In a first for Indian women’s golf, two players from the country have made the cut at a Major together.

Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar produced back-nine heroics to progress to the third round at the Women’s Open at Walton Heath.

Aditi went 3-under for the back nine and Diksha played the back nine in 2-under and made the cut.

Aditi (72-69) was tied-ninth as she moved into a position to improve her best finish of T-22 at the Women’s Open, while Diksha made her first cut in a Major event. Diksha is tied-47th.

This is the second instance in Indian golf when two players have made the cut together at a Major event.

In 2012, Jeev Milkha Singh and Anirban Lahiri made the cut together at the British Open.

There was tremendous improvement over the first day for Aditi, as she found 12 of the 15 fairways, as against nine on the first day, and had 14 greens in regulation on both days.

The putter also performed better with 32 putts on the first day and 29 on the second.

While Diksha found fewer fairways, she had greater success in terms of greens in regulation, 14 out of 18 in the second round as against 10 out of 18 on the first day. She had 31 putts on both days.