Hilversum: Vani Kapoor was the best Indian of the three golfers going into the 2024 Dutch Ladies Open. She shot 2-under 70 to tie for 20th, while the other two Indians Tvesa Malik (73) and Ridhima Dilawari (73) were both tied for 64th. Vani’s round included three birdies and a single bogey on the par-3 10th, while Tvesa Malik had two bogeys against one birdie on the fourth for a 1-over 763, and Ridhima Dilawari (73) had two birdies and three bogeys to also be T-64.

Vani started with a bogey on the tenth, but after that she had three birdies and no bogeys.

Kim Metraux, 29, shot an opening round of 65 (-7) to take the lead. The Swiss golfer made back-to-back birdies on holes two and three before adding another on the seventh.

Metraux then went on a birdie blitz on the back nine with birdies on holes 10, 12, 13, 14 and 16 in the Netherlands. She dropped her only shot of the day on the 17th but still sealed a seven-under-par round.

Three players share second place: Nobuhle Dlamini of Eswatini, who made no bogeys, Gemma Clews of England and Laura Funfstuck of Germany, who all shot six under par.

Six players completed the top 10 with France’s Camille Chevalier, New Zealand’s Momoka Kobori, Norway’s Marianne Skarpnord, Finland’s Sanna Nuutinen, England’s Liz Young and Netherlands’ Nikki Hofstede, all tied for fifth place at four under par. IANS

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