Golf: Khushi Khanijau Leads Hero WPG Tour Noida Sixth Leg

Khushi Khanijau led the opening round in Noida. She carded 3-under 68 at Jaypee Wishtown. This is the sixth leg of the Hero tour. She holds a one-shot lead. Chasing her are Shweta Mansingh and amateur Guntas K Sandhu.

Only three players broke par on day one. Shweta shot 2-under 69 with steady play. Amateur Guntas also returned 69. Four golfers posted even-par 71. They were Ridhima Dilawari, Smriti Bhargav, Jasmine Shekar and amateur Alysha Dutt.

Khushi Khanijau Leads Hero WPG Tour Noida — Khushi Khanijau

Khushi opened with back-to-back birdies. She added another birdie at the fourth. Bogeys at the fifth and ninth slowed her move. She turned at 1-under. On the back nine, she birdied 10th and 12th. She then made pars on every remaining hole.

Shweta made three birdies and two bogeys early. That left her 1-under for the front nine. She then played a calm back nine. She birdied the 16th and parred every other hole. Guntas birdied the third, 10th and 12th. Her lone bogey came at 14th.

Two players signed for 72. They were Vidhatri Urs and Saanvi Somu. They joined a large group in tied eighth place. That group also featured Amandeep Drall. She is a former Hero Women's Indian Open runner-up. Amateurs included Yaalisai Verma and three others.

The amateur names in that group were Aradhana Manikandan, Anuradha Chaudhuri and Ananya Datar. Both Tvesa Malik and Neha Tripathi shot 73. They shared tied 15th after round one. The field now turns to round two. Players will look to catch leader Khushi.

Organisers released round two tee times for Tuesday. Play starts at 8:00 am. Groups go out in ten-minute blocks. Scores from round one decide pairings. Leaders tee off in the final group. Detailed tee times appear in the table here.

Group	Time	Players
1	8:00 am	Rhea Jha 85, Chitrangada Singh 84
2	8:10 am	Jiah Kang 83, Anaggha Venkatesh 81, Mayara Sharma 81
3	8:20 am	Anisha Agarwalla 80, Hazel Chauhan 80, Jia Kochhar 80
4	8:30 am	Jasmandeep Kaur 79, Saaniya Sharma 79, Geetika Ahuja 78
5	8:40 am	Jahaanvie Walia 78, Jahanvi Bakshi 78, Saanvi Reddy 78
6	8:55 am	Karishma Govind 78, Prarthana Khanna 77, Shagun Narain 77
7	9:05 am	Yashita Raghav 77, Shambhavi Chaturvedi (A) 77, Seher Atwal 77
8	9:15 am	Snigdha Goswami 77, Gauri Karhade 77, Afshan Fatima 77
9	9:25 am	Ketaki Sood 76, Agrima Manral 76, Ravjot K Dosanjh 76
10	9:35 am	Anvvi Dahhiya 76, Gourabi Bhowmick 75, Anvitha Narender 75
11	9:50 am	Ceerat Kang (A) 75, Jahnavi Prakhya 74, Nayanika Sanga 74
12	10:00 am	Ananya Garg 74, Mahreen Bhatia (A) 74, Lavanya Jadon 74
13	10:10 am	Heena Kang 73, Tvesa Malik 73, Neha Tripathi 73
14	10:20 am	Esther Lobo 73, Saanvi Somu 72, Vidhatri Urs 72
15	10:35 am	Anuradha Chaudhuri (A) 72, Ananya Datar 72, Aradhana Manikandan (A) 72
16	10:45 am	Yaalisai Verma 72, Amandeep Drall 72, Alysha Dutt (A) 71
17	10:55 am	Jasmine Shekar 71, Ridhima Dilawari 71, Smriti Bhargav 71
18	11:05 am	Guntas K Sandhu (A) 69, Shweta Mansingh 69, Khushi Khanijau 68