Ridhima Dilawari produced a superb bogey free three under 68 to leave her main rivals, Vani Kapoor and Tvesa Malik way behind in the fourth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Poona Club Golf Course.
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This was Ridhima’s second win in four starts this season, and she was also runner-up once. It helped her consolidate her position at the top of the Hero Order of Merit.
Ridhima carded 68 and totalled 3-under 208 for three days and finished six shots clear of Vani (75), who was 3-over 214. Amateur Anuradha Chaudhuri (69) was tied second with Vani, while Tvesa (76) slipped from tied lead to fourth at 215.
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Ridhima started very steady with four pars, even as Vani had a bogey-double bogey-bogey start and Tvesa double bogeyed the second and bogeyed the third. That set Ridhima on her own course to victory and she never looked back.
Birdies on the fifth and the ninth with pars in between saw Ridhima turn in 2-under and on the back nine she birdied 12th and parred the rest. Her 68 was by far the best card of the day and it was her second such score this week.
Vani’s nightmarish day continued as she bogeyed the fifth and the sixth and again the eighth. Her only respite was a birdie on the seventh. She had five bogeys and a double bogey against one birdie on the front nine. The back nine saw three birdies against one bogey but it was too late. She shot 75 and was second.
Anuradha (69) had four birdies against two bogeys in her 69 as she ended in a tie for second.
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Tvesa had two bogeys and a double bogey on the front nine and one double bogey and one bogey on the back nine against birdies on the eighth and the ninth.
Sneha Singh (77), Neha Tripathi (72), Nayanika Sanga (68) and Jahanvi Bakshi (69) were tied for fifth place.
Amateur Lavanya Gupta (73) was sole ninth, while three players, Jasmine Shekar (73), Lavanya Jadon (72) and Vidhatri Urs (72) were tied tenth.
Ridhima’s earnings so far are Rs. 7,24,667 with Vani Kapoor a distant second at Rs.4,66,000 and Tvesa Malik with Rs.3,70,000 is third.
