Noida, March 18: Khushi Khanijau got off to a great start with three birdies in the first four holes and ensured the first day’s best card in the sixth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Jaypee Wishtown Golf Course. Khushi shot 3-under 68 and led the field by one shot.

On a day when there were only three under par cards, Khushi was one shot ahead of Shweta Mansingh and promising amateur Guntas K Sandhu, who carded 2-under 69 each.

Four others including this year’s only multiple winner, Ridhima Dilawari were even par 71 for the round. The other three were Smriti Bhargav, Jasmine Shekar and another amateur Alysha Dutt.

Khushi opened birdie-birdie and added a third one on the fourth. Dropped shots on the fifth and the ninth saw her at 1-under for the front nine. On the back nine, she birdied twice on the 10th and the 12h and parred the rest of the holes.

Shweta had three birdies against two bogeys in the first seven holes and was 1-under for the front nine. On the back nine she had one birdie on the 16tth and parred the other holes.

Guntas birdied the third, 10th and the 12th and dropped her only shot on the 14th.

Vidhatri Urs and Saanvi Somu shot 72 each and were in the big group which was Tied-eighth. Some of the other leading names at Tied-eighth included Amandeep Drall, a former runner-up at the Hero Women’s Indian Open, Yaalisai Verma, amateurs Aradhana Manikandan, Anuradha Chaudhuri, and Ananya Datar.

Tvesa Malik and Nehra Tripathi were Tied-15th with 73 each.

Tee times for Round 2 of the sixth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at Jaypee Wishtown Golf Course:

1. 8:00 am: Rhea Jha 85, Chitrangada Singh 84;

2. 8:10 am: Jiah Kang 83, Anaggha Venkatesh 81, Mayara Sharma 81;

3. 8:20 am: Anisha Agarwalla 80, Hazel Chauhan 80, Jia Kochhar 80;

4. 8:30 am: Jasmandeep Kaur 79, Saaniya Sharma 79, Geetika Ahuja 78;

5. 8:40 am: Jahaanvie Walia 78, Jahanvi Bakshi 78, Saanvi Reddy 78;

6. 8:55 am: Karishma Govind 78, Prarthana Khanna 77, Shagun Narain 77;

7. 9:05 am: Yashita Raghav 77, Shambhavi Chaturvedi (A) 77, Seher Atwal 77;

8. 9:15 am: Snigdha Goswami 77, Gauri Karhade 77, Afshan Fatima 77;

9. 9:25 am: Ketaki Sood 76, Agrima Manral 76, Ravjot K Dosanjh 76;

10. 9:35 am: Anvvi Dahhiya 76, Gourabi Bhowmick 75, Anvitha Narender 75;

11. 9:50 am: Ceerat Kang (A) 75, Jahnavi Prakhya 74, Nayanika Sanga 74;

12. 10:00 am: Ananya Garg 74, Mahreen Bhatia (A) 74, Lavanya Jadon 74;

13. 10:10 am: Heena Kang 73, Tvesa Malik 73, Neha Tripathi 73;

14. 10:20 am: Esther Lobo 73, Saanvi Somu 72, Vidhatri Urs 72;

15. 10:35 am: Anuradha Chaudhuri (A) 72, Ananya Datar 72, Aradhana Manikandan (A) 72;

16. 10:45 am: Yaalisai Verma 72, Amandeep Drall 72, Alysha Dutt (A) 71;

17. 10:55 am: Jasmine Shekar 71, Ridhima Dilawari 71, Smriti Bhargav 71;

18 11:05 am Guntas K Sandhu (A) 69, Shweta Mansingh 69, Khushi Khanijau 68;