A bit over three years after her final win on the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour (WPGT), Vani Kapoor drilled an important birdie on the final gap to card 3-under 69 and take the lead within the seventh leg of the continuing season.
That slender edge was adequate as Gaurika Bishnoi, who led for a significant half of the day, was unable to discover a birdie during the last seven holes and in addition bogeyed the Par 4 14th.
Vani completed at 2-under 214 for 3 days and Gaurika (72) ended at 1-under 215 to be second. Ridhima Dilawari, who performed alongside Gaurika, too, had an opportunity as she birdied the sixteenth and seventeenth. She wanted a birdie to power a play-off with Vani, however as an alternative double-bogeyed the final gap and fell to 3rd place.
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Ridhima totalled 1-over 217.
Overnight chief Tvesa Malik (77) bumped into tough climate within the last spherical and was fourth, whereas newbie Vidhatri Urs (76) and Asmitha Sathish (73) have been tied for fifth.
Playing within the last group, Gaurika had an opportunity to power a play-off as she stood on a birdie putt, which nevertheless, was not a straight-forward one. The ball went previous the outlet and Gaurika was left in second place.
Vani, who began the day three behind the 36-hole chief Tvesa Malik, had one birdie and one bogey on the entrance 9. As the lead group of Tvesa, Gaurika and newbie Vidhatri changed into the again 9, Gaurika held the pole place.
Vani turned the tide on the again 9 with birdies on tenth and twelfth after which added an important last one on the 18th.
“It is nice to get again to successful, extra so on my residence course with my household and pals current. I additionally need to thank everybody right here together with my coach, Anitya Chand, and my dad and mom,” said Vani, who has been playing mostly on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and elsewhere in the past three years.
Gaurika, who started the final day one stroke behind the leader, was unlucky with many of her putts, including the one on the 18th, where she faced a tricky eight-footer. Gaurika, playing in the final group, did well to come back from a double bogey on Par-5 fourth as she birdied three of the next four holes.
But things did not go her way in the closing stages. On one occasion on the 17th, the ball stopped right at the edge of the cup, and she only got a par, where she deserved a birdie.
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It was Vani’s day, more so on the back nine. She not only birdied three times but also saved a couple of very good pars to snatch a fine win.
Ridhima was within the combine until the very finish earlier than a double bogey pushed her down the leaderboard.
Overnight leader Tvesa had an early birdie on the third and stretched her lead at the top. However, after that nothing went right for her. She bogeyed the fifth, eighth, 11th and 14th and had a double bogey on the par-4 sixth for a 77.
Seher Atwal (73) and Amandeep Drall (73) were sixth and seventh, while Lakhmehar Pardesi, who had seven birdies in her 71, was tied eighth alongside Rhea Jha (75) and amateur Anvvi Dahhiya (77).
Vani, who won her first title on the Hero WPG Tour as an amateur more than 10 years ago, has since won more than 35 trophies, most of which have come between 2014 and 2018.
Since then, she has been playing a lot in Australian, South African and Ladies European Tours, as she searches for her first pro win on the international circuit.
Sneha Singh, who had a disappointing week in tied 21st place, continues to lead the Hero Order of Merit. Vani, who won Rs 2,84,000 from the season’s highest purse of Rs 23 lakhs, moved into third place, while Seher Atwal is second.
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