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| Diksha shares lead with four others after first round, Aditi is seventh | | | BELGIUM, July 3: Diksha Dagar opened with a solid 4-under 68 to share the lead with three other golfers while fellow Indian Aditi Ashok carded 2-under 70 to be at tied seventh after the first day at the Hulencourt Women's Open.
Avani Prashanth shot even par 72 and was T-24 while Pranavi Urs (73) was T-33.
Diksha was tied at the top with South Africa's Nadia van der Westhuizen, Switzerland's Morgane Metraux and England's Bronte Law with cards of 68 (-4) each.
Teeing up in the morning, Diksha's fine form continued as she went bogey-free, firing birdies at the first, sixth, 10th and 14th to set the early pace at Hulencourt Golf Club.
"It was a very steady day of golf," the 25-year-old Indian said.
"It was really tough conditions, but still we continued and stay composed. I'm very happy that I went bogey-free. It was tough to read the greens so I focused on the speed. The greens are also much faster than last week."
Diksha is in excellent form at the moment, arriving in Belgium off the back of four top-20 finishes in a row, dating back to the Lalla Meryem Cup.
Two weeks ago, the Indian missed out on getting into a playoff by one shot at the Dutch Ladies Open, finishing the week at T-3. She currently sits 11th on the LET Order of Merit thanks to the hot run of results.
"It doesn't matter what the conditions are like, I know I can still play the same and the form is there," Diksha said.
"I think I'm very intuitive and go with my gut feeling a lot. I'm feeling very confident at the moment."
Five-time winner on LET, Aditi, playing on the Tour after a long time, had four birdies against two bogeys.
Avani, also playing well this season, was T-3 recently in Dutch Ladies, and she rallied from a 3-over score after 11 holes to finish with three birdies in last four holes for an even par round.
Pranavi had three birdies against four bogeys.
After a breezy morning in Belgium, conditions improved in the afternoon allowing several players to enter the mix and match Diksha's early target.
Teeing up in only her fourth sole LET event, the South African Nadia van der Westhuizen, who has competed in several co-sanctioned tournaments on her native Sunshine Ladies Tour, joined Diksha as she fired five birdies and dropped just one shot which came at the par-4 16th. |
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