Amandeep, Seher in spotlight at RCGC leg of Hero WPGT

By Rahul Banerji

Hero Women’s Indian Open 2022 joint runner-up Amandeep Drall will be the star draw at the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour third leg that tees off in Kolkata on Tuesday.

Amandeep, who took tied third place in the second leg of the Hero WPGT, will thereafter be off to South Africa for two events in March, the Joburg Ladies Open and the Investec South African Women’s Open.

With the success at the Hero Women’s Indian Open behind her last year, Amandeep is looking for shot at a maiden win on the Ladies European Tour.

At the historic Royal Calcutta Golf Club, Amandeep will start as one of the favourites and will face first leg winner Seher Atwal besides other challengers in the field.

Both Amandeep and Seher played the opening event on the LET Tour, the Magical Kenya Ladies Open won by compatriot Aditi Ashok.

Missing out

Amandeep made the cut and finished tied 52^nd, while Seher in her first LET outing outside India missed out.

While Amandeep is assured more than a few starts on the LET this year, Seher has limited opportunities and will in the meantime, look to sharpen her game on the growing domestic circuit.

Other players hoping to make an impact will be Sneha Singh, Neha Tripathi and Astha Madan.

Despite having won on the tour as an amateur, Sneha is yet to win after turning professional. Neha has not won in some time and Astha Madan will be hoping to get back to form and have another go at an LET stint.

Second leg winner Pranavi Urs and Ridhima Dilawari are playing on the Sunshine Tour in South Africa.

An interesting addition to the field is Kriti Chowhan, who after representing India as an amateur, has now turned professional.

Six amateurs are part of the 32-strong field.

Round 1 tee times

9 am: Yaalisai Verma (A); Rhea Jha

9:10 am: Siddhi Kapoor; Amandeep Drall; Anisha Agarwalla

9:20 am: Ishvari Prasanna; Ananya Datar; Jasmine Shekar

9:30 am: Riya Yadav; Shagun Narain; Nayanika Sanga

9:45 am: Smriti Bhargav (A); Kriti Chowhan; Agrima Manral

9:55 am: Khushi Khanijau; Geetika Ahuja; Neha Tripathi

10:05 am: Astha Madan; Sinjini Mukherjee (A); Saaniya Sharma

10:15 am: Rishika Muralidhar (A); Suchitra Ramesh; Lakhmehar Pardesi

10:30 am: Saanvi Somu (A); Jyotsana Singh; Shweta Mansingh

10:40 am: Mehar Atwal; Trimann Saluja; Janneya Dasanniee (A)

10:50 am: Sachika Singh; Seher Atwal; Sneha Singh

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