Big names set for Delhi challenge

Sharmila Nicollet, Nalini Singh and Smriti Mehra, the leading three players on the Women's Golf Association of India's Order of Titleist 775 CB Iron Set
were joined by the Ladies European Tour's rookie sensation Caroline Hedwall, Sicilian Ladies Italian Open champion Christina Kim, Thailand's Pornanong Phatlum and Becky Brewerton at the launch of the 2011 Hero Women's Indian Open in Gurgaon, New Delhi, on Tuesday.


The Hero Women's Indian Open 2011, a tri-sanctioned event between the Ladies European Tour, the Ladies Asian Golf Tour and the Women's Golf Association to India, carries a prize purse of €225,000, with a first prize of €33,750 and is now firmly established as one of the best-attended events in AsiaTitleist 775 CB Iron Set


The award-winning DLF Golf and Country club will host the tournament for the fifth time in succession. The tournament was established by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour and Women's Golf Association of India in 2007 and only became tri-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour last year.

England's Laura Davies will defend the title over three rounds from December 9-11 and was relishing the opportunity.
"I don't think that the course necessarily suits me but on the other hand I'm playing Titleist 775 CB Iron Set
so well, if I can hole some putts, which has been the problem all year, then I believe I'll have a chance," she said.