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Golfer Amandeep bags 11th leg of Hero women Tour

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IANS Bengaluru

Overnight leader Amandeep Drall bagged the 11th Leg of the Hero women's Professional golf Tour on Friday after the third and final day's play was cancelled due to incessant rains at the Prestige Golfshire here.

The decision was taken by the tournament committee and Amandeep was declared the winner on the basis of two completed rounds.

The Panchkula golfer finished with a total score of 139 after 36 holes after the second round. Going into the final round, she had a big lead of six shots. This is her second back-to-back win after KGA.

Chandigarh's Saaniya Sharma and local girl Sharmila Nicollet finished tied second position with identical scores of 145.

 

Trisha Sunil, Delhi's Vani Kapoor and Kolkata's Neha Tripathi were all tied fourth with a total score of 146 after 36 holes.

Pune's Shweta Galande finished seventh with a total score of 149, followed by Delhi's Mehar Atwal at eighth position with 151 and Bengaluru's Nikki Ponappa at ninth with a total score of 153.

The tour now moves to the Hyderabad Golf Club from the August 2.

--IANS

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First Published: Jul 29 2016 | 5:22 PM IST

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