Hero Girls’s Indian Open: Shannon takes the crown on dramatic ultimate day

Shannon Tan had walked away after ending a powerful ultimate day one shot adrift of chief Alice Hewson, believing she must accept second spot for the second 12 months in a row. She walked again to the 18th inexperienced to raise the 2025 Hero Girls’s Indian Open after a dramatic ultimate second of play that noticed Hewson double-bogey the ultimate putt and cede the trophy.

Singapore’s Shannon additionally leapfrogged to the highest spot on the Women European Tour’s Order of Benefit with this win as Mimi Rhodes slipped to second spot after a disappointing tied-Fifteenth end right here. The ultimate gap slip-up was the one false step by England’s Hewson, who, until then, had had a near-perfect day.

Dwelling favorite Hitaashee Bakshi slipped away early after a horrendous entrance 9 that had 4 bogeys and a double bogey to finish any hopes of an Indian winner.

Nonetheless, it was a fruitful week for Indians general with three within the top-5 and 6 within the top-10 for the primary time ever. Hitaashee, who started the day with a three-shot lead on the prime, appeared to swing between attacking the course and enjoying too secure, and ended up being in no-man’s land for a four-over 40 going out after the primary 9 holes. The temporary break earlier than shifting to the again 9 helped her settle her nerves, however by then, Alice had taken management with a gentle hand.

Having stayed inside putting distance via the week, Shannon solely needed to persist with her recreation with out making an attempt too exhausting. With a bogey every until the seventeenth gap, she and Alice stayed shut, the previous closing the hole step by step with 4 4 birdies to Hewson’s two on the again 9. All of it got here all the way down to the ultimate stroke, and Hewson, needing solely a 4-feet putt to win, faltered.

Printed on Oct 12, 2025