A late charge carried Gurgaon’s Vani Kapoor to her first title of the season at the Clover Greens in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, on Friday. Image courtesy WGAI.
By Rahul Banerji
Vani Kapoor sank five birdies over her final 10 holes to romp home in leg nine of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at Clover Greens in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, on Friday.
The experienced campaigned added a 5 under par 67 to earlier cards of 70 and 68 to finish on 11 under 205, three shots ahead of young Anvvi Dahhiya (70-69-69) looking to win her first pro event, the WGAI said.
Overnight leader Amandeep Drall (68-68-72) slipped with a bogey-double bogey lapse before the turn and added another double on the way home.
She did have an eagle but it was not enough to undo the earlier damage and the former Indian Open runner-up shared second place on 8 under 206 at the Rs 17 lakh event.
Jasmine Shekar (72-67-70) and Nayanika Sanga (73-66-70) tied for fourth while Ananya Garg (68), Jahnavi Prakhya (71) and Khushi Khanijau (70) occupied the sixth, seventh and eighth places.
Fighting back
Ridhima Dilawari, a three-time winner this season, fought back from a first round 75 with 69-70 on last two days to tie for ninth with Neha Tripathi (73) and young Lavanya Jadon (73).
Mannat Brar (67) and Durga Nittur (76) shared 12th place while Kashika Misra (75) and Eti Chaudhary (78) were T14.
It was Vani’s first win of 2026 after having won five times in 2025 when she also won the Hero order of Merit.
Trailing by two, Vani opened with four pars and then birdied fifth, but gave the shot back with her only bogey of the day on the sixth.
The turnaround came on the home stretch with birdies on nine, 11, 12, 16 and 18 to not only overturn the overnight deficit to Amandeep but also seal the win.
Jahaanvie Walia shot a hole in one on the par-3 11th as she carded 77 to finish 20th.
Former Hero WPGT Order of Merit winner Hitaashee Bakshi, hoping to rediscover some rhythm, had rounds of 72-73-73 and ended T18th.
The tenth leg will tee off at Zion Hills Golf County, Kolar, from July 14 to 17. The field will once again be of 58 players including nine amateurs.
Also read: Amandeep leads at Clover Greens with bogey-free second round
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