Amandeep makes top-40 in LET Q-School, tops Order of Merit at home

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Amandeep Drall
Amandeep Drall, who finished tied for 40th place at the LET Q-School Final Stage in La Manga, Spain on Monday. Image courtesy WGAI.

By Rahul Banerji

Amandeep Drall will look back at 2021 as a job well done. On Monday, she finished in the top-40 of the Ladies European Tour Q-School Final Stage to cap a year she also topped the money list at home.

At La Manga in Spain, Amandeep was the only Indian to have made the four-day cut. In Round 5 on Monday, she carded a 4-over par 77 on the par-73 South Course that included four bogeys against two birdies.

Her final standing with a five-day 7-over aggregate means she will have Category 15 status on the LET for the coming season

Two days earlier, Amandeep was confirmed as the domestic Hero Order of Meri topper for the season. All in all, a job well done for the 27-year-old who is based in Panchkula.

The other three, Vani Kapoor, Jahanvi Bakshi, and Gaurika Bishnoi, failed to make the cut, finishing outside the top-70 and ties who progressed into the fifth day.

Vani, who made it to Round  5 last year was T96 (80-74-81-69) this time, Jahamvi was T101 (78-78-75-74) and Gaurika T122 (76-76-80-79).

According to the LET website, on the basis of the Q-School Finals performance, the top 20 (and ties) earned Category 11 status, the next 30 in Category 15 and the rest in Category 18 (all providing different levels of access to the main Tour).

Gabriella Then of the US topped the five-day Final Q-School stage with a 12-under par 353 349 (70-73-68-71), and a 6-under 67 from her final round.

The American was four shots better than second-placed Lisa Pettersson of Sweden on 8-under with cards of 73, 71, 67, 70 and 72.

Domestic queen

Amandeep also dominated the final standings on the domestic Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour with season’s earnings of Rs 16,50,750 that included three wins.

She finished comfortably ahead of Vani Kapoor (Rs 14,74,550) with one win in her 18 starts. Jahanvi Bakshi was third on Rs 13,32,733 and four wins.

The top 10

  1. Amandeep Drall Rs 16,50,750 from 18 starts, 3 wins
  2. Vani Kapoor Rs 14,74,550 from 18 starts, 1 win
  3. Jahanvi Bakshi Rs 13,32,733 from 15 starts, 4 wins
  4. Seher Atwal Rs 11,69,900 from 16 starts, 1 win
  5. Saaniya Sharma Rs 11,60,183 from 23 starts, no wins
  6. Hitaasheee Bakshi Rs 11,09,100 from 15 starts, 1 win
  7. Ridhima Dilawari Rs 10,38,100 from 16 starts, 3 wins
  8. Khushi Khanjau Rs 10,26,000 from 20 starts, 1 win
  9. Pranavi Urs, Rs 9,68,700 from 13 starts, 2 wins
  10. Neha Tripathi Rs 9,29,900 from 24 starts, no wins

Lakhmehar Pardesi, Tvesa Malik and Gursimar Badwal were the only other winners during the extended season.

Also read: Amandeep Drall best-placed Indian at LET Q-School finals after R1

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