Pune, February 19 Ridhima Dilawari produced a remarkable bogey-free round of 68, three under par, to win the fourth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Poona Club Golf Course here on Thursday.
This was Ridhima's second win in four starts this season, and she also finished second once. This helped her maintain her position at the top of the Hero Order of Merit.
Ridhima carded a 68 and scored a total of 208, three under par, over three days, finishing six strokes ahead of Vani Kapoor (75), who scored 214, three over par. Amateur Anuradha Chaudhuri (69) was tied second with Vani, while Tvesa Malik (76) slipped to fourth place with a score of 215.
Ridhima started steadily with four pars, while Vani had a bogey-double bogey-bogey start, and Tvesa double-bogeyed the second hole and bogeyed the third. This gave Ridhima a clear advantage and she never looked back.
Ridhima scored birdies on the fifth and ninth holes, with pars in between, and finished with a 2-under score. On the back nine, she birdied the 12th and parred the rest. Her 68 was the best score of the day, and it was her second such score this week.
Sneha Singh (77), Neha Tripathi (72), Nayanika Sanga (68) and Jahanvi Bakshi (69) were tied for fifth place.
Amateur Lavanya Gupta (73) was in ninth place, while three players, Jasmine Shekar (73), Lavanya Jadon (72) and Vidhatri Urs (72), were tied for tenth place.
Experienced Amandeep Drall (71) was tied 13th alongside Ananya Garg (71).
So far, Ridhima has earned Rs. 7,24,667, with Vani in second place at Rs. 4,66,000 and Tvesa in third place with Rs. 3,70,000.
