Diksha Dagar completed a creditable third earlier than Aline Krauter added one other chapter to the story of a ‘rookie’ profitable the 400,000 USD (Rs 3.33 crore) Hero Women’s Indian Open golf title on the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram on Sunday.

Commencing the ultimate spherical with a two-shot lead on Sunday, the 23-year-old German shot a 3rd successive spherical of four-under 68 for a profitable tally 15-under 273 that gave her a five-stroke conquer Sweden’s Sara Kjellker.

During the spherical the place Krauter by no means trailed, her lead shrunk to 1 after a bogey on the fourth gap and rose to a excessive of seven photographs between 14 and 16 holes. The eventual five-hole margin took place after Kjellker birdied the seventeenth gap and Krauter three-putted for a bogey on the ultimate gap.

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Krauter’s maiden title on the Ladies European Tour earned her 60,000 USD (Rs 49.90 lakh) and a two-year exemption from qualifying for the Tour occasions. Kjeller collected 36,000 USD (Rs 29.94 lakh).

 Reflecting on the win, Krauter mentioned, “The first win is very special and I was actually talking to the 2017 winner Camille (Chevalier) earlier this week and she said, ‘Rookies seem to like this course. And she asked “Who’s going to be the rookie this week and I raised my hand. So here I am as a ‘rookie’ winning this event. We did talk about this earlier this week and it’s obviously super special that it happened and it worked out this way.”

Diksha might have fallen wanting operating the eventual champion shut however rose within the LET Order of Merit to the second spot after her seventh top-10 end of the 12 months,

Diksha began with a bogey however improved her probabilities of a powerful end with an eventful run between the fourth and the ninth holes. During this journey, Diksha fired 5 birdies in opposition to a lone bogey to take the flip at a 33. However, on the again 9, Diksha may solely handle a birdie and two bogeys for a 37. With Krauter trying more and more regular 0in the leaders’ group, Diksha stayed within the tied second spot for someday earlier than falling again following her bogey on the 14th gap.

“I am happy with the way I finished,” mentioned Diksha and continued, “I would like to stay in the present. I am going to continue my game and I am going to look out and work on my weaknesses. I am also looking to improve my diet and work on my skills.”

Bengaluru-based beginner Avani Prashanth was the second-best Indian on view as she carded her week’s finest card of 69 to share the fifth spot. Gaurika Bishnoi turned the third Indian within the top-10 following a 71 for the ninth spot.

Vani Kapoor, after two days of staying within the top-three, had one other free fall as she carded a 78 and shared the sixteenth spot with Amandeep Drall and two others.

Scores, with prize-money (Indians until said)

273 – Aline Krauter (Ger) (69, 68, 68, 68, $60,000); 278 – Sara Kjellker (Swe) (73, 66, 68, 71, $36,000); 280 - Diksha Dagar (67, 72, 71, 70, $24,000); 281 – Hannah Burke (Eng) (90, 70, 72, 69, $14,400); 282 – Sara Kouskova (Cze) ((72, 72, 73, 65, $12,400), Avani Prashanth (A) (71, 70, 72, 69); 283 – Gabriella Cowley (Eng) (72, 74, 67, 70, $11,200); 286 - Noora Komulainen (Fin) (77, 71. 69, 69, $9,800), Gaurika Bishnoi (72, 69, 74, 71, $9,800); 287 – Anne-Charlotte Mora (Fra) (73, 72, 68, 74, $9,200).

Other Indians: 290 – Amandeep Drall ((76, 74, 71, 69), Vani Kapoor (68, 70, 74, 78); 291 - Nishtha Madan (79, 70, 68, 74); 292 - Ridhima Dilawari (74, 71, 73, 74); 293 – Khushi Khanijau (73, 73, 74, 73); 295 – Neha Tripathi (75, 72, 75, 73), Vidhatri Urs (A) (70, 74, 73, 78).