Mumbai, March 16: Pallavi Jaini won her first title of the season when she annexed the 13th leg of the Hero WGAI Professional Golf Tour despite a lot of tense moments in the closing stages of the tournament.
Pallavi was five strokes ahead of Nalini Singh Siwach with three holes to go.But she double bogeyed 16th and 17th even as Nalini birdied the 16th but her bogey on the 17th proved costly as she finished one stroke behind.
Pallavi
carded 69 in the final round, while Nalini, who started the day five
behind, fell short despite a 65. Pallavi totaled three-over 198 on the
par-65 Willingdon Golf Club Course, while Nalini aggregated 199.
Smriti
Mehra seemed to have reserved her best for the final day as she scored
64, but her rounds of 71 and 70 on first two days meant she finished at
205 alongside Saaniya Sharma (66) and both ended in a tie for third.
Pallavi,
five ahead after two rounds, opened with a bogey on first but got back
that shot on the third. Nerves seemed to affect her as she double
bogeyed the par-3 sixth and bogeyed the par-5 seventh. Despite a birdie
on ninth she finished the front nine in two-over 36.
When Pallavi birdied the 11th and 15th she seemed to have overcome jitters, only to double bogeys 16th and 17th. But she got away with that. Nalini who had one birdie and one bogey in first 13 holes, bogeyed the 14th and then bounced back with birdies on 15th and 16th. But the bogey on 17th proved costly as both Pallavi and Nalini parred the 18th.
Smriti had four birdies against three bogeys in her 64, while Saaniya in tied third carded 68.
Neha Tripathi (71) was fifth and Ankita Tiwana (73) was sixth.
There are two more events held after the 13th leg. The current leader on Money list is Smriti Mehra, followed by Nalini Singh Siwach.
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