Amateur Anika Varma best Indian in fifth place, Wolf wins Hero Women's Indian Open

The country's top amateur golfer Anika Varma finished a creditable fifth in the Hero Women's Indian Open with a 3-under par aggregate of 285 and a final day card of two-under 70 here on Sunday.

The 15-year-old Anika was one shot ahead of best-placed home professional Tvesa Malik, who was tied sixth at one-under 287.

"I was pretty nervous in the beginning but as soon as I hit my first tee shot I felt fine. I had a good group (with Sweden's Emma Nilsson and Manon De Roey of Belgium) today and I enjoyed playing with them. That helped me play well too," Anika said.

"I was pretty consistent today, just had one double (bogey) on the 16th. Before that, I was doing pretty good and I didn't miss a single regulation before the 16th hole, I think only that one and the 18th, which was the highlight of my day."
"I missed a lot of putts so that was not a great part of my game. On the 18th hole, I definitely wasn't expecting that to happen at all (chip-in from off the green) so I'm glad I could make a birdie from there."
"Everyone knew of last year's drama coming into the week here so to win by three shots was very nice. But you can't get ahead of yourself in golf and I was obviously a little nervous."