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Mint
08-05-2025
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- Mint
Diksha looks to maintain momentum on LET; Pranavi, Avani and Tvesa join Korean challenge
Seoul, Korea, May 8 (PTI) The Indian quartet, led by Diksha Dagar and Pranavi Urs, will look to produce a strong performance when it returns to action on the Ladies European Tour (LET) after a three-week break at the Aramco Korea Championship, beginning on Friday. Diksha and Pranavi will be joined by Tvesa Malik and rookie Avani Prashanth in the USD 2 million event at the New Korea Country Club, which is hosting the tournament for the second consecutive year. Diksha has been enjoying a fine run this season and will aim to continue her momentum after back-to-back Top-10 finishes – T-9 at the SA Women's Open and T-8 at the Joburg Open. Earlier, she finished T-11 at the NSW Open in Australia and was runner-up at the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco to begin her season. Currently fifth on the LET Order of Merit, Diksha in six starts has had three Top-10 finishes and missed just one cut. Karnataka girls, Pranavi and Avani, also multiple winners on their home Tour, the Hero Women's Pro Tour, have had decent outings so far. Pranavi in five starts has made four cuts and was in Top-15 twice – T-14 at NSW Open and T-11 SA Women's Open and she is 37th on the Order of Merit. Rookie Avani has also made four cuts in five starts with two Top-20 results – T-16 at Lalla Meryem Cup and T-13 at Australian Women' Classic and she is 38th on the Merit list. Tvesa Malik will be hoping for a reversal in fortunes as she has made just one cut in four starts and will need some strong results to rise from her current 134th place. All four want to get into a strong position to challenge for their home event, the Hero Women's Indian Open, later in the year. This is the seventh event of the 2025 global schedule and will feature 104 players from 33 nations in the Team and Individual competitions with a prize fund of USD 2,000,000 on offer. The individual competition has on offer USD 1.5m and another USD 500,000 is for the team event. In the Team competition, the best two gross scores from the four players on each hole will count towards their side's overall score. World No 8 Hyo Joo Kim leads the field on home soil and will be defending her crown after her three-shot shot victory in 2024. Kim is joined by compatriot and fellow Major winner Sung Hyun Park as well as USA's Danielle Kang, the winning captain in last year's Team event. There are a lot of LET winners with no fewer than 34 champions teeing up in Seoul. The field of 104 players will be split into 26 teams. One of those teams will have four South Korean amateurs, with the other 25 teams split into teams of four professionals. Following 36 holes, the field will be cut to the top 60 players, with the final day dedicated solely to the Individual competition.
BBC News
06-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Rhodes holds nerve to win Joburg Open
Joburg Ladies Open, final leaderboard-14 M Rhodes (Eng); -13 C Alexander (SA); -11 H Briem (Ger); -10 L Walsh (Ire)Selected others: -5 S Byrne (Ire); -4 C Williams (Wal); -3 K Henry (Sco)Full leaderboard England's Mimi Rhodes kept her composure as she won the Joburg Ladies Open in South Africa by one stroke for her second consecutive Ladies European Tour 23-year-old had started the day with a three-shot cushion and made three birdies as she carded a two-under round of 71 to finish top of the leaderboard at 14 Africa's Casandra Alexander made a final-round 69 as she took Rhodes all the way to the final hole of the LET event."The nerves were really getting to me in the last couple of holes. We both hit birdies on 17 and walking down 18, I wanted to make sure I just didn't think ahead," Rhodes told the LET website, external."I just kept my focus out there and the play just went my way so really happy. Casandra did really well and kept the pressure on."Rhodes' victory at the Modderfontein Golf Club in Johannesburg was the LET rookie's second consecutive title after victory in the Women's NSW Open in Australia last month."It's amazing to win in another country and for it to be my second in a row," Rhodes added."It's given me a huge amount of confidence for the rest of the season and my pro career."It's honestly a dream come true - and to be playing so well so early in my career, I'm lost for words. It's just amazing and I can't wait for the rest of the season."
BBC News
28-03-2025
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- BBC News
Rhodes was 'just trying to make cut' in maiden win
"I was just trying to focus on making the cut," says golfer Mimi Rhodes, fresh from claiming her first victory on the Ladies European 23-year-old showed great composure to produce a bogey-free final round to win by two shots at this month's Women's NSW Open in Australia."I wasn't expecting any of it," she told BBC Radio Somerset."It all feels like a bit of a dream and a bit of a blur. Being in Australia, a new country, it was all just an unbelievable experience."To have got my first LET win there, it's just the cherry on top."Competing on the tour for just the fourth time in her career, the rookie stunned by hitting a course record nine-under 62 to take a share of the lead after two led by one shot heading into the final round in Wollongong, with a two-under score of 69 leading her to finish on 17 win over Australia's Kirsten Rudgeley and Italy's Alessandra Fanali followed missing the cut at the Australian Women's Classic the previous week."It's kind of weird how that happens in golf. Going from a missed cut and then suddenly a nine under," Rhodes said."That day was some of the best golf that I have played in my life. Every putt just kept rolling in. The Open on the horizon Having enjoyed some time celebrating the victory, Rhodes' attention now turns to the new doors that have opened for her, including a place at The Open."I can pretty much get into every event except for the US Open and The Evian [Championship], but there's still a lot of golf to be played," she said."It's a bit of a shock to know that I can now play in all of those events in my first year."I had no idea that I'd get into the British Open. My mum did, but she never told me, obviously, until I won."This summer's event will be played at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club on the south coast of Wales from 31 July to 3 August, which is not all that far from Rhodes' hometown of Taunton. Somerset."I'm for sure going to have a lot of family coming to support. It's going to be really special," said and her sister Patience were introduced to golf by their grandmother Susan at a young age. They were regular visitors to Somerset's Burnham and Barrow Golf Club, from where their progress is still followed."There are quite a few people who come up to me and remember me through my grandparents," she said."It's really lovely that they are supporting me and watching me from there." Two sisters following their dreams After returning to Somerset, Rhodes' parents joked that they could not believe that the victorious golfer that they had been watching on television was sat in their rookie is looking to keep her head on the ground, but certainly is not short of aspiration, with next year's Solheim Cup at the back of her mind."I obviously do think about it because it's one of my goals as well as all of the majors," she said."I was sat next to the LET director on the plane back and he mentioned to me about the Solheim Cup and showed me the table of points and I'm actually quite high up. "The Solheim Cup, the Olympics, it's all on everyone's bucket list, but I'm not really going to put too much pressure on myself."The one thing that would make the dream of playing a major championship even sweeter, would be to do it together with her younger sister."It's a long career, I've got a lot of a lot of time to do it and hopefully when Patience comes into the into the pro ranks, we can do it together," Rhodes said."She's got this year and then two more years [at university]."Hopefully she doesn't beat me too many times."
Yahoo
23-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
England's Rhodes holds nerve to claim maiden LET victory
Women's NSW Open: Final leaderboard -17 M Rhodes (Eng); -15 K Rudgeley (Aus), A Fanali (Ita); -14 S Kouskova (Cze); -11 K Metraux (Swi), B Fernandez (Spa), M Folke (Swe), N Iturrioz (Spa) Selected others: -7 D Harry (Wal), A Foster (Ire); -6 C Gainer (Eng); -3 K Henry (Sco), A Fuller (Eng); -2 H Screen (Eng), L Walsh (Ire) England's Mimi Rhodes held her nerve to claim her first Ladies European Tour victory at the Women's NSW Open in Australia. The 23-year-old rookie led by one heading into the final round in Wollongong and produced a composed final day to beat Australia's Kirsten Rudgeley and Italy's Alessandra Fanali by two shots. Competing in just her fourth event as a full LET member, Rhodes went bogey free on Sunday, carding a two-under 69 to finish on 17 under. "I'm honestly still in shock, but I'm so happy," she said. "I've worked really hard for this." Victory came a week after Rhodes missed the cut at the Australian Women's Classic in Coffs Harbour. After heading down the New South Wales coast to Wollongong, she fired a course record on Friday, hitting a nine-under 62 to take a share of the lead with Sara Kouskova. During Saturday's round of 68, Rhodes gained the outright lead and did not relinquish it on the final day. After birdies at the second and fourth holes, Rhodes carded 14 straight pars as Rudgeley and Fanali put the pressure on. Home favourite Rudgeley had five birdies en route to a three-under 68 while Fanali's third birdie of the day on the par-3 17th put her one off the lead. But the Italian pulled her tee shot on the closing par-five 18th, forcing her to take a penalty drop, allowing Rhodes the comfort of two-putting to secure victory. "I had a difficult week last week - I went through a swing change and it obviously worked," added Rhodes, who said she would celebrate with family and friends in Sydney. "I was fine on the front nine but when it started to get tight, I got a bit stressed. I kept breathing and tried to remain focused. It's difficult in those situations but I'm just really glad I got it done."
Yahoo
27-02-2025
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- Yahoo
Harrison Crowe goes low to snatch NZ Open lead
Former amateur star Harrison Crowe cashed in on a red-hot putter to take a one-shot first-round lead after a day of low scoring at the New Zealand Open. Sunny conditions left the Millbrook Resort layout at the mercy of the field on Thursday, and they took full advantage with more than half of the field breaking par. Nobody capitalised more than Crowe, who had one eagle and nine birdies in a nine-under round of 62 where the only blemish was a double-bogey six on the 13th after he lashed his tee shot out of bounds. Even then, the 23-year-old bounced straight back with an eagle-three on the following hole. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰Harrison Crowe posted the lowest score of the day to hold the lead after Round 1 #NZOpen📸: @PhotosportNZ — PGA of Australia (@PGAofAustralia) February 27, 2025 "I definitely had a lot of things go my way today and I think to shoot these rounds you have to," said Crowe who won the Asia-Pacific Amateur and the NSW Open in 2022 before turning professional the following year. "After that double bogey, to back it up with the eagle ... it was a nice day out there." Crowe had a hot run before Christmas with top-10 finishes at the NSW Open, Australian PGA and Australian Open, but had missed his last three cuts on the Australasian Tour before arriving in Arrowtown. "It's felt a little bit annoying at times over the last month of golf," he said. "But it's got to turn around eventually because I've been playing solid-enough golf and the putts finally went in today so we've got to keep it rolling." Fellow Australian James Marchesani was in outright second at eight under, a shot clear of Australians Lucas Herbert and Kevin Yuan, and South Korean Guntaek Koh. LIV Golf star Herbert is playing the NZ Open for the first time since 2020 and is eyeing the guaranteed British Open spots on offer to both the Australiasian Tour Order of Merit (OOM) winner and the tournament victor. He holed a clutch birdie putt from off the fringe on the 17th on Thursday to get to seven under, but was frustrated not to drain another makeable birdie attempt on the last hole. "I've struggled with the putter for a while," said Herbert. "I felt like I putted OK without being amazing. "I hit a lot of good puttts but I couldn't get as many to go in as I would have liked. "It's probably going to be a week of low scoring so it was good to get off to a hot start and not feel like we're chasing from a long way back." OOM pacesetter Elvis Smylie is well placed in a big group tied for ninth at five under. Playing in the same group as Smylie, OOM contender Jack Buchanan had a dirty day. He eventually signed for an eight-over 79 to be in second-last spot. Takahiro Hataji from Japan made a middling start to his title defence in the $A1.8 million event with a two-under 69.
