After a successful pro start on her home Tour, the Women's Pro Tour, Pranavi came close to winning twice, finishing third each time in the Dormy Open and in the Open de Espana
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma is under no illusion over the stern test coming from old friends and familiar faces as a stellar field lines up for a crack at the US$2 million International Series India in Gurugram this week.
Japanese and Asian Tour star golfer Ajeetesh Sandhu, spoke about his struggles in the 2024 season and how he overcame them with a win in the season-ending PGTI Tour event, while his better half and Ladies European Tour star Tvesa Malik revealed how Ajeetesh played a major role in her maiden
The new season gets off in Jamshedpur with 28 professionals, who will play for a purse of Rs. 12 lakhs and there are also two amateurs, Anaahat Bindra and Saanvi Somu. Saanvi has in the past come close to winning on the HPWGT and she was runner-up in the ninth leg in 2024
Four Indians, including Avani Prashanth, who plans to turn pro with the Final qualifiers of the Ladies European Tour, joined Vani Kapoor, who failed to keep her card in 2024 and Hitaashee Bakshi, who topped the domestic WPGT
Pranavi, former Order of Merit winner in India, is tied third with Helen Briem of Germany who shot 66-69 to be 9-under. Lying second is Pia Babnik of Slovenia, who has had two straight 67s
Pranavi, playing her rookie season on the LET, birdied holes two, three, seven, eight, 12 and 18 for her round of six-under. The three players sharing the second place with Pranavi included the German duo Helen Briem and Patricia Isabel Schmidt, and Spain's Ana Pelaez Trivino all fired round
Hitaashee Bakshi added a 2-under 70 to her first-round card of 67 to double her three-shot lead to six with one more round to go in the 14th Leg of the Women's Pro Golf Tour at the Vooty Golf Club.
Manon De Roey, second on the Ladies European Tour's Order of Merit, was one of two players to master the difficult DLF course on Moving Day, returning a 7 under 65 along with Austria's Emma Spitz
The stage is all set for the latest edition of the Women's Indian Open, which gets underway on October 24 at the DLF Golf and Country Club. With 114 players from 31 nations, many of whom have been recent winners of the Ladies European Tour, the tournament is set for a battle royale.