Vani, Ridhima headline field at the Oxford leg of Hero WPGT

The experienced Vani Kapoor is in the 44-strong field for leg three of the Hero WPGT at Oxford Golf Resort in Pune that tees off on Tuesday. Image courtesy WGAI.

By Rahul Banerji

Vani Kapoor, Ridhima Dilawari and Tvesa Malik will be among the top names in leg three of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at Oxford Golf Resort in Pune.

Vani won five times in 2025 to top the Hero Order of Merit,  and Ridhima has made a good start to her 2026 season, the WGAI said. 

Runner-up to Jasmine Shekar in the opening leg at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club, Ridhima won the second at Kalhaar Blues & Greens in Ahmedabad.

The Oxford course is regarded as one of the best in India and will provide a good challenge to the 44 players who will battle it out for a handsome purse of Rs.17 lakh. 

The field includes five amateurs.

The Hero Order of Merit is led by Ridhima with earnings of Rs. 4 lakh and she is followed by Jasmine.

Gearing up

Five names are skipping Pune for the LET season-opener in Riyadh, where the highly lucrative $5 million PIF Ladies International signals the start of the 2026 calendar. 

They are Diksha Dagar, Avani Prashanth, Pranavi Urs, Hitaashee Bakshi and Aditi Ashok, who divides her time between the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA.

The field for in Pune also includes Tvesa Malik, who is using the domestic Tour to find rhythm for her LET opportunities.  

Neha Tripathi, Sneha Singh, Jasmine Shekar and Shweta Mansingh, all of whom are capable of notching up an early win in the season, are also in the fray.

Round one tee times: From Tee 1

7:50 am: Priya Kumari (A), Ridhima Dilawari, Alysha Dutt (A)

8 am: Lavanya Gupta (A), Eti Chaudhary, Anahita Singh

8:10 am: Irene Nakalembe, Esther Lobo, Shrestha Shukla

8:20 am: Oviya Reddi, Lavanya Jadon, Vidhatri Urs

8:30 am: Durga Nittur, Mannat Brar, Disha Kavery

8:45 am: Agrima Manral, Mayara Sharma, Vani Kapoor

8:55 am: Karishma Govind, Anisha Agarwalla, Riddhima Singh (A)

9:05 am: Tvesa Malik, Prarthana Khanna, Ketaki Sood

9:15 am: Aradhana Manikandan (A), Yaalisai Verma, Riya Jadon

From Tee 10

7:50 am: Shagun Narain, Amandeep Drall

8 am: Prakruthi Sastry, Ananya Garg, Khushi Khanijau

8:10 am: Shinjini Mukherjee, Rhea Purvi, Neha Tripathi

8:20 am: Sneha Singh, Anvitha Narender, Gauri Karhade

8:30 am: Jasmine Shekar, Anaggha Venkatesh, Shweta Mansingh

8:45 am: Nayanika Sanga, Jia Kochhar, Ananya Datar

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