Vani back for 14th leg of Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour

Gurugram : The top stars of the Indian women's domestic Tour will be back in action at the 14th Leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour as a final tune-up for the Hero Women's Indian Open, to be held next month.

This week, the women will play on the same course that will host the Hero Women's Indian Open.The challenging Gary Player layout has been the venue for the Eomen's Indian Open for the last two years.

Vani Kapoor, who has won three times in the five events she has played this season, will return to the domestic Tour after a gap of four events. She had been unwell for sometime and also played abroad on the Ladies European Tour.Also in the field are Amandeep Drall, Gursimar Badwal, Neha Tripathi and Saaniya Sharma -- all of whom have been playing off and on in Europe.

Smriti Mehra, the most experienced of Indian women professionals, will also be back in action to seek her first title of the year.This season, the previous 13 legs have produced seven different winners, with Vani leading the way with three wins.Amandeep, Gursimar, Tripathi and Tvesa Malik have won twice each, while Gaurika Bishnoi and Saaniya Sharma have won once.

On Tuesday, the last group will see Vani go out with Trisha Sunil and Tvesa, while Siddhi Kapoor, amateur Pranavi Urs and Anisha Padukone will feature in the second last group.Order of Merit leader Gaurika has been paired with Amandeep and Afshan Fatima. Saaniya, amateur Ananya Barthakur and Ayesha Kapur will play together, while Tripathi and Badwal are in one of the two-balls.The other two-ball will comprise Smriti Mehra and Mehar Atwal.