October 03-06
DLF Golf & Country Club,Gurgaon, India
$500,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4
Australian Whitney Hillier carded a one-under round of 71 to claim a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Hero Womenโs Indian Open.
Hillier made global headlines last week with her hole-in-one during the second round of the Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open, where she went on to finish seventh. Her fine form has continued at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram, where she holds a 36-hole total of six-under-par 138 ahead of Norwegian Marianne Skarpnord.
Hillier began the round tied for the lead with Meghan MacLaren, but the Englishwoman carded a 73 to slip back into joint third alongside Swede Linda Wessberg.
Englandโs Charlotte Thompson fired the low round of the day with a 67 and joined Lydia Hall and Christine Wolf on three-under.
.@WhitneyHillier is happy to be taking the lead on -6 into the weekend @WomenIndianOpen
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"I stayed very steady. I was a little bit up & down in the middle of the round but I got it back really well & I am proud of that."#HWIO19 pic.twitter.com/SOsK2Xq7hM
Amandeep Drall is leading the home challenge and she joined Englandโs Liz Young and new Zealandโs Hanee Song a shot further back in a share of eighth place.
Starting with a later tee time of 11.25am on Friday, Hillier made her first birdie at the sixth hole, but dropped a shot at the seventh and made the turn in level par. She double bogeyed the 10th but then rallied with back-to-back birdies on the 12th and 13th holes. Although she made another bogey on the 14th, she made a brilliant pair of birdies on the closing two holes, rolling in putts from five and two feet on the challenging 17th and 18th respectively.
โIt was a little bit up and down in the middle there but I got it back really well, so Iโm quite proud of that,โ said the 28-year-old from Perth, who loves playing in the heat in India.
โI was two-over after 10 and then I got it back to finish one-under for the day. I hit it close on 17 and 18, where I used the slope quite well.
โItโs funny, Iโm from Joondalup Golf Club, which is actually quite similar, shots wise. I just realised that this course has the โLakeโ and โQuarryโ nines, which is exactly the same as at Joondalup. Iโm not kidding, itโs so surreal.โ
Over 40 girls from across India gathered for the third annual Achievers Camp, a joint initiative between the LET & the WGAI which takes place @WomenIndianOpen today & across the weekend.
โ Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) October 4, 2019
The @SolheimCupEuro winning captain @Beany25 gave a clinic with more activities to come ⛳️ pic.twitter.com/mvoHp11cz9
Meanwhile Skarpnord, who teed off at 7.05am, described her round as a mixed bag. The 29-year-old from Sarpsborg said: โI had an early tee time today and I was pretty sure I was awake, but obviously I was not. I had a little seven there on the 11th hole, which was not a great start to the round, but I did my best to just forget about it. I said to myself, โJust forget about what just happened because if youโre going to think about that for the next 16 holes you might as well go homeโ. I felt that I did that well, and, at times I played great golf today. At other times, it was not that good, but overall, after that start, Iโm happy with one-under today.โ
MacLaren, who also played in the afternoon, said: โIt was a bit of a grind out there. I think I clung on pretty well and Iโm still up there. It was probably a bit tougher as there was more breeze out there and playing in the afternoon itโs a bit stickier, but it was still fairly similar to yesterday.โ
The shot of the day belonged to Kelsey MacDonald, who used her 7-iron to make a hole-in-one at the par-3 16th.
Following round two, 68 players made the cut at +7 and the third round commences on Saturday at 6.45am local time.
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
1 |
Whitney Hillier (AUS) | -6 |
67 |
71 |
138 |
2 |
Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) | -5 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
3 |
Linda Wessberg (SWE) | -4 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
3 |
Meghan MacLaren (ENG) | -4 |
67 |
73 |
140 |
5 |
Lydia Hall (WAL) | -3 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
5 |
Christine Wolf (AUT) | -3 |
73 |
68 |
141 |
5 |
Charlotte Thompson (ENG) | -3 |
74 |
67 |
141 |
8 |
Liz Young (ENG) | -2 |
68 |
74 |
142 |
8 |
Amandeep Drall (IND) | -2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
8 |
Hanee Song (NZL) | -2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
11 |
Tonje Daffinrud (NOR) | -1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
11 |
Catriona Matthew (SCO) | -1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
11 |
Noora Komulainen (FIN) | -1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
11 |
Emma Nilsson (SWE) | -1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
15 |
Tvesa Malik (IND) | Par |
72 |
72 |
144 |
15 |
Vani Kapoor (IND) | Par |
74 |
70 |
144 |
15 |
Eleanor Givens (ENG) | Par |
74 |
70 |
144 |
15 |
Nanthikarn Raksachat (THA) | Par |
74 |
70 |
144 |
15 |
Trichat Cheenglab (THA) | Par |
73 |
71 |
144 |
15 |
Laura Fuenfstueck (GER) | Par |
72 |
72 |
144 |
15 |
Stacy Lee Bregman (RSA) | Par |
71 |
73 |
144 |
22 |
Maria Palacios (PER) | 1 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
22 |
Manon De Roey (BEL) | 1 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
22 |
Chieh Peng (TPE) | 1 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
22 |
Camille Chevalier (FRA) | 1 |
75 |
70 |
145 |
22 |
Diksha Dagar (IND) | 1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
27 |
Cloe Frankish (ENG) | 2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
27 |
Luiza Altmann (BRA) | 2 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
27 |
Sanna Nuutinen (FIN) | 2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
27 |
Chatprapa Siriprakob (THA) | 2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
31 |
Becky Kay (AUS) | 3 |
70 |
77 |
147 |
31 |
Beth Allen (USA) | 3 |
76 |
71 |
147 |
31 |
Filippa Moork (SWE) | 3 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
31 |
Gaurika Bishnoi (IND) | 3 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
31 |
Elia Folch (ESP) | 3 |
71 |
76 |
147 |
36 |
Anika Varma (IND) (a) | 4 |
76 |
72 |
148 |
36 |
Astha Madan (IND) | 4 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
36 |
Kelsey Macdonald (SCO) | 4 |
76 |
72 |
148 |
36 |
Silvia Banon (ESP) | 4 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
36 |
Punpaka Phuntumabamrung (THA) | 4 |
71 |
77 |
148 |
36 |
Carmen Alonso (ESP) | 4 |
72 |
76 |
148 |
42 |
Dulcie Sverdloff (ENG) | 5 |
76 |
73 |
149 |
42 |
Ursula Wikstrom (FIN) | 5 |
72 |
77 |
149 |
42 |
Johanna Gustavsson (SWE) | 5 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
42 |
Sian Evans (ENG) | 5 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
42 |
Jackie Chulya (THA) | 5 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
42 |
Lina Boqvist (SWE) | 5 |
70 |
79 |
149 |
42 |
Michele Thomson (SCO) | 5 |
71 |
78 |
149 |
49 |
Jahanvi Bakshi (IND) (a) | 6 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
49 |
Felicity Johnson (ENG) | 6 |
72 |
78 |
150 |
49 |
Manon Gidali (FRA) | 6 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
49 |
Astrid Vayson De Pradenne (FRA) | 6 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
49 |
Pranavi Urs (IND) (a) | 6 |
71 |
79 |
150 |
49 |
Jessica Karlsson (SWE) | 6 |
77 |
73 |
150 |
49 |
Isabella Leung (HKG) | 6 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
56 |
Seher Atwal (IND) (a) | 7 |
74 |
77 |
151 |
56 |
Kiran Matharu (ENG) | 7 |
78 |
73 |
151 |
56 |
Karolin Lampert (GER) | 7 |
77 |
74 |
151 |
56 |
Kylie Henry (SCO) | 7 |
74 |
77 |
151 |
56 |
Florentyna Parker (ENG) | 7 |
77 |
74 |
151 |
56 |
Elina Nummenpaa (FIN) | 7 |
75 |
76 |
151 |
56 |
Maha Haddioui (MAR) | 7 |
76 |
75 |
151 |
56 |
Yupaporn Kawinpakorn (THA) | 7 |
74 |
77 |
151 |
56 |
Charlotte Leathem (ENG) | 7 |
78 |
73 |
151 |
56 |
Lejan Lewthwaite (RSA) | 7 |
77 |
74 |
151 |
56 |
Dussavi Soopimjit (THA) | 7 |
73 |
78 |
151 |
56 |
Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ) | 7 |
72 |
79 |
151 |
56 |
Marita Engzelius (NOR) | 7 |
77 |
74 |
151 |
CUT |
|||||
69 |
Julia Engstrom (SWE) | 8 |
74 |
78 |
152 |
69 |
Gabriella Cowley (ENG) | 8 |
77 |
75 |
152 |
69 |
Maria Hernandez (ESP) | 8 |
75 |
77 |
152 |
69 |
Hitaashee Bakshi (IND) (a) | 8 |
79 |
73 |
152 |
73 |
Chloe Leurquin (BEL) | 9 |
78 |
75 |
153 |
73 |
Emilie Alonso (FRA) | 9 |
77 |
76 |
153 |
73 |
Neha Tripathi (IND) | 9 |
73 |
80 |
153 |
73 |
Isabelle Boineau (FRA) | 9 |
78 |
75 |
153 |
73 |
Sarah Nilsson (SWE) | 9 |
75 |
78 |
153 |
73 |
Sarah Schober (AUT) | 9 |
76 |
77 |
153 |
79 |
Paige Lee (USA) | 10 |
82 |
72 |
154 |
79 |
Kyle Roig (USA) | 10 |
76 |
78 |
154 |
79 |
Paige Stubbs (AUS) | 10 |
71 |
83 |
154 |
79 |
Georgia Iziemgbe Oboh (NGR) | 10 |
74 |
80 |
154 |
79 |
Lauren Taylor (ENG) | 10 |
78 |
76 |
154 |
79 |
Krista Bakker (FIN) | 10 |
81 |
73 |
154 |
79 |
Stefania Avanzo (ITA) | 10 |
73 |
81 |
154 |
79 |
Valdis Thora Jonsdottir (ISL) | 10 |
80 |
74 |
154 |
87 |
Gursimar Badwal (IND) | 11 |
75 |
80 |
155 |
87 |
Amy Walsh (AUS) | 11 |
75 |
80 |
155 |
87 |
Noemi Jimenez Martin (ESP) | 11 |
76 |
79 |
155 |
87 |
Victoria Lovelady (BRA) | 11 |
77 |
78 |
155 |
87 |
Melanie Maetzler (SUI) | 11 |
78 |
77 |
155 |
92 |
Ridhima Dilawari (IND) | 12 |
83 |
73 |
156 |
92 |
Valentine Derrey (FRA) | 12 |
72 |
84 |
156 |
92 |
Gemma Clews (ENG) | 12 |
77 |
79 |
156 |
92 |
Siddhi Kapoor (IND) | 12 |
81 |
75 |
156 |
92 |
Sneha Singh (IND) (a) | 12 |
77 |
79 |
156 |
92 |
Manon Molle (FRA) | 12 |
80 |
76 |
156 |
98 |
Carly Booth (SCO) | 13 |
81 |
76 |
157 |
98 |
Becky Morgan (WAL) | 13 |
77 |
80 |
157 |
100 |
Chakansim Kamborn (THA) | 14 |
83 |
75 |
158 |
100 |
Agathe Sauzon (FRA) | 14 |
78 |
80 |
158 |
100 |
Justine Dreher (FRA) | 14 |
79 |
79 |
158 |
100 |
Sideri Vanova (CZE) | 14 |
79 |
79 |
158 |
104 |
Inci Mehmet (ENG) | 15 |
74 |
85 |
159 |
104 |
Gauri Karhade (IND) | 15 |
79 |
80 |
159 |
104 |
Breanna Gill (AUS) | 15 |
76 |
83 |
159 |
104 |
Amelia Lewis (USA) | 15 |
78 |
81 |
159 |
104 |
Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) | 15 |
78 |
81 |
159 |
109 |
Ananya Datar (IND) | 16 |
77 |
83 |
160 |
110 |
Khushi Khanijau (IND) | 17 |
80 |
81 |
161 |
111 |
Jyotsana Singh (IND) | 18 |
73 |
89 |
162 |
112 |
Frida Gustafsson Spang (SWE) | 19 |
86 |
77 |
163 |
112 |
Emie Peronnin (FRA) | 19 |
86 |
77 |
163 |
114 |
Smriti Mehra (IND) | 20 |
79 |
85 |
164 |
114 |
Victoria Fricot (AUS) | 20 |
80 |
84 |
164 |
116 |
Leticia Ras-anderica (GER) | - |
80 |
RTD |
RTD |
116 |
Kanyalak Preedasuttijit (THA) | - |
79 |
RTD |
RTD |
116 |
Afshan Fatima (IND) | - |
91 |
RTD |
RTD |
116 |
Nadine Dreher (AUT) | - |
RTD |
RTD |
RTD |
116 |
Ana Menendez (MEX) | - |
90 |
RTD |
RTD |