Hangzhou subsequent month.
“In terms of European competition, the Big Green Egg Open in Amsterdam on the Ladies European Tour is the next one. I’m planning on playing at Q school in December,” she mentioned.
India’s Asmitha Sathish (74-76) and Vidhatri Urs (80-74) had earlier missed the minimize.
Two Swedish amateurs, Matilda Bjorkman and Isabell Elkstrom completed tied for second on five-under-par.
Switzerland’s Elena Moosmann and one other newbie Hanna Nilsson of Sweden have been tied for fourth on four-under-par.
Swiss newbie Caroline Sturdza got here in solo sixth on three-under-par after a superb spherical of 68, while one other Swiss newbie Natalie Armbruester completed tied seventh alongside Germany’s Sarina Schmidt and England’s Emily Price.
-Press Trust of India
Bhullar rises to T-11, Lahiri, Ahlawat drop to T-15
Gaganjeet Bhullar, India’s most profitable participant on the Asian Tour, turned in a brilliant spherical of 5-under 67 which took him to T-11 on the second day of the St Andrews Bay Championship.
With rounds of of 69-67, Bhullar is 8-under on the midway stage of the sixth International Series occasion of the season on the Asian Tour.
Anirban Lahiri (66-71) suffered an early double bogey however made amends after which completed birdie-birdie on his closing two holes for a spherical of 1-under 71.
At 7-under, he has dropped to T-15 from tied first.
Another first spherical chief, Veer Ahlawat (66-71) additionally dropped to T-15 alongside Lahiri.
Spaniard David Puig, 21, who turned professional final September, put himself within the excellent place to attempt to win his first title as knowledgeable when he opened up a three-shot lead on the midway level.
Puig shot a spectacular eight-under-par 64, the bottom spherical of the week up to now, to achieve 14-under, with South African Jaco Ahlers (66-67) in second place, following a 67.
Of the 14 Indians collaborating, eight made the minimize.
Ajeetesh Sandhu (70-68) performed a bogey-free 68 and moved to T-21, whereas SSP Chawrasia (69-71) and Rahil Gangjee (70-70) have been T-39 with Viraj Madappa (67-73), who had two bogeys and one double in his final 5 holes between the 14th and the 18th.
The solely different Indian to make the minimize was Rashid Khan (70-71) at T-57.
The six Indians lacking the minimize have been S Chikkarangappa (71-71), Honey Baisoya (73-69), Karandeep Kochhar (77-70), Jyoti Randhawa (75-73), Khalin Joshi (74-74) and Kartik Sharma (76-75).
Australians Matt Jones (65) and Andrew Dodt (68), Eugenio Chacarra (66) from Spain, England’s James Wilson (66), American Micah Lauren Shin (67), Korean Seungtaek Lee (67) and Chile’s Mito Pereira (68) are in a tie for third, 4 behind Puig.
Players took benefit of the brilliant and calm situations at Fairmont St Andrews, the place the Torrance Course is getting used, to shoot low scores.
Puig as soon as once more excelled, making 9 birdies, to go along with the ten he made on day. Six of these birdies got here on the again 9, together with the final 4.
– PTI