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August 6th 2010, Bangalore: A birdie each at the start and the finish and two in between saw 19-year-old local talent, Sharmila Nicollet finish a whopping 14 shots in front of the field at the end of the first event of the 2010-11 Hero Honda Women’s Professional Golf Tour of India.

Sharmila, two-time winner last season, thus won the first event of the season and set herself up to retain the Order of Merit she won in the previous season. She opened with a birdie and then added one more on the front nine on the fourth and a third one on the 16th and closed with a fourth birdie on 18th. In between she dropped bogeys on eighth and 13th and a double on 10th.

Nalini Singh Siwach, who had an eagle on second hole pipped Pallavi Jain by one shot to take the second place. Nalini despite a disappointing 77 managed to stay ahead by one of Pallavi (77).

A confident Sharmila said, “My objective was to play two-under for the day and I achieved that. But I was not really satisfied. I shall do better in the next one.”

Both Nalini and Pallavi, second and third, also felt they could have done better. “I was hitting the greens in regulation, but my putting let me down,” said second placed Nalini Siwach.

“I could have done better but for some up and down shots in crucial holes. I will try harder next time,” said Pallavi.

Nikita Arjun with the day’s second best round after Sharmila’s 72, was the top amateur at 19-0ver 235. Anisha Padukone was second and Kasvi Malik third.

This was the first leg of the 10-leg Hero Honda Women’s Professional Golf Tour that entered its fifth year.


Scoresheet :-

	Rnd 3	Rnd 2	Rnd 1	TOTAL
PAR	72	72	72	216
Sharmila Nicollet	72	71	72	215
Nalini Singh Siwach	77	74	78	229
Pallavi Jain	79	77	74	230
Nalini Singh	79	76	78	233
Nikita Arjun	74	79	82	235
Rani Sonti	78	77	81	236
Nikki Ponappa	84	76	77	237
Preetinder Kaur	82	80	80	242
Anisha Padukone	82	76	85	243
Nitika Jadeja	77	85	81	243
Kasvi Malik	87	83	84	254
Mita Gowande	81	89	86	256
Tvesa Malik	89	80	95	264
Priya Puri	85	93	88	266
Saaniya Sharma	DQ	84	77	DQ