India’s Pranavi finishes Tied-7th in Aramco Series Korea  

Pranvai Urs of India during the final round. of Ladies European Tour 2023. Tipsport Czech Ladies Open, Royal Beroun Golf Club, Beroun Czechia . 23-25 June.Credit: Tristan Jones/ LET

Khel Today Bureau 

Seoul: Pranavi Urs, who began the week with a 69 that placed her T-2 finished the week with another 69 that saw her end up Tied-seventh at the Aramco Team Series Korea. This was the second Top-10 in six starts this season for Pranavi.

Korea’s Hyo-Joo Kim, the home favourite, won by three shots. Leading by two shots into the final round, the Major winner held off Charley Hull’s surge carding a round of 68 (-4) to end the week on 10-under par.

The former Order of Merit winner on the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour, Pranavi had three birdies between the 14^th and the 17^th. Her rounds 69-77-69 for a 1-under 215 and was Tied-seventh.

Olympic-bound Diksha Dagar (79-72-71) was 6-over and T-37 while Vani Kapoor (77-74-77) was 12-over and T-60.

Pranavi had a sedate front nine with a birdie on the sixth and a bogey on the ninth. She birdied three times on 14^th, 16^th and the 17^th with no bogeys for a 69.

This was Kim’s second victory on the LET after she won the co-sanctioned Evian Championship – her only Major win to date – in 2014.

In second place on seven-under par finished Hull (68) to record yet another runner-up finish on the LET.

Uribe and South Africa’s Casandra Alexander ended the week in third place on five-under par. The latter posted the round of the day to continue her excellent run in the Aramco Team Series.