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New Delhi: The seventh edition of the Hero Women\u2019s Indian Open witnessed the \u2018Rest of the World\u2019 team beat \u2018Asia\u2019 3-1 in the \u2018Hero Skills Challenge\u2019 at the par-72, Delhi Golf Club course here today.<\/p>\nNew Delhi: The seventh edition of the Hero Women\u2019s Indian Open witnessed the \u2018Rest of the World\u2019 team beat \u2018Asia\u2019 3-1 in the \u2018Hero Skills Challenge\u2019 at the par-72, Delhi Golf Club course here today.<\/p>\n
The Rest of the World team comprising Sophie Gustafson (Sweden), GwladysNocera (France), Holly Clyburn(England) and Maria Balikoeva (Russia) beat The Asian contingent of Sharmila Nicollet, Neha Tripathi, Vani Kapoor (all India) and Chung Ye Na (Korea) by a margin of 3-1. Rest of the World pocketed Rs 90,000 for their efforts while Team Asia had to settle for Rs 30,000. Each skills contest was worth a prize purse of Rs 30,000.<\/p>\n
The USD 300,000Hero Women\u2019s Indian Open 2013 commences with thePro-Am on Wednesday 27th November, followed by the three-day main stroke-play tournament, from 28th to 30thNovember, 2013.The event is tri-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET), Ladies Asian Golf Tour (LAGT) and the Womens\u2019 Golf Association of India (WGAI).\n<\/p>\n
The \u2018Hero Skills Challenge\u2019 teed-off with the \u2018Longest Drive\u2019 competition. Rest of the World beat Asia in this format after Ladies European Tour star Sophie Gustafson let loose a 283 yard drive on the tenth fairway. Asia\u2019s best reply in this contest came in the form of a 265-yard effort by Sharmila Nicollet.<\/p>\n
Sharmila however pulled one back for team Asia in the \u2018Closest to the Pin\u2019 contest with her ball coming to rest 3.5 feet from the pin. The best the Rest of the World could manage in this category was a 12 feet 6 inch effortfrom Holly Clyburn of England.<\/p>\n
In the \u2018Bunker Shot\u2019 contest however, Russia\u2019s Maria Balikoeva helped Rest of the World nudge ahead with a superb shot that saw her ball come to rest 1 foot six inches from the pin, far better than the 3 feet 8 inch effort from Korean Chung Ye Na.<\/p>\n
The Rest of the World drove the nail into the coffin in the \u2018Putting Contest\u2019 with Sophie Gustafson once again starring with a superb putt that fell just nine inches short of its target. In reply, the closest Asia could get, with Vani Kapoor\u2019s effort was a 3 feet, three inches putt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: The seventh edition of the Hero Women\u2019s Indian Open witnessed the \u2018Rest of the World\u2019 team beat \u2018Asia\u2019 3-1 in the \u2018Hero Skills Challenge\u2019 at the par-72, Delhi Golf Club course here today.<\/p>\n
The Rest of the World team comprising Sophie Gustafson (Sweden), GwladysNocera (France), Holly Clyburn(England) and Maria Balikoeva (Russia) beat The Asian contingent of Sharmila Nicollet, Neha Tripathi, Vani Kapoor (all India) and Chung Ye Na (Korea) by a margin of 3-1. Rest of the World pocketed Rs 90,000 for their efforts while Team Asia had to settle for Rs 30,000. Each skills contest was worth a prize purse of Rs 30,000.<\/p>\n
The USD 300,000Hero Women\u2019s Indian Open 2013 commences with thePro-Am on Wednesday 27th November, followed by the three-day main stroke-play tournament, from 28th to 30thNovember, 2013.The event is tri-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET), Ladies Asian Golf Tour (LAGT) and the Womens\u2019 Golf Association of India (WGAI).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"\n