Hero Womens Indian Open golf: Shannon takes the crown on a dramatic closing day

Shannon Tan had walked away after ending a formidable closing 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 Women’s Indian Open after dramatic closing moments of play that noticed Hewson double-bogey the ultimate putt and cede the trophy.

Singapore’s Tan additionally leapfrogged into high spot on the Ladies European Tour’s Order of Merit with this win, as Mimi Rhodes slipped to second spot after a disappointing tied-Fifteenth end right here.

The closing gap slip-up was the one false step by England’s Hewson who, until then, had had a near-perfect day. Home 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.

However, it was a fruitful week for Indians general, with three within the top-five and 6 within the top-10 for the primary time ever.

Hitaashee, who started the day with a three-shot lead on the high, 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 transient break earlier than transferring to the again 9 helped her settle her nerves, however by then, Hewson had taken management with a gentle hand.

Having stayed inside putting distance by way of the week, Tan solely needed to follow her recreation with out attempting too laborious. With a bogey every until the seventeenth gap, she and Hewson stayed shut, the previous closing the hole step by step with 4 birdies to Hewson’s two on the again 9. It all got here all the way down to the ultimate stroke and Hewson, needing solely a four-feet putt to win, faltered.

“I’m nonetheless fairly in shock. When I used to be approaching the 18th, I knew I wanted to make a birdie to pressure a play-off. And then, after I walked in at hand over the scoring, somebody stated, you’re nonetheless within the race for this. So I got here out and yeah, I believe I’m nonetheless in shock proper now,” Tan admitted.

The outcomes: 281: Shannon Tan (Sin, 68-73-73-67); 282: Alice Hewson (Eng, 69-72-69-72); 283: Hitaashee Bakshi (70-67-70-76); 284: Pranavi Urs (72-67-73-72); 285: Kelsey Bennett (Aus, 71-71-72-71), Avani Prashanth (73-71-70-71); 286: Anna Foster (Irl, 75-75-67-69); 287: Leonie Harm (Ger, 74-71-71-71); 288: Lisa Pettersson (Swe, 71-69-74-74).