Gurugram: Amateur Lavanya Gupta held her nerve and played steadily as her main rivals struggled on the final day of the fifth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at DLF Golf & Country Club. Lavanya had 2 for 74, which was the second best card of the day. With rounds of 71-72-74, Lavanya was 1-over 217 to win by five shots over Durga Nittur (75-70-77) and Jasmine Shekar (70-74-78), who were tied for second at 6-over 222.
Amandeep Drall (75) was sole fourth with 224 and Sneha Singh (77) was fifth with 227.
Mahreen Bhatia, the last amateur to win the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour before Lavanya, finished sixth with a final round of 78 and a total of 228. Mahreen’s victory came in the 15th and final leg of the 2025 season at Jaypee Wishtown Golf Course.
Lavanya opened the final day with a series of pars on her first six holes before making bogey on the seventh and birdie on the eighth. She made a double bogey on the 10th and then parred the final eight holes.
Durga had a birdie and a bogey on the front nine and then a double bogey and three bogeys on the back nine.
Jasmine also had a birdie and a bogey on the front, followed by a double bogey and four bogeys on the back nine.
Neha Tripathi (74) was seventh and Mannat Brar (82) was eighth while four players Lavanya Jadon (78), Anvvi Dahhiya (78), amateur Aradhana Manikandan (81) and Saanvi Somu (83) finished tied for ninth place.
WGAI’s big names include Tvesa Malik, a winner this season, who scored 80 points and finished 15th, while Ridhima Dilawari, another 2026 winner, finished 19th with a final round of 77 points.
The course was tough as only one player posted a below average score and that was Anvitha Narender who shot 1 under 71 but finished 16th.
A total of 57 entries were received for the Rs.18 lakh event this week.
Ridhima Dilawari continues to top the Order of Merit with earnings of Rs. 7,61,667 while Jasmine Shekar is second with Rs 5,68,333 and Sneha Singh has won Rs 4,86,000.
The next event, the sixth leg of the tour, will be held from March 17 to 20, 2026 at the Jaypee Wishtown Golf Course in Noida.
