Jasmine shekhar

Royal Calcutta Golf Club: Khushi Khanijau, playing in the day’s opening group, birdied her final hole to grab sole lead after the first round of the third leg of the 2024 Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Tollygunge Club.

Playing in the first group with Riya Yadav (76), Khushi had three birdies on the eighth, 10th and a final one on the 18th. She dropped shots on the fifth and 12th for a round of 69, the only under par card of the day.

The seasoned Amandeep Drall, playing in one of the later groups, was 4-under with two holes left when she had a disastrous triple bogey on Par-4 17th and added a bogey on 18th to fall to even par 70 and the second place.