Sneha Singh and Neha Tripathi continued to be locked in their battle for the Order of Merit honours, as rains continued to play spoilsport in the 16th and final leg of the Women's Pro Golf Tour at the TNGF Cosmo Club
Tvesa Malik took the first step towards getting back her status on the Ladies European Tour, as she took the top honours at the Pre-Qualifier - Asia with a final round of 2-under 70 and a total of 7-under 209 for 54 holes
Avani Prashanth turned in a brilliant bogey-free card of 5-under 67 to rise to the top of the leaderboard at the end of the second day of the Ladies European Tour Pre-Qualifier - Asia
Diksha Dagar, who called her round a roller-coaster, was lying fourth but was five shots behind Germany's Aline Krauter (68), who after a fine 3-under front nine was unable to maintain that momentum.
Diksha Dagar is well placed to make her way into the history books as she gets ready to tee up at the US$ 400,000 event. Diksha, who turns 23 in less than two months, has already won this season and lies fourth on the Race to Costa Del Sol, the Order of Merit for the Ladies European Tour.
The field this week also includes Pranavi Urs, who is prepping herself for the Asian Games, and Tvesa Malik, who showed she is playing herself back into form
Neha Tripathi became the third player to win a second time this year. The other two are Sneha Singh and Gaurika Bishnoi. Neha also moved to the second spot on the Hero Order of Merit, as Sneha Singh despite a T-22 finish stayed on top. Seher Atwal, who was 12th this week, is lying third.
As Neha Tripathi moved to nine-under 135 with rounds of 68 and 67, she was being chased by Riya Yadav, who after a good first round added an even better 5-under 67 for a total of 7-under 137.
The 22-year-old left-hander, Diksha had rounds of 71-70-70 in a steady display, but not quite to maintain her run of Top-10 finishes. Diksha who had a late bogey finished 5-under 211 and was Tied-21st. She had two birdies and one bogey on either side of the Hilversumsche Golf Club.
Sneha, one of the two players who has won more than once in the past 11 events, will face a challenge from Gaurika Bishnoi, two-time winner this season, Tvesa Malik, Ridhima Dilawari and Seher Atwal among others.
Diksha Dagar, who has one win and five Top-10s this season is third on the LET Order of Merit, is also aiming to become the first Indian woman to win the Merit list in Europe.
On a more windy day and with tougher pin positions in place there were fewer under-par scores (34) in round two as compared to round one (45). The 22-year-old Sunhit Bishnoi’s 68 helped him rise from being the overnight joint leader to sole leader at a total of 10-under 134.