While Vani won five times in 2025 and topped the Hero Order of Merit, Ridhima has had a good start in 2026.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
She was runner-up to Jasmine Shekar in the opening leg at Mumbai\u2019s Bombay Presidency Golf Club, and won the second leg at Kalhaar Blues & Greens in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Oxford Golf Resort in Pune is regarded as one of the best courses in India and will provide a great challenge to the field of 44 players, who will battle it out for a handsome purse of Rs.17 lakhs. The field includes five amateurs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Order of Merit is led by Ridhima with earnings of Rs. Four lakhs and she is followed by Jasmine Shekar, who won the opening leg in Mumbai.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Five top Indians are skipping the event as they are busy with LET\u2019S season-opener in Saudi Arabia, where the highly lucrative $ 5 million PIF Ladies International in Riyadh will signal the start of the 2026 calendar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Indians in the field for Saudi are Diksha Dagar, Avani Prashanth, Pranavi Urs, Hitaashee Bakshi and Aditi Ashok, who divides her time between the LET and the LPGA.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Five top Indians are skipping the event as they are busy with LET\u2019S season-opener in Saudi Arabia, where the highly lucrative $ 5 million PIF Ladies International in Riyadh will signal the start of the 2026 calendar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Neha Tripathi, Jasmine Shekar, Khushi Khanijau and Shweta Mansingh, all of whom are capable of notching up an early win in the season, are also in the field.<\/p>\r\n\r\n