{"id":9513,"date":"2012-08-28T04:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9513"},"modified":"2012-08-28T04:15:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T04:15:00","slug":"sharmila-and-vani-stay-upbeat-ahead-of-second-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9513","title":{"rendered":"Sharmila and Vani stay upbeat ahead of 2nd leg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/golf\/sharmila.jpg\" alt=\"Sharmila and Vani stay upbeat ahead of second leg \" width=\"250\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" \/>Bangalore:<\/strong> Sharmila Nicollet will take the confidence of winning the season\u2019s opening event last week, as she tees up for the second event of the Hero-WGAI Women\u2019s Pro Tour at Clover Greens in Bangalore. Sharmila, who also plays on the Ladies European Tour, has been paired with Priya Puri and Neha Tripathi.<\/p>\n<p>Vani Kapoor, the new face in Indian women\u2019s pro golf, will also full of enthusiasm after a great start in her debut event. The 18-year-old Vani, led by four shots into the final round before a stunning comeback by Sharmila saw the clash go into a play-off where she edged out Vani.<\/p>\n<p>Sharmila said, \u201cI was very pleased with me game in the final round. It was a bogey free round and I putted well. My coach Tarun (Sardesai) was with me on the bag and he made me read the putts and that helped a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vani on the other hand was happy with her debut. \u201cIt would have been nice to start with a win, but Sharmila was superb on the final day. Anyway I am still on the learning curve and it was good start. I need to build on it,\u201d said Vani.<\/p>\n<p>Smriti Mehra, the first Indian women\u2019s pro to make a mark on the world circuit, is also back and will play alongside Mita Gowande and amateur Ankita Kedalya. Nalini Singh Siwach, third last week, will play with Nikki Ponappa and Meghna Bal.<\/p>\n<p>The event carries a purse of Rs. 5 lakhs and is the second in the schedule of the Tour which has 12 events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/golf\/sharmila.jpg\" alt=\"Sharmila and Vani stay upbeat ahead of second leg \" width=\"250\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" \/>Bangalore:<\/strong> Sharmila Nicollet will take the confidence of winning the season\u2019s opening event last week, as she tees up for the second event of the Hero-WGAI Women\u2019s Pro Tour at Clover Greens in Bangalore. Sharmila, who also plays on the Ladies European Tour, has been paired with Priya Puri and Neha Tripathi.<\/p>\n<p>Vani Kapoor, the new face in Indian women\u2019s pro golf, will also full of enthusiasm after a great start in her debut event. The 18-year-old Vani, led by four shots into the final round before a stunning comeback by Sharmila saw the clash go into a play-off where she edged out Vani.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[168,167,171,169,6263],"class_list":["post-9513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-golf-golf","tag-nalini-singh-siwach","tag-sharmila-nicollet","tag-smriti-mehra","tag-vani-kapoor","tag-wgai-womens-pro-tour"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sharmila and Vani stay upbeat ahead of 2nd leg - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9513\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sharmila and Vani stay upbeat ahead of 2nd leg - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bangalore: Sharmila Nicollet will take the confidence of winning the season\u2019s opening event last week, as she tees up for the second event of the Hero-WGAI Women\u2019s Pro Tour at Clover Greens in Bangalore. 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