Ridhima holds off Afshan, Neha to win ninth leg of Hero WPGT

Ridhima Dilawari held on to her nerves in the closing stages of the final round to stave off a strong challenge from Afshan Fatima and Neha Tripathi and win her third title of the season at the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour here.

Ridhima, who has won twice earlier this year, started the final round with a handy four shot lead on Friday, but Afshan wiped out that lead at one stage after the 10th hole.

Within minutes of that, Afshan left the door open for just a while with a bogey on 11th, which put Ridhima in the lead once again.

This time Ridhima made no mistake and held on by adding a birdie on Par-4 12th while parring the rest of the holes.

Afshan did manage one more birdie on Par-3 17th, but despite numerous attempts was unable to get another to force a play-off.

Overall Ridhima had two bogeys and just one birdie which came in the crucial stages, while Afshan had three birdies against two bogeys as she cut the deficit from four shots to one to log her best finish of the season.

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