Women's Golf Association of India

Vidhatri looks for back-to-back wins on Hero Women’s Pro Tour

Bengaluru, July 23 : Vidhatri Urs, who captured her first title as a professional on the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour last week, is back to try and make it two in row as she tees up at the 10th Leg of the Hero WPGT at the par-72 Prestige Golfshire situated at the foothills of the scenic Nandi Hills.

The field is once again very strong in the presence of the current Hero OOM leader Hitaashee Bakshi and last year OOM winner Sneha Singh, who have won twice each this year. The field also has Anvitha Narender, winner of the eighth leg, the experienced Amandeep Drall, winner of the fifth Leg, and Neha Tripathi. While Amandeep seeks greater consistency, Neha is trying to make a comeback from a back injury.

Vidhatri Urs, who is related to one of India’s top pros Pranavi Urs, has been in excellent form. She was third in her first two appearances and then grabbed a win in the third last week.

Some of the other young pros waiting to make a mark include Durga Nittur, Jasmine Shekar, Gourabi Bhowmick and Karishma Govind.

The amateurs have also shown a lot of promise with the prominent ones being Saanvi Somu and Mannat Brar, who have also played for India in international teams chosen by the Indian Golf Union.

Apart from the in-form Saanvi Somu and Mannat Brar, the other amateurs are Aaradhya Shetty, Anuradha Chaudhuri, Keerthana Rajeev and Kaya Daluwatte of Sri Lanka.

The event carries a purse of Rs.13 lakhs and will have a total 38 players including six amateurs.

Tee times for Round 1 of the 10th Leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Tour at Prestige Golfshire, Bengaluru :

1. 11:00 am : Gourabi Bhowmick, Vidhatri Urs;

2. 11:10 am : Hitaashee Bakshi, Rhea Jha, Saanvi Somu (A);

3. 11:20 am : Sneha Singh, Trimann Saluja, Khushi Khanijau;

4. 11:30 am : Chitrangada Singh, Shweta Mansingh, Karishma Govind;

5. 11:40 am : Gauri Karhade, Kaya Daluwatte (A), Astha Madan;

6. 11:55 am : Anahita Singh, Yaalisai Verma, Durga Nittur;

7. 12:05 pm : Anisha Agarwalla, Snigdha Goswami, Mannat Brar (A);

8. 12:15 pm : Vrinda Yadav, Aaradhya Shetty (A), Anvitha Narender;

9. 12:25 pm : Khushi, Rhea Purvi Saravanan, Anaggha Venkatesh;

10. 12:40 pm : Seher Atwal, Geetika Ahuja, Amandeep Drall;

11. 12:50 pm : Yashita Raghav, Agrima Manral, Kriti Chowhan;

12. 1:00 pm : Jasmine Shekar, Anuradha Chaudhuri (A), Neha Tripathi;

13. 1:10 pm : Jahaanvie Walia, Ananya Garg, Keerthana Rajeev (A);