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Shubhankar Sharma finishes seventh at Irish Open golf
India’s Shubhankar Sharma, who shared the lead on the midway stage of the Irish Open golf to make a bid for his first DP World Tour title since 2018, ended tied seventh with a last spherical of 1-under 71 right here.
Sharma, who opened the season with a tied seventh-place end in Abu Dhabi, ended tied eighth on the Open in July, and that is his third Top-10 end of the season.
Sharma, who was 13-under after 36 holes, couldn’t produce the magic he confirmed within the first 36 holes as he carded 75-71 within the last two and completed the week at 11-under.
Yet, the Indian ace, who has been picked by the Indian Golf Union for the Asian Games later this month, has moved to 168th on the earth. Sharma’s career-best rating is sixty fourth.
Sweden’s Vincent Norrman secured his second DP World Tour title within the house of simply 56 days as he carded a last spherical seven below par 65 to triumph on the Irish Open.
Sharma, mendacity T-4 after the third spherical, began the ultimate spherical with a double bogey, his second of the week after the double on the sixth within the third spherical.
The Indian recovered with birdies on second and fourth and added two extra on the tenth and 14th, however didn’t get birdies on the Par-5s on sixteenth and 18th. He additionally dropped a shot on seventeenth. There have been fairly a number of missed putts on a day when the climate interrupted the play.
Norrman, who gained the Barbasol Championship within the United States in July, began the day six strokes behind the in a single day leaders and was effectively off the tempo after pars on his opening six holes.
The 25-year-old made his first birdies of the day on the seventh and ninth holes earlier than play was suspended at The Ok Club for an hour and a half as a result of menace of lightning.
Norrman confirmed no indicators of slowing down after the restart as he birdied 4 of his subsequent 5 holes from the tenth. His birdie on the thirteenth noticed him transfer right into a share of the lead for the primary time and he then made his seventh acquire of the day on the 18th to set the clubhouse goal of 14 below par.
Germany’s Hurley Long was additionally on 14 below par after 12 holes, however consecutive bogeys noticed him slip again to 12 below. The 28-year-old gave himself an eagle have a look at the final, however he left his putt brief, handing Norrman his second DP World Tour title.
His win sealed a fortnight of success for Sweden on the DP World Tour as he backed up compatriot Ludvig Åberg’s victory final week on the Omega European Masters.
In a share of third was house favorite Shane Lowry, who was bidding for a second Irish Open crown, New Zealand’s Ryan Fox, who was runner-up at this occasion final yr, Scotsman Grant Forrest and Thriston Lawrence of South Africa.
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Diksha finishes Twenty first, stays third on Order of Merit in Europe
File – Diksha Dagar of India performs her shot out of the bunker on the first gap on Day Two of the ISPS HANDA World Invitational.
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File – Diksha Dagar of India performs her shot out of the bunker on the first gap on Day Two of the ISPS HANDA World Invitational.
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Diksha Dagar carded a good 2-under 70 on the ultimate day to complete a modest tied-Twenty first on the Ladies European Tour’s Big Green Egg Open right here.
The 22-year-old left-hander had rounds of 71-70-70 for an mixture of 5-under 211, which was not sufficient to keep up her run of top-10 finishes.
Diksha had two birdies and one bogey on both aspect of the Hilversumsche Golf Club within the last spherical.
Despite the modest end, Diksha stayed in third place within the Race to Costa Del Sol — the LET’s Order of Merit.
It has been an important season for Diksha to this point with the Indian successful a match and having six top-10 finishes. She additionally notched up a career-best end in a Major — a T-21 within the AIG Women’s Open.
India’s Vani Kapoor (70) completed tied-Thirty ninth at 1-under 215, whereas Amandeep Drall, Tvesa Malik, Ridhima Dilawari and beginner Avani Prashanth had missed the reduce.
An exciting last day noticed Thai rookie Trichat Cheenglab land her maiden LET title as she fired a 67 (-5) to win by one shot. With seven gamers tied on the high previous to the ultimate spherical, it was an in depth affair.
Cheenglab posted six birdies, together with a beautiful 4 on the par-5 18th to pip Lydia Hall and Nicole Broch Estrup to glory on 12-under par.
Playing within the last group alongside Welsh duo Chloe Williams and Lydia Hall, Cheenglab birdied her opening gap on the par-5 because the latter eagled to interrupt from the pack and take the only lead.
In the ultimate levels after Broch Estrup set the clubhouse goal at 11-under par with a sensational 65, Cheenglab and Hall each required two birdies of their last 5 holes to topple the rating.
The rookie struck first with a birdie on the par-3 14th just for Hall to reply with one among her personal on the par-4 fifteenth. Hall gave pictures again on the sixteenth and seventeenth after discovering hassle off the tee, that means the one-time LET winner required an eagle on the final gap with Cheenglab needing a birdie.
Hall noticed her eagle try shave the opening leaving Cheenglab with a four-footer for the win after a clutch chip.
The 28-year-old turned the seventh Thai participant to win on the LET.
Hall and Estrup recorded their greatest outcomes of the 2023 season with the T2 finishes on the Big Green Egg Open.
Sara Kjellker and Chloe Williams shared a tie for the fourth place on 10-under par, whereas Italy’s Alessandra Fanali completed sole sixth on nine-under par following a improbable last spherical 66 (-6).
In the 2023 Race to Costa del Sol, the top-three gamers remained the identical with Celine Boutier main adopted by Ana Peláez Trivino in second place and Diksha in third. Cheenglab moved into fourth place on 1,317.72 factors and prolonged her lead on the high of the ‘Rookie of the Year’ standings.
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