- Shannon Tan wins with a score of 7-under-par
- The Singaporean now goes to number one on the LET Order of Merit
Shannon Tan clinched her third Ladies European Tour (LET) title in dramatic fashion after firing a round of 67 (-5) on the final day of the 2025 Hero Women’s Indian Open.
The 21-year-old began the day seven strokes behind 54-hole leader Hitaashee Bakshi but as she walked down 18, Tan sat just one stroke behind leader Alice Hewson of England.
Tan missed her birdie putt at the last rolling in the par but behind her Hewson had hit her tee shot in the water.
The Singaporean headed to the range to warm up for a potential playoff, but it wasn’t needed as Hewson made a double bogey at the last meaning Tan walked away with the victory on seven-under-par in India.
“I am still pretty much in shock,” said Tan. “A lot has happened this week, from not getting my visa initially to then getting it late and arriving here on Tuesday. I am in shock of what has happened, but I’m really grateful and glad I took the opportunity to play here.
“I looked at the leaderboard on 15 and saw I was two back. I know the last few holes here at DLF can be challenging, so I thought I’d just stick to the game plan and keep trying to give myself chances and hope those chances drop. I was playing my own game regardless of what happens.
“I thought I had to make that putt [on 18] to maybe force a playoff. I gave myself a chance and then I walked in, and someone said I’m still in the race. I asked someone what’s going on and figured out what happened back there.”
Tan rolled in her first birdie of the day on the third before finding momentum around the turn making three birdies on the trot on holes nine, 10 and 11.
She added another birdie on 13 before her only dropped shot of the day on 14 and then sunk her birdie putt on 17 for her round of 67 (-5) and to win her second title of the 2025 season.
“This course quite suits me in terms of being a ball striker and being able to hit it quite straight and accurate and I think it’s played a huge part for me this week,” she continued. “My ball striking hasn’t been that far off compared to the past three days and it’s just the putter was really hot today, I made more putts than the past two days.
“I played here last year and I’ve really been looking forward to coming back here especially losing by one last year and I was like I know this course suits me, I know I’ve got an advantage here so I’ve been looking forward to this event for a long time and I think to be able to win this week really means a lot.”
There has been a swing in the LET Order of Merit with Tan moving to the top of the rankings and overtaking England’s Mimi Rhodes.
“It’s good progress to be number one on the rankings. I have been trusting the process this whole season and there are still three events to go, so I will give it all I can,” added Tan.
“I’ll keep having the same mindset to just do the best I can because I can’t really control what everyone else does and it’s everyone’s game out there. If I just focus on me and myself, then that’s all I can really ask for.”
England’s Hewson finished in solo second place on six-under-par after a final round of 72 (E) at DLF Golf and Country Club.
The three-time LET winner made birdies on holes three, nine and 12 before a bogey on 13 and then her double on the last.
“I had a really solid day overall. I had a couple of loose tee shots out there today, but I fought hard throughout the round and made some really nice par putts throughout the day,” said Hewson.
“It was just one loose drive on 18, which unfortunately led to a double bogey, but I couldn’t be happier for Shannon. If you can’t win yourself, it’s always good when you see one of your mates win out here too.”
India’s Bakshi, who led after the second round, ended the week in outright third place on five-under-par – her best-ever finish on the LET.
“This is all I wanted, there were so many people coming out to watch and I have received so many messages and so much love,” said Bakshi. “These kids shouting my name and it didn’t matter if I was making a double bogey, they were saying you could do it. It was amazing.”
India’s Pranavi Urs was fourth on four-under with Australia’s Kelsey Bennett and India’s Avani Prashanth one shot further back.
Ireland’s Anna Foster was seventh, Germany’s Leonie Harm eighth and Sweden’s Lisa Pettersson ninth with three players ending the week in T10.
With three events of the LET season remaining, Tan now leads the LET Order of Merit by 239.46 points ahead of Rhodes with South Africa’s Casandra Alexander in third.
England’s Hewson is up to eighth and India’s Bakshi has leapt up from 108th to 56th in the standings.
The LET now has a one-week break before it returns for the Wistron Ladies Open taking place at Sunrise Golf and Country Club from 23-26 October.
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