In the ongoing Hero Women’s Indian Open 2025, the young Indian golfing talent, Hitaashee Bakshi, has successfully kept the hope alive for all the Indian fans living around the world. After the confident and impressive play on day 3 of the tournament, the 21-year-old golfer maintained the lead with a steady two-under 70, taking her total to nine-under 207 at the DLF Golf & Country Club.
With this, she has marched to the final day of the tournament, where she might potentially make history as India’s next champion.
Hitaashee Bakshi: A Hope for Indians
The 21-year-old golfer, Hitaashee Bakshi, has managed to catch attention in the ongoing Hero Women’s Indian Open 2025 and all the golf enthusiasts living around the world as she successfully fired a steady two-under 70 in the third round of the tournament, marking her nine-under 207 and maintaining the lead prior to the final day.
Similarly, this is the first occasion on which Hitaashee Bakshi has been in charge of a Ladies European Tour (LET) event in two days consecutively, and she has appeared very composed and confident. The little girl golfer maintained her concentration in spite of some tiredness in the back nine and the difficult playing conditions. Her performance is a reminder of the last time an Indian won the trophy at this tournament in 2016 by Aditi Ashok.
In addition to this, the course is widely renowned for its tricky and rough par-4s, which tested every player in the tournament. Hitaashee even admitted that the back nine was struggling for her, especially the 14th hole. The hole turned out to be challenging for other top contenders as well, but the young sensation finished the game with a composed par on the 18th hole.
Meanwhile, England’s Alice Hewson is just behind Hitaashee Bakshi, who fired a neat three-under 69 to trail three shots behind at six-under. Three-time LET champion Hewson lauded the course as a reward to precision and patience. She is also confident and cautious at the same time because she is aware that anything could happen on her last day at DLF.
Ladies European Tour on X: “Bakshi leads by three with 18 holes remaining at her home club 🇮🇳 #HWIO2025
Bakshi leads by three with 18 holes remaining at her home club 🇮🇳#HWIO2025 pic.twitter.com/rD0LCyuaDI
— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) October 11, 2025
The Pranavi Urs of India ranks third at four-under, closely followed by Avani Prashanth, Zara Anand (amateur), and Vani Kapoor, who are all in the top ten. The presence of five Indians in the top ten is an indication that the country is becoming very powerful in the area of women’s golf.
With the strong lead on the third day of the Hero Women’s Indian Open 2025, Hitaashee Bakshi marched into the final day and is on the path of making history. A win in the tournament would make her the first Indian to win the Hero Women’s Indian Open since 2016, which would certainly be written in the history books.
Bigyan Samele’s Take
As a writer and someone who has been following golf for several years, Hitaashee Bakshi’s run in the ongoing Hero Women’s Indian Open is impressive as she leads the day 3 of the tournament with a steady two-under 70. Considering her performance throughout the tournament, the trophy might be leaning towards her, but England’s Alice Hewson is right behind her with -6 par, along with Australia’s Kelsey Bennett with -3 par.
It would be interesting to see how the games turn out on the final day, as the competition seems to be tough in every game.
