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Diksha Dagar wins second Ladies European Tour with four-shot win at Czech Ladies Open

The 22-year-old southpaw Diksha won her first LET title back in 2019 in her rookie year and in 2021 she was part of the winning team at the Aramco Team Series in London

Our Bureau And PTI Czechia (Czech Republic) Published 26.06.23, 05:42 AM
Diksha Dagar, in file picture above, registered a four-shot win at the Czech Ladies Open on Sunday

Diksha Dagar, in file picture above, registered a four-shot win at the Czech Ladies Open on Sunday File picture

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

The 22-year-old southpaw Diksha won her first LET title back in 2019 in her rookie year and in 2021 she was part of the winning team at the Aramco Team Series in London.

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This was Diksha's 79th start on the LET and she now has two individual wins and nine top-10 finishes, four 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.

Her final round 69 included four birdies and just one bogey in a week. She dropped shots only once each on first and last days with a bogey-free 65 in between on the second day.

Thailand's Trichat Cheenglab made a valiant charge on the final day with a 64, but her first two rounds of 73-70 meant she started the final day nine shots behind Diksha and that was too much overcome for the Thai.

The 22-year-old Indian was steady throughout Sunday just as she had been all week. Trichat finished with a total of 9-under and was sole second while Frenchwoman Celine Herbin (69-72-67) was third at 8-under.

After a series of top-10 finishes, three of them in her last four starts, Diksha finally forced the door open with a stunning performance that was highlighted by a second round of 7-under 65.

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

She played superbly despite windy conditions early in the week at the Royal Beroun Golf Club, where she had finished tied-fourth in 2021.

Diksha was the second Indian to win on the LET Tour after Aditi Ashok won the Hero Women's Indian Open in 2016 to become the first Indian to triumph on the Tour.

Diksha now becomes the second Indian to win in 2023 as Aditi won the Magical Kenya Ladies earlier this season. The duo are the only Indians to have tasted success on LET.

She won her first LET title in 2019 at the Investec Women’s South African Open in March 2019 and now after four years, three months and 11 days she recorded her second individual success.

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

Diksha was born with a hearing impairment and has been wearing hearing aids since the age of six. Her father Col Narinder Dagar is her mentor, coach and caddie.

PTI

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