By Rahul Banerji
Amandeep Drall goes into the 12th leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour in Hyderabad hoping to maintain her recent momentum that fetched a winner’s and runners’-up finish in her last two starts.
Amandeep, who had a fine season in Europe, and then won on return to India last month. She will be among the favourites for the Rs 9 lakh event at the Hyderabad Golf Club.
Besides topping the 10th leg at Chandigarh, Amandeep was runner-up in the 11th leg at Panchkula which was won by amateur Avani Prashanth who is not playing this week.
With several stars engaged overseas and promising youngsters also skipping the event, Amandeep will have Vani Kapoor, Gaurika Bishnoi, and Ridhima Dilawari, besides Jahanvi and Hitaashee Bakshi and also Pranavi Urs to contend with.
Among the amateurs who played for India at the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific was Sneha Singh, who missed the cut in Dubai last week. She will be hoping to make amends this week.
Among other past winners in this week’s field are Pranavi, Lakhmehar Pardesi, Neha Tripathi and Seher Atwal.
The field includes four amateurs.
Amandeep leads the combined Hero Order of Merit for the combined 2020-2021 season.
Round 1 tee times
8:30 am : Rhea P. Saravanan; Shagun Narain; Riya Yadav
8:40 am : Trimann Saluja; Oviya Reddi; Gaurika Bishnoi
8:50 am : Vani Kapoor; Jahanvi Bakshi; Shriya Vivek
9:05 am : Lakhmehar Pardesi; Disha Kavery; Shweta Mansingh
9:15 am : Rishika Muralidhar (A); Hitaashee Bakshi; Pranavi Urs
9:25 am : Hunar Mittal (A); Saaniya Sharma; Ridhima Dilawari
9:40 am : Smriti Bhargav (A); Jyotsana Singh; Seher Atwal
9:50 am : Rhea Jha; Sneha Singh (A); Asmitha Sathish
10:00 am : Khushi Khanijau; Amandeep Drall; Neha Tripathi
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