Bengaluru: City’s professional golfer Vidhatri Urs secured her second title after turning professional recently as she won the 10th Leg of Women’s Pro Golf Tour at Prestige Golfshire in Bengaluru, here recently.
Vidhatri, who finished third and joint-third in the 7th and 8th leg of the Tour, won the 9th leg and before smelling victory in the play-off of the 10th leg.
The professional golfer, who started the day with a two-shot lead over the field, could afford a 2-over 74, but with Amandeep Drall of Chandigarh, playing a fine round of 2-under 70, the best card of the day, the clash headed into a play-off.
Vidhatri kept her nerves as Amandeep missed the fairway and did not recover. Playing the extra hole on the 10th, Vidhatri made a par, while Amandeep missed out. Vidhatri had just two birdies against four bogeys, while Amandeep opened with an eagle two on Par-4 first. She added three more birdies on third, fourth and sixth with a bogey on the Par-5 fifth.
Despite being four behind Vidhatri at the start of the day, Amandeep caught up with the leader halfway through the final round.
Amandeep and Vidhatri had two bogeys and one birdie on the back nine and ended in a play-off.
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