Packed field entered for fifth leg of Hero WPGT at DLF GCC

By Rahul Banerji

A 37-strong field will tee off in the fifth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the DLF Golf and Country Club on Tuesday.

The purse of Rs.11 lakh, the highest this season and the second time after the third leg the BPGC will be an added incentive for the golfers.

Six amateurs make up the total entry list, making it one of the largest on the Hero WPGT.

Barring Ladies European Tour regulars Tvesa Malik and Diksha Dagar, scheduled to play at the Saudi Ladies International this week, the fifth leg will have all the other regulars vying for the top prize.

Amandeep Drall, who was in the reserve list for Saudi, leads the list of contenders, which includes Pranavi Urs, winner of two of the first four legs and Hitaashee Bakshi, who won the third leg earlier this month.

Long list

Joining them is Jahanvi Bakshi, who won four times last year, and was the top professional when amateur Sneha Singh won the second leg in February.

Others vying for honours include Vani Kapoor, who is slowly but steadily finding her form, more so after playing a series of events in South Africa where she had three top 20 finishes in three starts.

Gaurika Bishnoi, runner-up in Leg 1, Ridhima Dilawari, runner-up to Hero Order of Merit Seher Atwal and Lakhmehar Pardesi are some of the others.

One of the marquee groups in the first round will see Seher, Gaurika and Ridhima, while Hitaashee has promising amateur Zara Anand and Suchitra Ramesh alongside.

Jahanvi Bakshi goes out with Neha Tripathi and Lakhmehar Pardesi.

Round 1 tee times

8:30 am: Nishna Patel (A); Jyotsana Singh

8:40 am: Rhea Jha; Geetika Ahuja

8:50 am: Jahanvi Bakshi; Neha Tripathi; Lakhmehar Pardesi

9 am: Hitaashee Bakshi; Zara Anand (A); Suchitra Ramesh

9:10 am: Shweta Mansingh; Rhea Purvi Saravanan; Saanvi Somu (A)

9:20 am: Shagun Narain; Smriti Bhargav (A); Vani Kapoor

9:35 am: Ishvari Prasanna; Smriti Mehra; Asmitha Sathish

9:45 am: Seher Atwal; Gaurika Bishnoi; Ridhima Dilawari

9:55 am: Agrima Manral; Kriti Chowhan (A); Pranavi Urs

10:05 am: Saaniya Sharma; Durga Nittur; Nayanika Sanga

10:20 am: Khushi Khanijau; Astha Madan; Oviya Reddi

10:30 am: Trimann Saluja; Anisha Agarwalla; Amandeep Drall

10:40 am: Heena Kang (A); Afshan Fatima; Riya Yadav

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