Gurgaon, November 28: Team Asia and Team Rest of the World
shared the honours in the Hero Skills Challenge which preceded the HWIO 2012 at
the DLF Golf and Country Club on Wednesday. The teams won two skills each and
shared the prize money of Rs. 1,20,000.
Double
winner on the Ladies European Tour this season, Carly Booth won the long drive
for Team RoW with a drive of 283 yards as Sharmila Nicollet fell just short of
her by four metres. That was followed by the 100-yard shot in which two-time
Indian Open winner Phatlum Pornanong playing for Team Asia hit her shot to two
feet five inches and took the top spot.
In
the Bunker shot, Carly Booth once again showed great form landing her shot to
two feet three inches from the hole but once again team Asia hit back as Vani
Kapoor put her long putt to within 15 inches.
The
teams: RoW: Carly Booth, Stacey Keating and Carlota Ciganda; Asia: Phatlum
Pornanong, Sharmila Nicollet and Vani Kapoor.
The
prizes were given away by Mr. Pawan Munjal, MD and CEO, Hero MotoCorp, and Mrs.
Kavita Singh, President, WGAI.
The
Pro-Am
will be held on Thursday, while the main $ 300,000 tournament
tri-sanctioned by Ladies European Tour, Ladies Asian Golf Tour and
Women's Golf Association of India, begins on
Friday.
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