Women’s Pro golf Tour: Sneha holes albatross, wins title

Hyderabad: Hyderabad amateur golfer Sneha Singh played one of the best nine hole stretches in history of the Hero Women’s Pro golf Tour to clinch the title at the East Point Golf Club in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Sneha, trailing Jahanvi Bakshi by two shots after the second round, fell back even more after a bogey-bogey […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad amateur golfer Sneha Singh played one of the best nine hole stretches in history of the Hero Women’s Pro golf Tour to clinch the title at the East Point Golf Club in Visakhapatnam on Friday.

Sneha, trailing Jahanvi Bakshi by two shots after the second round, fell back even more after a bogey-bogey start. To make it worse, the overnight leader birdied the second and the lead swelled to five shots. Yet by the end of the day, Sneha won by three shots, as she shot 7-under 29 on the back nine of the Par-72 layout at the East Point Golf Club.

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The nine-hole run had four birdies and the first ever albatross on the WPGT as Sneha holed her wedge shot from just over 120 yards. As Sneha ended at 10-under 206, Jahanvi, four-time winner in 2021, was second at 7-under 209.

Ridhima Dilawari (72) was third at 2-under 214. While Sneha took the trophy, Jahanvi picked up the winning cheque as the top professional. With Jahanvi dropping shots on two par 5s and managing only two birdies on the home stretch, she ended with 71 for her third successive under par round.

However, Sneha, who had brought down the deficit to four when the leaders took the turn, was in sizzling form. After birdies on 10th and 13th she holed her second shot on the Par-5 14h for an albatross which put her back into contention. Further birdies on 15th and 17th sealed her first win of 2022 and her fourth on WPGT while still an amateur.

It was among the finest nine-hole runs in Indian women’s golf. Sneha has now won at least once each year since 2019. The Hyderabad-based Sneha, who started playing at the famous Royal Calcutta Golf Club before she was four, is now based in Hyderabad. She is coached by her father, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Class A certified Golf Teaching Professional and a former Professional golfer on the men’s Indian Tour. Apart from her pro wins, she has won both the All India Juniors and the All India Ladies Amateur Golf Championship.

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