Day 2
Day 1
January 15th 2010, New Delhi: The 5th Leg of the Women’s Professional Golf Tour culminated at the India’s Qutab Golf Club on Friday afternoon. Smriti Mehra won the title by a margin of three strokes with 233, from Sharmila Nicollet. Playing level par for most of the morning, Smriti made two spectacular birdies on the 16th and 17th holes. Smriti complimented the Qutab Golf Course for their enhanced work done on the course.
Sharmila Nicollet played a consistent first nine but made a double bogey on the par five 12th hole. Lying on the fringe of the green for 2, she made a double bogey and came under pressure to make the game turn in favour of the more experienced Smriti Mehra.
Nalini Singh Siwach failed to find form and had trouble after which she lost her confidence. Just a stroke behind the overnight leader, Nalini was expected to put up a better challenge against her two rivals, but disappointed the spectators with her indifferent performance. Tied at fourth position were Bengluru based pro Nikki Ponappa and the long hitter Saaniya Sharma.
The next leg of the tour will be held at the DLF Golf & Country Club next week.
Five women professional golf players will lead the Indian Challenge at the Thailand Ladies Open and Indonesian Ladies Open next Month.
