Sports News | India's Diksha Rises to Fifth Place at Joburg Ladies Open, Tvesa is Lying 24th
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Diksha Dagar rose to tied fifth as she maintained her fine form with a superb 4-under 69 to rise into the Top-10 of the Joburg Ladies Open after three rounds. Diksha, a two-time winner on the Ladies European Tour and third on the Order of Merit in 2023, has rounds of 73-71-69, improving by two shots each day at the Par-73 Modderfontein Golf Club
Johannesburg [South Africa], April 21 (ANI): Diksha Dagar rose to tied fifth as she maintained her fine form with a superb 4-under 69 to rise into the Top-10 of the Joburg Ladies Open after three rounds. Diksha, a two-time winner on the Ladies European Tour and third on the Order of Merit in 2023, has rounds of 73-71-69, improving by two shots each day at the Par-73 Modderfontein Golf Club.
Diksha was 6-under as Chiara Tamburlini of Switzerland led the field at 14-under after a round of 6-under 67 on the Par-73 Modderfontein course.
Following Tamburlini was Aunchisa Utama of Thailand who shot 71 and she was 8-Under for 54 holes.
In tied third place was Spain's Luna Sobron Galmes (71-73-68) at 7-under alongside Tereza Melecka of Czech Republic.
Diksha, though eight behind the leader, is chasing her third career title on the Ladies European Tour. Also, Diksha is seeking a third Top-10 in 2024 after Top-10s in Lalla Meryem Cup and Aramco Series Florida.
Tvesa Malik, multiple winners at home on Hero WPGT, showed a return to form as she added 72 to her first two rounds of 71-75 and at 1-under she is T-24.
With all four Indians making the cut, Vani Kapoor (76-75-70) and 2-over to be T-41. Ridhima Dilawari (73-78-73) was 5-over and was T-54.
Diksha started her third round with a birdie on the second but gave that shot back on the Par-5 fifth hole. In the middle of the round with three birdies in a row from seventh to ninth and added a fourth on Par-3 11th. She finished with seven pars.
The cut fell at five-over par with 71 players making it through to the weekend. (ANI)
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