Avani Prashanth gets a narrow victory on the 11th Leg of Hero WPGT
In the previous week, there was a tight tussle between Amateur golfer Avani Prashanth and the experienced Amandeep Drall for first place in the 10th Leg of the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour, Amandeep won the 10th Leg of Hero WPGT while Avani finished runner-up in that event.
Avani was leading the next event of Leg 11 for 36 holes. Avani went to the final round with a one-stroke lead over tied second-placed Amandeep. Both golfers Avani, Amandeep were drawn in the same group, started their third and final round off the first tee.
The overall scores of Avani, Amandeep were unchanged after the first nine holes of round three were ended because both got a front nine score of 36 (even par). Avani was still leading the event by one stroke.
During the first five holes (10-14) of back nine, Avani scored two consecutive birdies, one bogey to move -3, she extended her lead by one because Amandeep got an even-par score (one birdie, one bogey) on her first five holes (10-14) thus, Amandeep stayed at -1 and was now, trailing the leader by two strokes.
On the 15th hole, Amandeep scored a crucial birdie to move -2, bringing back the gap to one, as Avani got an even-par on the same hole (15).
That birdie, on hole 15th, helped Amandeep in a big way because on the very next hole (16), the scores were levelled, after Avani gave a bogey on the 16th hole to move -2, Amandeep who scored an even-par on hole 16th was now, sharing the lead with Avani.
But Amandeep shared the lead for only one hole because Amandeep gave away a bogey on the 17th hole to move -1, Avani scored an even-par on the same hole (17) to once again lead the event by one stroke.
On the final hole (18), Amandeep needed to score a birdie to force Avani for playoffs but it was not to be, because both players Avani, Amandeep scored an even-par on the 18th hole to finish at an overall score of -2, -1 respectively.
Avani started round three with a one-stroke lead over Amandeep and won Leg 11 by one stroke because both Avani, Amandeep got similar final round scores of 72.
At last, Avani got her revenge by winning the 11th Leg of Hero WPGT while Amandeep was the overall runner-up.
The 11th Leg of the Hero WPGT was Avani’s second professional golf victory while being an amateur golfer on the tour.
Leaderboard of top two golfers:
| Rank |
Name |
Round 3 Score |
Par |
| 1. |
Avani Prashanth |
72 |
-2 |
| 2. |
Amandeep Drall |
72 |
-1 |
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October 23, 2021 - By Dhruv Trivedi