Johannesbur, Apr 20 (PTI) Indian golfer Pranavi Urs closed the week with a round of 1-under 72 and finished tied 36th at the Joburg Ladies Open here.
The sole Indian to make the cut this week, had a roller-coaster of a round with one stretch of four holes from the second to the fifth having par-birdie-eagle-bogey.
Overall she had two birdies, an eagle and three bogeys in her 72 at the Par-73 Randpark Golf course.
The other four Indians, Diksha Dagar, Tvesa Malik, Avani Prashanth and Hitaashee Bakshi, missed the cut.
Meanwhile, it took five extra holes to separate Agathe Laisne and Kirsten Rudgeley as Laisne from France won a marathon playoff to claim her second Ladies European Tour (LET) victory of the season.
After the duo were locked on 19-under par with South Africa’s Casandra Alexander following 72 holes, it was back to the 18th hole for sudden death action at Randpark Golf Club.
On the first playoff hole, home favourite Alexander, who bogeyed the final hole in regulation for a 66 (-7), was unable to match Laisne and Rudgeley’s birdies at the par-5 18th.
The pair returned to the tee on three more occasions matching one another’s scores as darkness set in. On the third playoff hole, Rudgeley, still chasing a maiden LET win, missed a seven-foot birdie for the victory.
With one more hole of light remaining, the 18th was shortened to a 78-yard pitch as the playoff intensified once more. Laisne dialled one in to 10-feet, rolling in the birdie to pile the pressure on the Australian once more.
Rudgeley’s eight-foot effort would shave the hole giving Laisne a second victory in two months after she won the Ford Women’s NSW Open in Australia.
In solo fourth was Celine Herbin on 16-under par as England’s Cara Gainer and Slovenia’s Pia Babnik finished the week in a tie for fifth on 15-under.
Next up on the LET is the Investec SA Women’s Open in Cape town. PTI Cor AH AH
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