Seher Atwal currently leads the Indian contingent in Spain
Eight Indian professionals are competing for 2023 playing rights on the Ladies European Tour’s Final Qualifying from Dec. 17-21 at La Manga in Spain, after having got through the Pre-Qualifiers.
Neha Tripathi, Hitaashee Bakshi, Seher Atwal, Asmitha Sathish, Sneha Singh, Ridhima Dilawari, Tvesa Malik and Sharmila Nicollet are playing the 90-hole qualifier. Depending on where they finish, upto 60th place, they could win various privileges from fully exempt to very limited eligibility on the 2023 Ladies European Tour, which is also showing extraordinary increases in prize money and tournaments.
Scores after 54 holes:
Seher Atwal – 70-73-69 (T-15th)
Sneha Singh – 71-71-76 (T-45th)
Ridhima Dilawari – 74-77-73 (T-95th)
Hitaashee Bakshi – 72-75-76 (T-104th)
Sharmila Nicollet – 73-74-79 (T-109th)
Neha Tripathi – 71-76-79 (T-128th)
Tvesa Malik – 78-72-78 (T-128th)
Asmitha Sathish – 76-76-75 (T-132nd)
Below are snapshots of the Indian players in the field:
Neha Tripathi
Turned pro – 2010
10-time winner on the WGAI
2013 season – Won 5 times and registered three runner-up finishes
Neha shot 72-73-74-70 (1-over 289) to finish tied-6th at the LET Pre-Q Asia at Classic Golf & CC in Gurgaon in October.
Hitaashee Bakshi
Turned pro – 2021
4-time winner on the WGAI
Hitaashee shot 68-74-71-71 (4-under 284) to finish third at the LET Pre-Q Asia at Classic Golf & CC in Gurgaon in October.
Seher Atwal
Turned pro – 2020
2-time winner on the WGAI
Seher shot 72-77-73-68 (2-over 290) to finish 8th at the LET Pre-Q Asia at Classic Golf & CC in Gurgaon in October.
Asmitha Sathish
Turned pro – 2021
Asmitha shot 77-72-75-71 (7-over 295) to finish tied-10th at the LET Pre-Q Asia at Classic Golf & CC in Gurgaon in October.
Sneha Singh
Turned pro – July 2022
4-time winner on the WGAI as an amateur
Sneha shot 74-71-66-70 (7-under 281) to win the LET Pre-Q Asia at Classic Golf & CC in Gurgaon.
Ridhima Dilawari
Turned pro – 2018
11-time winner on the WGAI
In 2019, she won 5 events to finish 2nd on the WGAI OOM
Ridhima shot 71-74-72-77 (6-over 294) to finish tied-31st at the LET Pre-Q Europe in Spain
Tvesa Malik
Turned pro – 2017
10-time winner on the WGAI
WGAI OOM Winner 2018
Sharmila Nicollet
Turned pro – 2009
15-time winner on the WGAI
Previously, Sharmila played on the LET from 2012 to 2018 with a career- best T17 in the 2013 Turkish Ladies Open.
Last week, Sharmila shot 74-75-74-71 (6-over 294) to finish tied-31st at the LET Pre-Q Europe
Credits:-
Photo – LET Flickr / WGAI