Gurgaon’s Ridhima Dilawari looks to be returning to her winning ways that have already earned three Hero WPG Tour titles this season. Image courtesy WGAI.
By Rahul Banerji
Ridhima Dilawari maintained a comfortable lead with one round to go in the 12th leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at Prestige Golfshire near Bangalore on Thursday.
Already a three-time winner in 2026, Ridhima (67-71) kept her overnight three-shot advantage on the field ahead of Neha Tripathi, Heena Kang and Mannat Brar, the WGAI said.
On Thursday, the Gurgaon-based player made three birdies in her first eight holes before dropping two shots after the turn for a 36-hole aggregate of 6 under 138.
Neha (72-69) was tied for second place alongside Heena (73-68) and Mannat (70-71) at 3 under 141.
Heena Kang had six birdies in her 68, which was the day’s low round that included four gains between holes three and eight. She added two more on 11 and 13 against dropped shots on one, nine and 15.
Neha bogeyed on the seventh and the ninth holes but recovered with five birdies on the back nine including a hat trick from 11 to 13.
Bouncing back
Mannat, one of the rising stars on the domestic tour, dropped three shots early before picking up four birdies for her 71.
Zion Hills winner Vidhatri Urs had a roller-coaster ride on the day with three birdies, an eagle, three bogeys and a double in her even par 70.
Jahanvi Prakhya and amateur Keerthana Rajeev were tied for sixth and Anvvi Dahhiya was eighth.
The experienced Vani Kapoor and Amandeep Drall shared ninth place alongside Prakruthi Sastry, Saanvi Somu and Jasmine Shekar at 4 over 148.
The cut fell at 153 and 32 players qualified for the final round. The third round will see Ridhima and Neha go out with young Heena in the final group, while Jahanvi, Vidhatri and Mannat are in the second to last group.
Scores and round 3 tee times
6:30 am: Shrestha Shukla 153, Agrima Manral 153
6:40 am: Smriti Bhargav 152, Anahita Singh 152, Ayesha Gupta (A) 152
6:50 am: Sneha Singh 152, Priya Kumari (A) 152, Anaggha Venkatesh 151
7 am: Durga Nittur 151, Anvitha Narender 151, Khushi Khanijau 151
7:15 am: Anushka Gupta (A) 150, Kashika Misra 150, Shagun Narain 150
7:25 am: Shweta Mansingh 149, Seher Atwal 149, Ananya Datar 149
7:35 am: Lavanya Jadon 149, Ananya Garg 149, Amandeep Drall 148
7:45 am: Jasmine Shekar 148, Saanvi Somu 148, Vani Kapoor 148
8 am: Prakruthi Sastry 148, Anvvi Dahhiya 146, Keerthana Rajeev (A) 145
8:10 am: Jahnavi Prakhya 145, Vidhatri Urs 142, Mannat Brar 141
8:20 am: Neha Tripathi 141, Heena Kang 141, Ridhima Dilawari 138
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