Ridhima Dilawari overcomes the blip in the middle round and wins the Kalhaar leg

Ridhima Dilawari will receive her winner’s check from renowned coach Vijay Divecha after the Kalhaar leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour event in Ahmedabad on Friday. Image courtesy of WGAI.

By Rahul Banerji

Ridhima Dilawari had to survive a mid-round bump before emerging by one shot as the winner of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour in Ahmedabad on Friday.

The runner-up in the Mumbai leg was hit by a quadruple bogey midway through the final round before beating amateur Zara Anand at Kalhaar Blues & Greens, WGAI said.

Ridhima, who had a four-shot lead over Zara, held on well to win her first title since last July at Zion Hills. Ridhima was 5 over par 77 that day and reached a total par 216 level for the tournament.

Zara (74) finished at 1 on 217 and 2025 Order of Merit winner Vani Kapoor (72) came in only third at 2 on 218.

At the start of the day, Ridhima looked well prepared to win, but the quadruple bogey on the 10th hole put her under heavy pressure.

She faced threats from at least five others, but none of the challengers could take advantage of the opportunity presented.

Great spot

The win took Ridhima to the top of the Hero Order of Merit with Rs. 4 lakh, while second seed Jasmine Shekar, who won the first leg, is second with Rs.2.30 lakhs.

Jasmine, who had a difficult week, finished in 18th place^e and 16 shots behind the winner.

Ridhima opened with a bogey and then ran off eight pars in a row before dropping the quad on the Par-4 10th.

At that point, All India Ladies champion Lavanya Gupta (75-70-74) was in the lead alongside Ridhima with a birdie at 2 and pars all the way to 10.

Lavanya would later fall back with three bogeys on the back nine as Ridhima held on with pars till the finish.

Zara opened with nine straight pars, but dropped a double on 10 and bogeyed 13.

Missing it

A birdie on 15 was not enough as she needed at least one more in the last four holes to force a play-off with Ridhima, which never came.

Vani Kapoor (72), six behind Ridhima at the start, also got a chance despite bogeys on holes 1 and 6.

She had birdies on two pars-3s and needed more on the back nine, but had none to finish two behind in sole third place.

Sneha Singh’s two early double bogeys ruined her chances and she finished with a 73 on a card that also included four birdies and a bogey.

The Hyderabad girl finished in fourth place with Lavanya, whose bogey-bogey finish took away any chance of beating Ridhima.

Also in fourth place was Jahanvi Bakshi, who had three birdies against six bogeys, two of which came on the final holes.

Nayanika Sanga (75), Amandeep Drall (79) finished seventh and eighth and Lavanya Jadon (73) finished ninth.

Amateur Mahreen Bhatia (75) finished in a tie for tenth place with Riya Jadon (73).

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