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Friday, February 20, 2015

Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour 2015 – Leg 5

Vani claims her third title at BPGC

Mumbai, 20^th February 2015: Vani Kapoor played a cautious round of 2 over 72 to win the 5^th leg of the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour. This is Vani’s third win in five appearances this season. Rookie Amandeep Drall and overnight leader Kiran Matharu finished second and third respectively at the INR 6,00,000 event which culminated today at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club, Mumbai.

Hero Order of Merit leader Vani Kapoor had an indifferent start and carded three bogies on the 5^th, 6^th and 9^thholes with a lone birdie on the 8^th hole in her front nine. However the Delhi youngster played with much more control in the latter half, dropping just one shot on the 15^th hole while carding a birdie on the 10^th hole. She finished with a total score of 211.

Panchkula’s Amandeep Drall continued her impressive run as she took the second spot with a total score of 212. She carded two late birdies on the 16^th and 18^th holes to jump ahead of Kiran Matharu. She also carded a bogey on the 11^th hole with a double bogey on the 7^th hole to finish with a score of 1 over 71. Overnight leader Kiran Mathauru had an off day on the park. She played a birdie-less round of 5 over 75 with bogies on the 3^rd, 11^th, 12^th, 16^th and 17^th holes. She finished with a total score of 213, two strokes clear of Hero Motocorp sponsored Sharmila Nicollet.

Bengaluru golfer Sharmila Nicollet carded four birdies in the 1^st, 4^th, 10^thand 12^th holes, maximum by any player on the day. However, bogies on the 7^th, 9^th,11^th and 14^th holes along with double bogey on the 13^thhole marred her score line and she returned with a card of 2 over 72 on the final day.

Chandigarh’s Saaniya Sharma played a round of even par 70 with three birdies on the 6^th, 10^th and 17^th holes with equal number of bogies on the 12^th, 13^th and 18^th holes. She took the fifth spot with a total score of 220, followed by veteran Smriti Mehra and Delhi’s Gauri Monga, who finished sixth and seventh respectively.