{"id":1322,"date":"2011-12-06T14:32:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T14:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2011-12-06T14:32:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T14:32:33","slug":"top-women-golfers-for-indian-open-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1322","title":{"rendered":"Top women golfers for Indian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/1indian%20open.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>Gurgaon: <\/strong>The  legendary Laura Davies, one of the all-time greats of women\u2019s golf,  will lead the strongest-ever field to have assembled in India, as the  fifth edition of the Hero Women\u2019s Indian Open tees off at the  picturesque DLF Golf and Country Club on December 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Davies,  a seven-time European Order of Merit winner, will be joined by the  likes of Sophie Gustafson of Sweden, a four-time winner of the Money  List, the new and hugely talented rookie Caroline Hedwall, who has  already won three times this season, and the flamboyant Christina Kim of  the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Hero Women\u2019s Indian Open 2011, a  co-sanctioned event between the Ladies European Tour, the Ladies Asian  Golf Tour and the Women\u2019s Golf Association to India, carries a prize  purse of $300,000 and is now firmly established as one of the  best-attended events in Asia at the award-winning DLF Golf and County  club, which is hosting the event for the fifth time in succession.<\/p>\n<p>In  2010, Davies arrived in India well in advance but her golf bag came in  only hours before she teed off. Despite playing blind at the DLF Golf  Course, she stunningly won the event in an exciting four-way play-off.<\/p>\n<p>South  African Lee-Ann Pace, the 2010 Money List winner, and two-time Indian  Open winner, Phatlum Pornanong of Thailand, will also be back at this  year\u2019s edition.<\/p>\n<p>Other prominent names teeing off will include,  the recent Sanya Ladies Open champion, Australian Frances Bondad, the  Lacoste Ladies Open de France champion Felicity Johnson, the  Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf winner, Jade Schaffer of France, the Lalla  Meryem Cup winner Zuzana Kamasova and Ashleigh Simon, winner at the  Portugal Ladies Open.<\/p>\n<p>Becky Brewerton and Trish Johnson will  return to India for the first time in four years along with Gwladys  Nocera from France, who won the LET\u2019s EMAAR-MGF Indian Ladies Masters in  Bangalore in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian challenge will be led by\u00a0  Sharmila Nicollet, the current leader on the domestic Hero Women\u2019s  Professional Golf Tour, and the seasoned Smriti Mehra, who will relish  the opportunity of rubbing shoulders with some of the very best in  women\u2019s golf. Smriti Mehra is the doyen of women\u2019s professional golf in  India who helped in establishing and popularizing women\u2019s golf in India.<\/p>\n<p>The  Indian challenge will also include the likes of Nalini Singh (Siwach),  Neha Tripathi and Saaniya Sharma among the 108 players.<\/p>\n<p>The  tournament was established by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour and Women\u2019s  Golf Association of India in 2007 and became tri-sanctioned with the  Ladies European Tour in 2010, launching an exciting new chapter in the  history of the event.<\/p>\n<p>As the penultimate event on the LET\u2019s 2011  schedule, the Hero Women\u2019s Indian Open will be critical in deciding the  players\u2019 final Henderson Money List rankings, a week before the LET\u2019s  season-ending tournament, the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters in the U.A.E.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/1indian%20open.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" style=\"float: left; 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