Women's Golf Association of India

Vani Kapoor joins Tvesa in lead in the 4^th leg of Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour

Pune, Feb 18:  Vani Kapoor, winner of the Hero Order of Merit in 2025, joined Tvesa Malik in shared lead after two rounds of the fourth leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour 2026 at the Poona Club Golf Course.

Ridhima Dilawari, the first co-leader with Tvesa, slipped to tied third, as she carded 1-over 72.

The star of the day was former Hero Order of Merit winner Sneha Singh (67), who had a bogey free round with four birdies in the middle of the round between the ninth and the 13th. Sneha, who shot 73 on the first day, is now tied third with Ridhima.

Vani had two sets of birdie-bogey efforts on the front nine before a birdie on the ninth saw her finish the front nine in 1-under 34. She added one birdie on the 11th and a bogey on the 14th to round off a card of 70.

Tvesa, winner last week and looking to make it back-to-back wins, birdied the first before she parred six times. A double-bogey on the eighth saw her finish the front nine at 1-over. Three birdies on the 11th, 14th and the 16th against bogeys on the 15th and the 17th saw her finish at even par.

Three players, Neha Tripathi (70), amateur Lavanya Gupta (73) and Anuradha Chaudhuri (75) were tied for the fifth place at 3-over 145, while Jasmine Shekar (74) was sole eighth.

Five players Nayanika Sanga (70), Jahanvi Bakshi (71), Lavanya Jadon (73), Vidhatri Urs (75) and Durga Nittur (75) were tied ninth at 148. The cut fell at 156 and 32 players made the final round.

Vani Kapoor, Tvesa and Sneha will battle it out in the lead group on the final day, while Ridhima, one stroke behind the leaders, will be in the second last group with Neha Tripathi and amateur Lavanya Gupta.

The fourth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour began with the largest field at 49 and carries a purse of Rs.17 lakhs.

Tee times for the third and final round of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour 2026 Leg 4 at Poona Club Golf Course, Pune:

Tee 1

1. 8:00 am: Amandeep Drall 150, Eti Chaudhary 150;

2. 8:10 am: Gauri Karhade 150, Ananya Garg 150, Shagun Narain 150;

3. 8:20 am: Khushi Khanijau 149, Heena Kang 149, Durga Nittur 148;

4. 8:30 am: Vidhatri Urs 148, Lavanya Jadon 148, Jahanvi Bakshi 148;

5. 8:40 am: Nayanika Sanga 148, Jasmine Shekar 147, Anuradha Chaudhuri (A) 145;

6. 8:50 am: Lavanya Gupta (A) 145, Neha Tripathi 145, Ridhima Dilawari 140;

7. 9:00 am: Sneha Singh 140, Tvesa Malik 139, Vani Kapoor 139.

Tee 10

8. 8:05 am: Mannat Brar 151, Jaanya Bishnoi (A) 151, Shrestha Shukla 151;

9. 8:15 am: Anvitha Narender 151, Yaalisai Verma 152, Yashita Raghav 153;

10. 8:25 am: Alysha Dutt (A) 153, Ananya Datar 153, Agrima Manral 154;

11. 8:35 am: Shweta Mansingh 155, Karishma Govind 156, Esther Lobo 156.