Diksha Dagar produces greatest ever-show by Indian lady golfer in Majors, ends Women’s Open at T-21

Diksha Dagar produced the all-time present by an Indian lady golfer at a Major as she ended the Women’s Open at Tied-Twenty first whereas compatriot Aditi Ashok signed off at T-40 place.

Diksha, a two-time LET winner, who produced a wonderful effort on the again 9 of the second spherical to make her first minimize in a Major two days earlier, closed the week with one other excellent back-nine present.

After a 2-over on the entrance 9, Diksha was 3-under for the again 9 for a 1-under scorecard. With rounds of 74-71-72-71, she totalled even par 288 for 4 days.

Aditi, taking part in her seventh Women’s Open, shot a second straight 75 to fall to T-40 with rounds of 72-69-75-75. She was T-9 on the midway stage of the event however slipped over the weekend.

Diksha’s results of T-21 was the all-time by an Indian lady at a Major, bettering T-22 by Aditi on the 2018 Women’s Open.

Smriti Mehra completed Tied-sixth in 1998 Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham, when Sherri Steinhauer of the US gained the title, however at the moment the Women’s British Open was not a Major. It grew to become a Major solely in 2001.

Playing her fourth Women’s Open, this was the primary time Diksha had made the minimize after lacking cuts in 2019, 2020 and 2022. This was her sixth Major general and the primary time she had made the minimize.

Diksha’s purse of USD 84,162 was additionally the very best of her skilled profession and it took her again into the Top-5 of the Ladies European Tour’s Race to Costa Del Sol, the place Aditi is mendacity third.

Lying T-35 after the third spherical, Diksha bogeyed fourth and sixth on the entrance 9 and turned in 2-over. On the again 9, which she had performed in par or higher on every of the primary three days, Diksha discovered birdies on the twelfth, fifteenth and seventeenth to bounce again.

She additionally missed a few probabilities. Despite discovering fewer fairways and greens in regulation, Diksha putted her greatest for the week with simply 28 putts after going over 30 putts on the primary three days.

Aditi, mendacity T-28 after the third day, birdied as soon as every on the back and front nines, however bogeyed 5 instances in her 75.

In the 2023 Race to Costa del Sol, Celine Boutier prolonged her lead on the prime of the rankings and now has 1,725.38 factors. Spain’s Ana Peláez Trivińo nonetheless sits in second place with 1,433.20 factors with Aditi in third (1,309.19) and Sweden’s Linn Grant in fourth (1,276.28). Diksha has moved as much as fifth place after ending in a tie for Twenty first place.