Women's Golf Association of India

Hitaashee returns to take on Vani, Ridhima and youngsters in 9th leg of Hero WPGT

Hosur, Tamil Nadu, July 7: Hitaashee Bakshi makes a return to Leg-9 of the domestic Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour at the Clover Greens in the hope of trying to recover the form that made her one of the stars of the local golfing scene.

Hitaashee, who has been finding the going tough on the Ladies European Tour, has decided to get back to her home Tour, as she locks horns with Vani Kapoor, Ridhima Dilawari and Amandeep Drall.

She will also get to play with the young and fresh lot that includes the likes of Anvitha Narender, Mannat Brar, Riya and Lavanya Jadon and amateur Mahreen Bhatia.

This is Hitaashee’s first start on the domestic Tour this season, as she has been playing on the Ladies European Tour.

The field as has become the norm of late is strong with the numbers consistently above 50, including the amateurs. This week there are 58 players including 10 amateurs, and the purse at Clover Greens, Hosur in Tamil Nadu is Rs.17 lakhs.

With the competition having become tight, not even the top stars like Vani, Ridhima or Hitaashee can have it easy with the younger lot pushing them and often beating them.

This season, of the eight events held so far, Ridhima has been most successful with three wins, while Jasmine Shekar, Tvesa Malik, amateur Lavanya Gupta, Anvitha Narender and Mannat Brar have won once each.

The current Hero Order of Merit leader is Ridhima Dilawari with Jasmine Shekar and Amandeep Drall trailing her in second and third places.

Tee times for Round 1 of the ninth Leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at Clover Green, Hosur Tamil Nadu:

From Tee 1 :

1. 8:30 am: Vidhatri Urs, Mannat Brar;

2. 8:40 am: Shinjini Mukherjee, Diya C Patil (A);

3. 8:50 am: Ananthi Vivek (A), Jasmandeep Kaur; Ketaki Sood;

4. 9:00 am: Eti Chaudhary, Durga Nittur, Mahreen Bhatia (A);

5. 9:10 am: Amandeep Drall, Seher Atwal, Neha Tripathi;

6. 9:20 am: Jia Kochhar, Ananya Datar, Prarthana Khanna;

7. 9:35 am: Riya Jadon, Keerthana Rajeev (A), Saanvi Reddy;

8. 9:45 am: Disha Kavery, Lavanya Jadon, Ridhima Dilawari;

9. 9:55 am: Smriti Bhargav, Mayara Sharma, Rhea Jha;

10. 10:05 am: Gourabi Bhowmick, Snigdha Goswami, Kashika Misra;

From Tee 10 :

11. 8:30 am; Ananyaa Sood (A), Shweta Mansingh, Shagun Narain;

12. 8:40 am: Jahnavi Prakhya, Anvvi Dahhiya, Ravjot Dosanjh;

13. 8:50 am: Nayanika Sanga, Shrestha Shukla, Vani Kapoor;

14. 9:00 am: Ananya Garg, Ragini Navet (A), Anaggha Venkatesh;

15. 9:10 am: Jasmine Shekar, Ayushi Dutta, Sneha Singh;

16. 9:25 am: Jiah Kang, Oviya Reddi, Riddhima Singh (A);

17. 9:35 am: Nayonika Kapoor (A), Prakruthi Sastry, Khushi Khanijau;

18. 9:45 am: Hitaashee Bakshi, Alysha Dutt (A), Esther Lobo;

19. 9:55 am: Anisha Agarwalla, Anvitha Narender, Yaalisai Verma;

20. 10:05 am: Karishma Govind, Priya Kumari (A), Jahaanvie Walia;