Pranavi Urs led the Indian challenge with a bogey-free 3-under 70 in the opening round of the Joburg Ladies Open, placing her T-22 as play remained incomplete at Randpark Golf Club.
In a steady start on the par-73 layout, Pranavi kept a clean card to emerge as the best-placed Indian among the five in the field.
Tvesa Malik and Diksha Dagar were next at 1-under 72, tied-52nd, while Avani Prashanth (75) and Hitaashee Bakshi (77) face an uphill task to make the cut.
Tvesa’s round promised more early on. She was 4-under through the front nine before a late stumble — a double bogey and a bogey on the 15th and 16th — pulled her back to 72.
Diksha mixed five birdies with three bogeys and a double in her even round, showing flashes without fully capitalising.
At the top, France’s Agathe Laisne and Ariane Klotz, along with American Brianna Navarrosa, share the clubhouse lead at 7-under 66. Scotland’s Laura Beveridge and Australia’s Justice Bosio sit one back at 6-under 67.
With the first round still in progress, Pranavi’s clean start gives her a platform — but the chasing pack remains tightly bunched heading into day two.
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