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.
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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.
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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 LET.
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.
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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.
