Pune, February 17 Tvesa Malik and Ridhima Dilawari carded a matching three-under 68 to share the lead after the first day of Leg-4 of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour here on Tuesday.
Tvesa had three birdies in the final four holes, while Ridhima had five birdies on her front nine at the Poona Club Golf Course.
The third player in the leading group, Vani Kapoor (69), was one stroke behind in third place, while amateur Anuradha Chaudhary (70) was the only other player to shoot an under-par round and was fourth.
Tvesa, who won a play-off last week in Pune, had one bogey and one birdie on the front nine, while Ridhima had five birdies.
Ridhima added a sixth birdie and finished at six under par, but dropped a shot on the 11th, birdied the 14th, her seventh birdie of the day, before dropping a double bogey on the 15th and finished with a bogey for a 68.
Tvesa birdied the 12th and bogeyed the 13th, and was even par with four holes remaining. She birdied the 15th, parred the 16th, and finished with two birdies to share the lead.
Amateur Lavanya Gupta carded 1-over 72 and was fifth, while five players, Sneha Singh, Durga Nittur, Jasmine Shekar, Anivtha Narender, and Vidhatri Urs were all tied sixth at 2-over 73 each.
Among other top players, Amandeep Drall (74) was T-11, and Neha Tripathi (75) was T-14.
The field this week has a record 49 players competing for a prize purse of Rs. 17 lakhs.
