Vani Kapoor and amateur Gauri Monga kept the Indian hopes high as they shot one-over 73 each to end the first round in tied 13th position in the USD 300,000 Hero Women’s Indian Open 2013 here on Thursday.
Thailand’s Thidapa Suwannapura and French golfer Valentine Derrey stole the limelight with matching rounds of 66 for joint lead at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) with 21 other golfers.
Neha Tripathi, the winner of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour order of merit list this season, is a stroke behind Vani and Gauri in tied 36th position, while Hero Moto Corp-sponsored Sharmila Nicollet, the only Indian to have a card on ladies European Tour, wasn’t in her best form and shot a three-over 75 for 47th place.