Smriti looks to extending lead in fifth leg of Hero-WGAI Women’s golf

Smriti looks to extending lead in fifth leg of Hero-WGAI Women’s golf

Gurgaon, September 17: Smriti Mehra will look to extending her lead on top of the Hero-WGAI Order of Merit, as she gets ready for the fifth leg of the Hero-WGAI Women’s Pro Tour at the DLF Golf and Country Club.

The fifth leg gets underway on Wednesday, though the golfers went through their practise round on Monday. The club is closed on Tuesday and the first round gets underway on Wednesday.

On Monday it rained a bit in the morning but the course conditions at DLF Golf and Country club were near perfect as the golfers are eager to tee off.

Smriti Mehra has won two of the four legs held so far, while Vani Kapoor and Sharmila Nicollet have won one each. Sharmila, however, has not played since the second leg.

Last week at Srinagar, Smriti was in excellent form and it will be hard for others to catch up is she continues in the same vein. Smriti has won twice, finished third once and fourth once.

The one to catch the eye has been Rookie Vani Kapoor. The 18-year-old has won once, the third leg, and was also runner-up, losing in play-off to Sharmila Nicollet in the Opening leg. Vani was fifth in the other legs, the second and fourth and is now second on the Money List, behind Smriti.

Nalini Singh Siwach has been consistent without winning. She has been second once, third twice and fourth once. But she will be looking for is her first win of the year at DLF Golf and Country Club this week.

Tee times: First round on Wednesday:

8:30 AM: Nalini Singh Siwach / Preetinder Kaur

8:40 AM Vani Kapoor / Ankita Tiwana / Priya Puri

8:50 AM Neha Tripathi / Saaniya Sharma / Smriti Mehra

9:00 AM Rani Sonti / Meghna Bal / Nikki Ponappa

9:10 AM Pallavi Jain / Shraddhanjali Singh / Vandana Agarwal