Diksha Dagar wins Czech Ladies Open, secures second title on European Tour

Jun 25, 2023 at 3:43 PM
Diksha Dagar wins Czech Ladies Open, secures second title on European Tour

Diksha Dagar lastly cruised to her second Ladies European Tour as she grabbed a commanding four-shot win on the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open on Sunday.

The 22-year-old southpaw Diksha gained her first LET title again in 2019 in her rookie 12 months and in 2021 she was a part of the successful workforce on the Aramco Team Series in London.

This was Diksha’s 79th begin on the LET and she or he now has two particular person wins and 9 Top-10 finishes, 4 of which have come this season.

Starting the day with a five-shot lead, Diksha, who hails from Jhajjar in Haryana, duly delivered the win with no hiccups.

Diksha’s remaining spherical 69 included 4 birdies and only one bogey in per week. She dropped photographs solely as soon as every on first and final days with a bogey-free 65 in between on the second day.

Thailand’s Trichat Cheenglab made a valiant cost on the ultimate day with a 64, however her first two rounds of 73-70 meant she began the ultimate day 9 photographs behind Diksha and that was an excessive amount of overcome for the Thai.

The 22-year-old Indian was regular all through Sunday simply as she had been all week. Trichat completed with a complete of 9-under and was sole second whereas Frenchwoman Celine Herbin (69-72-67) was third at 8-under.

After a sequence of Top-10 finishes, three of them in final 4 begins, Diksha lastly compelled the door open with a surprising efficiency that was highlighted by a second spherical of 7-under 65.

She compiled rounds of 69-65-69 with 13 birdies, an eagle and simply two bogeys in 54 holes over three rounds.

She performed beautifully regardless of windy situations early within the week on the Royal Beroun Golf Club, the place she had completed Tied-fourth in 2021.

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Diksha was the second Indian to win on the LET Tour after Aditi Ashok gained the Hero Women’s Indian Open in 2016.

Diksha now turns into the second Indian to win in 2023 as Aditi gained the Magical Kenya Ladies earlier this season. The duo are the one Indians to have tasted success on LET.

She gained her first LET title in 2019 on the Investec Women’s South African Open in March 2019 and now after 4 years, three months and 11 days she recorded her second particular person success.

Starting the ultimate day with a string of six pars, she birdied the seventh and ninth to show in 2-under and moved to 12-under.

This season Diksha was tied sixth in Belgian Ladies, tied eighth at Helsingborg Ladies Open and tied third at Amundi German Masters final week.

Playing on a sponsor’s exemption this week, Pranavi misplaced her momentum on the again 9 and dropped three photographs on eleventh, twelfth and 18th and completed with 3-under 69 for her greatest end on LET at Tied-Seventeenth.

She shot 75-68-69 to complete 4-under and end Tied-Seventeenth, her greatest outcome on the LET.

The different Indian, who made the reduce was Ridhima Dilawari, who completed with a spherical of 71 to be Tied-51st.

About the course and the occasion, Diksha had mentioned, ”Two years in the past, I completed within the prime 5 through the Olympic qualification interval. My goal was to complete within the prime 5. I’ve performed right here a number of occasions and I do know this course very nicely.” “I’m feeling confident. My main focus is to play good golf and at the moment I’m enjoying it.” Diksha, who was born with a listening to impairment and has been carrying listening to aids because the age of six, has overcome the hurdles amazingly nicely with the help from her household. Her father Col Narinder Dagar can also be her mentor, coach and caddie.

Diksha has additionally twice medallist on the Deaflympics (Olympics for the Deaf), together with a gold medal in 2021 after taking a silver in 2017. In 2021 she additionally participated on the Tokyo Olympics, changing into the first-ever golfer to compete at each Deaflympics and the principle Olympic Games. She additionally participated within the 2018 Asian Games.

Ranked twenty second on the Race to Costa Del Sol on then Ladies European Tour, Diksha is anticipated to power her manner into Top-10 and enhance dramatically in her world rankings from the present 297 and are available to round 225.

Four gamers Lily May Humphreys (68), Laura Beveridge (63), Gabriela Cowley (70) and Cara Gainer (70) have been tied fourth at 7-under.