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Diksha finishes creditable T-3 in German Masters, maintains good run in LET

Indian golfer Diksha Dagar missed out on a second profession title on the Ladies European Tour, however performed properly sufficient to complete tied third on the 2023 Amundi German Masters right here.

The T-3 end takes her as much as twenty second on the Race to Costa Del Sol rankings on the Tour.

Diksha, who has been logging effective ends in current weeks, scored her third Top-10 end on LET in her final 4 begins with this week’s tied third being the very best. It was additionally her greatest for the reason that Lacoste Open de France final 12 months.

Czech Republic’s Kristyna Napoleaova rolled in a birdie putt on the primary play-off gap to win the German Masters at Golf & Country Club Seddiner See.

After tying with in a single day co-leader England’s Cara Gainer at 14-under, the duo headed again down the 18th for the play-off.

Napoleaova birdied to triumph and turn into the fourth first-time winner on the LET in 2023.

Diksha was very a lot in rivalry via the primary eight holes, and even held a share of the lead at 14-under. But three bogeys on ninth, tenth and eleventh pulled her again and she or he was unable to make up.

Napoleaova was late to the sport of golf beginning in the summertime of 2016 having been a former footballer for AC Sparta Praha when she was youthful.

The newly-crowned LET winner has additionally had battles off the golf course not too long ago after being recognized with Ulcerative Colitis a couple of months in the past and is amazed to have entered the winner’s circle on Tour.

She began golf lower than seven years in the past and is now a winner on the LET.

England’s Gainer in the end completed in second after shedding within the play-off.

Germany’s Sophie Hausmann fired the spherical of the day with a wonderful bogey-free 64 (-8) to complete the event with a complete of 11-under-par.

Hausmann completed in a tie for third place alongside Diksha, who carded an even-par spherical on the ultimate day.

England’s Alice Hewson ended the event in fifth place on 10-under-par after a fourth spherical of 69 (-3).

Spain’s Carmen Alonso, France’s Celine Herbin and Sweden’s Johanna Gustavsson completed in a tie for sixth place on eight-under-par and one shot additional again was Italy’s Virginia Elena Carta alongside French duo Agathe Sauzon and Nastasia Nadaud.

In the 2023 Race to Costa del Sol, India’s Aditi Ashok nonetheless leads the standings as she has executed for the reason that first occasion of the season however Spain’s Ana Peláez Trivino is now solely 3.47 factors behind her.

Sweden’s Linn Grant is third with Czechia’s Klara Davidson Spilkova fourth and Germany’s Chiara Noja in fifth place.

The LET heads to Napoleaova’s homeland subsequent week for the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open, which takes place from June 23 to 25.

-PTI