File photo of 2024 Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour Order of Merit winner Hitaashee Bakshi, who makes her first appearance of the 2025 season at Poona Club on Wednesday. Image courtesy WGAI.
By Rahul BanerjiÂ
Recent Order of Merit topperHitaashee Bakshi makes her first appearance of the new season in leg three of the Hero WPG Tour at Poona Club Golf Course on Wednesday.
Winners of the first two events in 2025, Rhea Purvi Sarvanan and Sneha Singh, are also in the field, which has 38 players including India’s star amateur, Mannat Brar, the WGAI said.
As the season picks up pace, established players like Hitaashee, Vani Kapoor and Amandeep Drall are teeing up to prepare for upcoming international events.
In the past few years, the HPWGT schedule has allowed Indian players to tune up at a few home events ahead of the internationals.
A multiple winner last year, Vidhatri Urs and Ananya Garg, who plan to play events on the Sunshine Ladies Tour in South Africa, are also in the field.
Overseas plans
They are likely to play the Jabra Ladies Classic and SuperSport Ladies Challenge, which was won by India’s Tvesa Malik last year.
In addition, Rhea Purvi and Karishma Govind also have plans for events like the Platinum Ladies and ABSA Ladies invitational in South Africa.
Past winners like Jasmine Shekar, Seher Atwal and Neha Tripathi add to the strength of the Pune field.
Apart from Mannat, the other amateurs are Saanvi Somu, runner-up in the opening leg last month, Keerthana Rajiv, Ketaki Sood, and Mayara Sharma.
The current Hero Order of Merit leaders are Sneha Singh and Rhea Purvi Saravanan.
Round 1 tee times
8 am: Yashita Raghav, Jasmine Shekar
8:10 am: Amandeep Drall, Ananya Garg, Karishma Govind
8:20 am: Ketaki Sood (A), Keerthana Rajeev (A), Khushi Khanijau
8:30 am: Geetika Ahuja, Seher Atwal, Kriti Chowhan
8:40 am: Rhea Purvi Saravanan, Anahita Singh, Anisha Agarwalla
8:55 am: Lavanya Jadon, Disha Kavery, Neha Tripathi
9:05 am: Rhea Jha, Saanvi Somu (A), Yaalisai Verma
9:15 am: Ravjot K, Dosanjh, Shweta Mansingh, Vrinda Yadav
9:25 am: Shagun Narain, Sneha Singh, Chitrangada Singh
9:40 am: Hitaashee Bakshi, Oviya Reddi, Snigdha Goswami
9:50 am: Anaggha Venkatesh, Vidhatri Urs, Vani Kapoor
10 am: Mayara Sharma (A), Agrima Manral, Gauri Karhade
10:10 am: Ananya Datar, Mannat Brar (A), Durga Nittur
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