Ridhima puts up a great rally and clinch the third title of 2026 in the 6th stage of the Hero WPG Tour

NOIDA: Ridhima Dilawari recovered from a rocky start to shoot her third consecutive round of 71 and sneak past Jasmine Shekar in the sixth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at Jaypee Wishtown Golf Course. Ridhima, playing on the par-71 layout, began the final round three shots behind Jasmine and was five behind after just two holes.

Ridhima then made an excellent recovery with two birdies and no bogeys for the rest of the 16 holes, while Jasmine shot a 4-over 75 that ended with a bogey. When they reached 18, Jasmine and Ridhima were tied^Th Tee. Ridhima parried but Jasmine failed, giving Ridhima her third win in the last five events. Ridhima won the second and fourth legs and has now added the sixth leg as she continues to top the Hero Order of Merit. For Jasmine, who won the first leg this season, this was her second runner-up finish in a row.

Of the six legs played so far, Ridhima won three, while Jasmine and Tvesa Malik won once each and amateur Lavanya Gupta won the fifth leg.

While Ridhima had a smooth ride after a difficult start, Jasmine had a rollercoaster ride. She started with a bogey-birdie, then made the fifth bogey and made the sixth double bogey. A birdie on the ninth day meant she scored 2-over 38 points. She bogeyed the 13th in the final nine minutes of play^Th and had to parry the 18^Th force a play-off. She dropped one shot and fell to second place at 1:214.

Saanvi Somu had the second-best card of the day with a 1-under 70 and rose to third place with a 2-under 215, tied with Amandeep Drall (71).

Neha Tripathi (73) came sole fifth while Tvesa Malik (69) achieved the best result of the day, finishing sixth along with amateurs Guntas Kaur Sandhu (71) and Alysha Dutt (73), who shared the amateur prize.

Another amateur Mahreen Bhatia (73) finished ninth while amateurs Anuradha Chaudhuri (75) and Anvitha Narender (75) rounded out the top 10.

A total of 53 players started the week and 34 made it into the event, which carried prize money of Rs 17,000.

Ridhima tops the Order of Merit with Rs 9,91,667 while Jasmine Shekar is second with earnings of Rs 7,38,333. Amandeep Drall is third with Rs 5,84,000.