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Pranavi greatest Indian at Twenty fourth as newbie Shannon wins Singapore Ladies golf

Pranavi Urs was the highest Indian at T-24 at the same time as native newbie Shannon Tan gained the inaugural USD 100,000 Trust Singapore Ladies Masters professional occasion on Saturday.

Pranavi shot 71 within the closing spherical and was 2-over 218 for 3 days.

The different Indian who made the reduce, newbie Avani Prashanth (73) was T-41. Seher Atwal missed the reduce on the occasion, which is a part of the China LPGA Tour.

Shannon, taking part in within the third final group, closed with a birdie on her closing gap for a 66 to guide at 10-under.

She shot 6-under 66 with 4 birdies on the again, together with three in a row from eleventh to the thirteenth, after which had a closing 15-foot birdie for victory on the 18th. She shot 68-72-66.

Playing one group behind Shannon, Chinese rookie Ji Yuai (67) led after 16 holes however faltered with a bogey on the seventeenth. She did not birdie the final to drive a play-off and ended second at 9-under and one brief.

Thai Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong (68-72-70) was third at 6-under 210.

Pranavi, who had a tough first spherical 75, completed with a 72-71. Her closing spherical included 5 birdies and 4 bogeys, three of which got here in the course of the spherical between the sixth and the ninth.

Pranavi, who now performs on the Epson and Ladies European Tours, completed Tied-Twenty fourth at 2-over 218.

“This week I wasn’t the best in terms of how I was feeling physically, but I’m glad my coach was on the bag this week and we could work on the game a little bit,” Pranavi stated.

“Overall, my game feels pretty good as I have been playing well over the last few weeks, getting my form back after not the best starts on the Epson Tour.” Indian newbie Avani Prashanth, a particular invitee to the professional occasion, carded 73 after first two rounds of 73-76 to complete at 6-over 222 and was Tied-Forty first.

The 19-year-old Shannon, a first-year pupil at Texas Tech University, had earlier this season performed with Rose Zhang, who gained her first professional occasion on the LPGA Tour after being World No. 1 newbie for a very long time.

-PTI