Wolf grabs 4-shot lead, Tvesh tied 7th

New Delhi: Austria’s Christine Wolf carded a second successive 4-under 68 and opened up a four-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Hero Women’s Indian Open at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram on Friday.

Wolf, who had never shot a round in the 60s in her previous four visits to India, including three of them to this course, has now done it twice in last two days.

With seven birdies in a sparkling nine-hole stretch and three bogeys, she shot 68 to set herself up for her maiden LET win in a six-year long pro career. Her best at HWIO is T-11 in 2016, when she had a share of the lead after the first day.

India’s Tvesa Malik, making only her second appearance at the Hero Women’s Indian Open as a professional, carded one-under 71, but she felt it could have been way better. However, with 72-71 on the first two days, she was the best Indian competitor at T-7th.

“I’m disappointed. I feel I could have finished much better, I had a lot of good chances for birdies especially in the last 4-5 holes but I could not convert. My game has been good,” Tvesh said.