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Hans India
6 days ago
- General
- Hans India
Golf: Diksha among five Indians at Tenerife Open on LET
Five Indians led by Diksha Dagar will tee up at the Tenerife Women's Open in the Canary Islands this week. After a short break, the Ladies European Tour (LET) is back in action, and the tournament in Tenerife returns to the schedule for the first time since 2011. Diksha Dagar, Avani Prashanth, Tvesa Malik, Hitaashee Bakshi and Sneha Singh will be in the field of 132 players from 35 nations at the Abama Golf Resort. Pranavi Urs has withdrawn, as her wrist injury is not fully healed. After nine events in 2025, Diksha is the top Indian in the eighth place on the LET Order of Merit, which decides the yearlong race to crown the tour's number one player. Diksha has played nine events, made seven cuts and finished in the top 10 four times, including a runner-up finish in Morocco. Avani Prashanth, at 39th, is the second-best Indian on LET Merit list. The Indian challenge includes the last two Order of Merit winners in India. LET Rookie Hitaashee Bakshi in two starts, has done well to finish T-12 at the Dutch Ladies Open and T-34 at Jabra Ladies, while Sneha Singh will make her first start. Tvesa Malik, in six starts, has made only two cuts, with T-34 at Jabra Ladies as the best. The top four of the current 2025 Order of Merit are in the field. They are England's Mimi Rhodes, compatriot, Cara Gainer and the Czech Republic's Sara Kouskova, who secured her maiden LET victory at Evian Resort. Kouskova. One spot back in the Order of Merit is Chiara Tamburlini, who will no doubt be as confident as anyone in Tenerife after she secured her best ever major result last week. The tournament previously took place between 2002 and 2011, and the Abama Golf course provides a tricky test for the players this week with undulating and slopey greens.
Hindustan Times
6 days ago
- General
- Hindustan Times
Diksha to lead a contingent of five Indians at Tenerife Open on LET
Canary Islands, Diksha Dagar will lead a five-Indian contingent at the Tenerife Women's Open golf tournament in the Canary Islands this week on the the Ladies European Tour , which begins after a mini break. The tournament in Tenerife returns to the schedule for the first time since 2011. Besides, Diksha, Avani Prashanth, Tvesa Malik, Hitaashee Bakshi and Sneha Singh are the other Indians in the field of 132 players from 35 nations at the Abama Golf Resort. Pranavi Urs was also in the field but has withdrawn as she is yet to fully recover from her wrist injury. After nine events this year, Diksha is the top Indian in eighth place on the LET Order of Merit, which decides the yearlong race to crown the Tour's number one player. Diksha has played nine events, made seven cuts and finished in Top-10 four times, including a runner-up finish in Morocco. Avani, at 39th, is the second best Indian on LET Merit list. The Indian challenge includes the last two Hero Order of Merit winners in India. LET rookie Hitaashee in two starts has done well to finish T-12 at the Dutch Ladies Open and T-34 at Jabra Ladies, while Sneha will make her first start. Tvesa in six starts has made only two cuts with T-34 at Jabra Ladies as the best. The top four of the current 2025 Order of Merit are in the field. They are England's Mimi Rhodes, compatriot Cara Gainer and Czech Republic's Sara Kouskova, who secured her maiden LET victory at Evian Resort. One spot back in the Order of Merit is Chiara Tamburlini, who will no doubt be as confident as anyone in Tenerife after she secured her best ever Major result last week. The Swiss star, winner of the 2024 Order of Merit, recorded a T-14 finish at the testing US Women's Open in Wisconsin, a score helped by rounds of 69-71 to start the week. The field has 17 home stars, including Nuria Iturrioz, a four-time winner on the LET. The week will also see the return of Carly Booth after a three year injury absence. Booth last played at the Belgian Ladies Open in May 2022 but has since been sidelined due to an ACL injury and had a reconstructive knee surgery. The three-time LET winner returns this week ahead of several European events in June. The tournament previously took place between 2002-2011 and the Abama Golf course provides a tricky test for the players this week with undulation and sloppy greens.
Hindustan Times
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Golf: Diksha leads Indian charge at Jabra Ladies Open
Evian-les-Bains , In-form Indian golfer Diksha Dagar will look to build on her top-10 finishes and aim for the title when she tees off at the Ladies European Tour's Jabra Open starting here on Thursday. Aside from Diksha, the Indian challenge will also include Tvesa Malik, Avani Prashanth and Hitaashee Bakshi. Pranavi Urs, who injured her wrist during the Dutch Ladies Open and had to withdraw, will rest out this and the next week. Diksha has moved into the top five of the Order of Merit after finishing tied ninth at the Dutch Ladies Open while Avani is placed 39th in that list after her tied 19th finish at the same event. Hitaashee also impressed last week as she finished tied 12th in her first LET appearance this season. Tvesa will be keen to find her rhythm after she failed to make the cut at the Dutch Ladies Open. Diksha has enjoyed a great season with four Top-10 finishes. In nine starts, she has missed the cut just once and one event in Australia was cancelled. Diksha is now lying fifth and her best end-of-the-season finish on the LET Order of Merit was third in 2023. The current leader of the Order of Merit, Mimi Rhodes of England, will look to continue her winning ways as she has already won three of the seven LET events this year. The 23-year-old won her Maiden LET event just earlier this year at the Ford Women's NSW Open before stamping her authority on the field with two more wins at the Jo'burg Ladies Open and the Dutch Ladies Open. Swiss Star Chiara Tamburlini spent the last week recovering but has had a good season. She will look to continue her display of consistency at the Evian Resort Golf Club. There are a total of 15 French players who will take part in the tournament. This list of stars includes LET winners Anne-Charlotte Mora, Anne-Lise Caudal, Celine Herbin and Camille Chevalier. The Jabra Ladies Open also presents players a chance to qualify for the Majors. LET winners this year will automatically qualify for the AIG Women's Open, which is to be held at Royal Porthcawl later this year. Also one player, who finishes in the top 10 at the Jabra Ladies Open but has yet to qualify for the Amundi Evian Championship, will be able to secure their entry to the event.
Khaleej Times
11-02-2025
- Sport
- Khaleej Times
Cara Gainer wins playoff to claim first Ladies European Tour victory in Morocco
England's Cara Gainer secured her first Ladies European Tour (LET) victory after defeating India's Diksha Dagar in a playoff at Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco. Going into the final day, only a two-shot difference separated the top 10, making it a tight leaderboard with lots of players in contention to win the season opener. Gainer started the day in T5 and produced a solid final round of 69 (-4) at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam. This marked her third visit to the tournament having previously come T30 in 2024 and T49 in 2023. The maiden LET winner will take the full 500 points to sit top of the Order of Merit. The 29-year-old rolled in birdies on holes two, four, and eight, before another three off the bounce on the back nine. She dropped her only two shots of the day on the front nine. 'First tournament back of the year, you can't really ask for any better,' said Gainer. 'I was aware when we started how many people were in with a shout, but I knew there's a lot of good players. I knew people were going to be shooting low scores, so I just wanted to keep in my own bubble, and I thought if I had shot, maybe three or four under, there could be a chance. Then, when I started to birdie the last few, I thought hold on a minute, this could really be real.' Talking about her final round, the 29 year-old said: 'I missed short putts on 11, 12, 13, and 14 which were all makeable putts, so was getting frustrated. Then we got to the par-five, where my caddy [Seb Brock] and I said we could still win this if we birdie. Then from there I just kept racking them up, hitting really great iron shots, with straight up the hill putts so that was great.' Gainer had her fiancé Seb Brock on the bag this week. She continued: 'He's come with me to caddy this week. It's really special to have him here and celebrate my first win with me.' During the offseason, she analysed last season. Gainer had a bit of wrist injury during 2024 so was a tricky year but focused on what she needed to do to hit the perfect shot during the break. Diksha Dagar came just short in the playoff to claim second place at the season opener. This still makes a very good start to Dagar's 2025 campaign, which saw her also set the clubhouse record on -9 with a stunning final round of 67 (-6). Having started the day in T14, she made seven birdies across the last 18 holes, and dropped her only shot of the day on hole 14. The 24-year-old has two LET victories to her name and will also be playing in next week's PIF Saudi Ladies International, along with Gainer. Sweden's Kajsa Arwefjall finished the highest rookie and marks a solid start to her first LET season. The Swede clinched LETAS Order of Merit winner and Rookie of the Year last year so will be one to watch. Tan, who came into the final round with a one-shot lead, finished eight-under-par after 54 holes. The Singaporean, who won the season opener last year in Kenya, had back-to-back birdies on the 11th and 12th holes, with a further birdie on 15. The 20-year-old dropped two shots on the front and back nine to finish in third place in a close leaderboard. Two players finished in a share of fourth place on seven-under-par after the three rounds. Ireland's Lauren Walsh and Spain's Nuria Iturrioz. Walsh had a stunning round of 68 (-5), one shot behind the clubhouse record, as she climbed 17 places on the final day. 'I got off a pretty solid start. I made a lot of nice pars, one or two birdies on the front nine,' said Ireland's 23-year-old. 'A little slip up on the par-five, but I got it going on the back nine, had a lot of really nice iron shots. I hit a lot of shots inside 10 feet and managed to convert three of them, left one or two out there.' She continued: 'I'm really happy with how this week has gone, first week back in the office and to get in contention is always nice so very pleased with the week's work. I was sick to start out the week, so happy to be able fight back.' Speaking about her offseason, Walsh said: 'My coach and I always look at the end of the year and how it's all gone – things I can improve on. For me, my putting was a huge part of that, my wedges also. I hit some really nice wedges today and this week so my coach will be happy with that. The putting has been coming along nice as well, held some nice ones this week. I just took some time off and worked hard.' Iturrioz, the winner of the 2019 OMEGA Dubai Moonlight Classic, is familiar with this course and has a good track record with this tournament having won in 2016 and 2019. A top four finish for the Spaniard makes it another successful tournament in the books. France's Nastasia Nadaud and England's Annabell Fuller both came in a tie for sixth place, having carded rounds of six-under-par across the three days at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam. England's Bronte Law, who won the 2024 edition, finished in a tie for eighth place alongside seven other players including France's Celine Herbin, Singapore's Aunchisa, Spain's Luna Sobron Galmes and Teresa Toscano, Sweden's Kajsa Arwefjall and Lisa Pettersson, and Germany's Aline Karuter. This week the LET heads to Riyadh for the PIF Saudi Ladies International which takes place from Thursday 13th – Saturday 15th February, 2025.
