Diksha Dagar overcame an early bogey to find six birdies later to be one shot behind the leader, Norwegian Madalene Stavnar (66), who is searching for her maiden win on the Ladies European Tour.
Neha Tripathi became the third player to win a second time this year. The other two are Sneha Singh and Gaurika Bishnoi. Neha also moved to the second spot on the Hero Order of Merit, as Sneha Singh despite a T-22 finish stayed on top. Seher Atwal, who was 12th this week, is lying third.
As Neha Tripathi moved to nine-under 135 with rounds of 68 and 67, she was being chased by Riya Yadav, who after a good first round added an even better 5-under 67 for a total of 7-under 137.
Trailing Neha Tripathi by one shot were Gaurika Bishnoi and Anisha Agarwalla, who shot 69 each, while Riya Yadav, who had an eagle and a hole-in-one in the space of four holes, and Ridhima Dilawari shot 2-under 70 each. Asmitha Sathish was the other player to shoot under par at 1-under 71 in
Sneha, one of the two players who has won more than once in the past 11 events, will face a challenge from Gaurika Bishnoi, two-time winner this season, Tvesa Malik, Ridhima Dilawari and Seher Atwal among others.
Tvesa Malik, whose last win on the Women’s Pro Golf Tour came in March 2021, birdied six times between the ninth and 17th holes. Twice she had birdie hat-tricks. Her final round of 3-under 64, which was the best of the week at the Par-67 Bangalore Golf Club, resulted in her first win of the
It was the second win this season for Gaurika Bishnoi, who had earlier won the sixth leg and finished second in the seventh leg. After Sneha Singh, Gaurika becomes the second player to win more than once in 2023.
Vani Kapoor finished at 2-under 214 for three days and Gaurika (72) ended at 1-under 215 to be second. Ridhima Dilawari, who played alongside Gaurika, too, had a chance as she birdied 16th and 17th. She needed a birdie to force a playoff with Vani, but instead, double-bogeyed the last hol
Amateur Avani Prashanth is a multiple winner on the WPGT and is now 10-under for two rounds. She is 10 shots ahead of the second placed Gaurika Bishnoi (74-70).
On Saturday, she took a one-shot advantage into the final day over Sweden's Caroline Hedwall (68) and German Olivia Cowan, whose bogey-free 65 equalled the week's best card
Amandeep, who said that this was one of the best rounds in this event, was two shots behind Sweden's Linda Wessberg, who shot a seven-under 65 to lead the field in the Ladies European Tour sanctioned event