Amateur golfer Avani Prashanth, who entered a special patron’s invite, was the best Indian after the opening day’s play at the Trust Singapore Ladies Masters, despite a terrible launch.

Avani, the only amateur among the three Indians in the 129-player field, entered an invite in the USD 100,000 China LPGA event on her one record on the US Kids Golf Tour, the Singapore portion of which is also hosted by the Laguna National Resort.

Avani, the world’s 78th-ranked amateur, also birdied the 11th, but at 2- over after five, she looked in a tight spot. She fought back well with some steady golf and managed to keep the damage down with no additional bogeys over the coming 13 holes and had one birdie on her last hole, the ninth.

She closed with 1- over 73 and was Tied- 35th to be the best among the three Indians.
Avani started on the 10th with three bogeys in the first five holes against just one birdie.

“ Things just didn't work out at the start, but I'm happy at the way I held up after that start, ” said Avani.