Ridhima Dilawari rallies at Wishtown to win season’s third title

Ridhima Dilawari with her winner’s trophy and cheque at Jaypee Wishtown in Noida on Friday. Image courtesy WGAI.

By Rahul Banerji

Ridhima Dilawari rallied from a bogey-bogey start to edge past overnight leader Jasmine Shekar for her third Hero WPGT title of the season in Noida on Friday.

Ridhima returned her third straight round of level par 71 to beat Jasmine by a shot at the Jaypee Wishtown Golf Course, the WGAI said. 

Starting the final round three shots behind Jasmine, Ridhima was five behind after just two holes before staging a superb recovery with two birdies and 14 pars while Jasmine carded a 4 over 75. 

Jasmine and Ridhima were tied at even par when they came to final hole which the latter parred but Jasmine bogeyed, giving Ridhima her third win.

For Jasmine, who won the tour’s opening leg this season, it was a second straight runner-up finish.

While Ridhima had a smooth ride after a rough start, Jasmine had a roller coaster of a round. 

Bumpy ride

She began bogey-birdie and then bogeyed the fifth and double bogeyed the sixth. A birdie on nine meant she would turn in 2 over 38. 

On the back nine, Jasmine bogeyed 13 and needed to par 18 to force a play-off but could not prevent another dropped shot to finish on 1 over 214.

Saanvi Somu had a 1 under 70 to tie for third place on 2 over 215 with Amandeep Drall (71).

Neha Tripathi (73) was sole fifth, while Tvesa Malik (69) brought home the day’s best score and was tied for sixth with amateurs Guntas Kaur Sandhu (71) and Alysha Dutt (73).

Mahreen Bhatia (73) was ninth, while Anuradha Chaudhuri (75) and Anvitha Narender (75) rounded off the Top-10.

Ridhima leads the Order of Merit with earnings of Rs. 9.91 lakh while Jasmine is second on Rs. 7.38 lakh. Amandeep Drall is third with Rs.5,84,000.

Also read: Jasmine Shekar leads at Wishtown despite brace of late bogeys