Kiran Matharu wins in maiden appearance

Kolkata, 30th January 2015: Kiran Matharu played a cautious round in tricky conditions to emerge victorious at the Hero-RCGC Women’s Pro Golf Championship 2015. The INR 5,00,000 event, which culminated today, saw Indian origin English player Kiran Matharu walk away with the winners cheque, carding a total of 221 at the end of the third and final round. Trailing Kiran by two strokes was Delhi youngster Vani Kapoor, who had an indifferent day on the field. Local girl Neha Tripathi finished third with a total score of 224 after 54 holes.

Kiran teed off to a cautious start but faltered and carded bogies on the 7th and 8th holes in her front nine. She carded two birdies on the 14th and 16th holes along with three bogies on the 10th, 17th and 18th holes in her back nine to finish the day with a score of 3 over 75. Overnight leader Vani Kapoor had a forgettable day as she finished the round with a score of 6 over 78 to take the second spot. Her error marred day included two birdies on the 2nd and 12th holes with four bogies on the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th holes. She also carded two double bogies on the 8th and 13th holes to finish with a total score of 223 after three rounds.

Kolkata golfer Neha Tripathi played a controlled round to take the third position with a score of 3 over 75. She carded two birdies on the 3rd and 14th holes with three bogies on the 6th, 9th and 13th holes. Her lone double bogie came on the 7th hole. She finished ahead of Panchkula’s Amandeep Drall who finished fourth with a total score of 225 after three rounds of golf. Amandeep carded one birdie on the 12th hole with five bogies on the 5th, 7th, 13th, 14th and 17th holes. Her day ended with a score of 4 over 76.

Hero Motocorp sponsored Sharmila Nicollet and Delhi’s Gauri Monga finished tied fifth with identical scores of 228 after the third round. Gauri carded the best score of the day, 2 over 74, with a birdie on the 15th hole and three bogies on the 5th, 7th and 12th holes. Bengaluru golfer Sharmila Nicollet played a birdie-less round of 5 over 77 which included five bogies on the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th and 17th holes. Delhi’s Ankita Tiwana, Chandigarh’s Saaniya Sharma and Pune golfer Shweta Galande finished seventh, eighth and ninth respectively.

The Tour now moves to Tollygunge Club, Kolkata for the fourth leg which will be played from 4th – 6thFebruary 2015.