Noida, March 20 – Ridhima Dilawari rallied from a double-bogey start to card a 71, her third consecutive round, and edged ahead of Jasmine Shekar in the sixth leg of the Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Jaypee Wishtown Golf Course in Noida on Friday. Playing on the Par-71 course, Ridhima, who started the final round three shots behind Jasmine, was five shots behind after just two holes.
Ridhima then staged a remarkable recovery with two birdies and no bogeys in the remaining 16 holes, while Jasmine carded a 75, with a bogey at the end. Ridhima and Jasmine were tied at even par when they reached the 18th hole.
Ridhima parred the hole, but Jasmine bogeyed, giving Ridhima her third win in the last five events. Ridhima won the second and fourth legs, and now has secured the sixth leg, maintaining her lead in the Hero Order of Merit. For Jasmine, who won the first leg this season, this was her second consecutive second-place finish.
Of the six legs held so far, Ridhima has won three, while Jasmine and Tvesa Malik have each won once, and amateur Lavanya Gupta won the fifth leg.
While Ridhima had a smooth round after a challenging start, Jasmine had a rollercoaster of a round. She started with a bogey-birdie and then bogeyed the fifth and double-bogeyed the sixth. A birdie on the ninth meant she finished the front nine with a 38. On the back nine, she bogeyed the 13th and needed to par the 18th to force a play-off. She dropped a shot and finished second at 214.
Saanvi Somu had the second-best score of 70 and finished tied third with Amandeep Drall (71).
Neha Tripathi (73) was fourth, while Tvesa Malik (69) had the best score and finished sixth, alongside amateur Guntas Kaur Sandhu (71) and Alysha Dutt (73), who shared the amateur prize.
Another amateur, Mahreen Bhatia (73), finished ninth, as Anuradha Chaudhuri (75) and Anvitha Narender (75) rounded off the Top-10.
A total of 53 players started the week, and 34 made the cut in the event, which carried a prize purse of Rs. 17 lakh.
Ridhima leads the Order of Merit with Rs. 9,91,667, while Jasmine Shekar is second with earnings of Rs. 7,38,333. Amandeep Drall is third with Rs. 5,84,000.
