Ridhima, Jasmine and Neha among top starters at Golfshire

File photo of Hero WPGT 10th leg winner at Zion Hills, Ridhima Dilawari, who will be among the favourites for the 11th leg at Prestige Golfshire near Bangalore. Image courtesy WGAI.

By Rahul Banerji

Recent Hero WPGT winners Ridhima Dilawari and Jasmine Shekar headline the field alongside Vidhatri Urs and Neha Tripathi at Prestige Golfshire near Bangalore.

A field of 29 professionals and five amateurs will tee off on Wednesday in the 11^th leg of the tour, which carries a purse of Rs. 15 lakh, the WGAI said.

In July, Ridhima won the 10^th leg after finishing second twice earlier in the season. Jasmine won the ninth leg, edging past Neha Tripathi while Vidhatri is yet to taste success this year.

Other prominent players in the field are Seher Atwal, Kriti Chowhan, Durga Nittur, Khushi Khanijau and Anvitha Narender.

The amateurs are led by Mannat Brar, who has been performing well this season.

Rare feat

Ridhima, second on the Hero Order of Merit, has a chance to join Vani Kapoor as the only players to cross the Rs.10 lakh mark this season.

Vani is playing in the Hills Open in Sweden this week.

Ridhima is drawn with Jahaanvie Walia and Mannat in the first round, while Jasmine plays with Geetika Ahuja and amateur Riddhima Singh.

A number of Indian stars are in action on the Ladies European Tour this week including Vani, Amandeep Drall, Sneha Singh and Hitaashee Bakshi.

Of the previous 10 evens, Vani Kapoor has won four, Sneha twice and Rhea Purvi Saravanan, Amandeep, Jasmine and Ridhima have won once each.

Round 1 tee times

8 am: Snigdha Goswami, Karishma Govind

8:10 am: Gauri Karhade, Yaalisai Verma

8:20 am: Kriti Chowhan, Lavanya Gupta (A), Agrima Manral

8:30 am: Khushi, Khushi Khanijau, Neha Tripathi

8:40 am: Yashita Raghav, Saanvi Reddy (A), Vidhatri Urs

8:55 am: Anvitha Narender, Heena Kang, Seher Atwal

9:05 am: Ravjot K. Dosanjh, Marshneil Prasad, Ananya Garg

9:15 am: Rhea Jha, Riya Jadon (A), Durga Nittur

9:25 am: Shrestha Shukla, Oviya Reddi, Ananya Datar

9:40 am: Astha Madan, Anahita Singh, Anaggha Venkatesh

9:50 am: Jahaanvie Walia, Riddhima Dilawari, Mannat Brar (A)

10 am: Jasmine Shekar, Geetika Ahuja, Riddhima Singh (A)

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