Form player Pranavi seeks to extend victory run on WPGT at DLF

By Rahul Banerji

Pranavi Urs will look to continue her domination of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour in the 13th leg at the DLF Golf & Country Club in Gurgaon from Tuesday.

The Mysore golfer, a five-time winner and twice runner-up this season, will also get a feel of the Gary Player-designed Black Knight layout at DLF, where the Hero Women’s Indian Open will be held next month.

The course itself is in superb condition as it gets set for the region’s peak golf season and India’s only international women’s event.

Pranavi is also scheduled to play the second stage of the LPGA Qualifiers in the US after getting through the first stage.

She has been grouped with Asmitha Sathish and Rhea Jha in the first round at DLF.

Valuable exposure

With some Indian women golfers busy on the Ladies European Tour, the others will want to get some valuable practice on the testing Black Knight course.

Among those currently playing in Europe are Diksha Dagar, Tvesa Malik, Amandeep Drall and Vani Kapoor.

Apart from Pranavi, the others seeking a shot at the title will be Neha Tripathi, Ridhima Dilawari, Hitaashee Bakshi, Seher Atwal, Gaurika Bishnoi, Gauri Karhade, Lakhmehar Pardesi and Shweta Mansingh.

The field for the event which has a prize purse of Rs. 11 lakh also includes six amateurs.

Round 1 tee times

7:40 am: Ananya Datar, Rishika Muralidhar (A), Saaniya Sharma

7:50 am: Hitaashee Bakshi, Jyotsana Singh, Seher Atwal

8 am: Disha Kavery, Agrima Manral, Millie Saroha

8:10 am: Asmitha Sathish, Rhea Jha, Pranavi Urs

8:25 am: Jasmine Shekar (A), Neha Tripathi, Khushi Khanijau

8:35 am: Gauri Karhade, Vidhatri Urs (A), Snigdha Goswami (A)

8:45 am: Oviya Reddi, Gaurika Bishnoi, Anisha Agarwalla

8:55 am: Nayanika Sanga, Ridhima Dilawari, Khushi

9:10 am: Sneha Singh, Riya Yadav, Ragini Navet (A)

9:20 am: Rhea Purvi S., Shweta Mansingh, Ishvari Prasanna

9:30 am: Jia Kataria (A), Shagun Narain, Lakhmehar Pardesi

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