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Pro Golf Tour: Hitaashee Bakshi played a sensational front nine at the DLF Golf and Country Club as she carded 8-under 64 on the first day of the sixth Leg of the 2024 Women’s Pro Golf Tour here on Tuesday.

Hitaashee, who has had a steady season so far and leads the Order of Merit, opened sedately with two pars and then landed two eagles and four other birdies in the next seven holes for a front nine of 8-under 28. She had another birdie on the 13th and a bogey on the 17th, her only blemish of the day, to finish at 64, equalling the ladies course record.

Hitaashee, who in her five previous starts has won once and been second or tied second on three other occasions, is eight shots clear of the second-placed Vani Kapoor and last week’s winner, Amandeep Drall, who shot 72 each.