Ridhima Dilawari, who won three of the first six events this season, fired a bogey free 4-under 68 to lead by one over three players after the first round of the tenth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Zion Hills Golf County.
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Ridhima, who was T-8 and T-9 in the last two legs, led by one over last week’s winner Vani Kapoor, the experienced Amandeep Drall and Vidhatri Urs, who is looking to recover her form and rhythm.
The trio shot 3-under 69 and were chasing Ridhima hard.
Ridhima, who is working towards finding a place back on the Ladies European Tour and getting in good form ahead of the LET event Hero Women’s Indian Open later this year, birdied the opening hole and then parred the next eight. She added birdies on the tenth, 13th and 14th and closed with pars on the last four.
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Vani, five-time winner last year, had seven birdies but she also gave away two bogeys and a double bogey in her round of 69. Vidhatri Urs, who had three wins in a row in 2024, her first year as a pro, had six birdies against three bogeys for her 69, while Amandeep Drall had five birdies against back-to-back bogeys on the seventh and the eighth.
Saanvi Somu, who has been knocking on the doors of her first win on the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour, first as an amateur and now as a pro, was all alone in the fifth place with 1-under 71 that had one bogey on the front nine and two birdies on the back nine.
Ananya Datar and Kashika Misra carded even par 72 each to be tied for the sixth place, even as Mannat Brar and Riya Jadon shared the eighth place with 1-over 73 each.
A big bunch of six players Prakruthi Sastry, Jasmine Shekar, Shagun Narain, Neha Tripathi and amateurs Ananthi Vivek and Ananyaa Sood shared the 10th place. Ananthi plays at Zion Hills and trains with Tarun Sardesai here. All carded 2-over 74 each.
