Indian Golfers Diksha Dagar and Aditi Ashok to Compete in Major Tournaments
Indian golfers Diksha Dagar and Aditi Ashok will represent India at the women’s Major, the Amundi Evian Championships this week. Over the next six weeks, they will participate in a series of high-profile events, including two Majors, the Olympic Games, and the Women’s Scottish Open, a Ladies European Tour event co-sanctioned with the LPGA.
Diksha will play seven events in eight weeks, while Aditi, who has been playing on the LPGA in the US, will compete in the two Majors, the Evian and AIG Women’s Open, the Olympic Games, and the Women’s Scottish Open. Aditi, who was one spot away from a medal at the Tokyo Olympics, will play her third Olympics, while Diksha is ready for her second one.
Diksha is coming off a T-14 finish at the Aramco Series London and has shown signs of returning to the form that saw her finish third on the LET Order of Merit. Currently 14th on the Order of Merit, she has had three Top-10s, four Top-20, and two other Top-25 finishes. Her father, Col Naren Dagar, who travels with her, said, “Since the time she made her debut on LET and won and then added a second win last year, she has had numerous close runs with more titles, including at her home event, the Hero Women’s Indian Open. We feel that she is capable of winning more and in bigger events. She is becoming better at her game, and has become stronger mentally and physically.”
Diksha will play the Evian Championships this week, followed by the Dutch Ladies, and then has a week off before the Olympic Games, followed by the Women’s Scottish Open, the AIG Women’s Open, and the KPMG Irish Women’s Open. “This is one of the most important stretches in European Women’s golf,” adds Dagar.
Aditi Ashok, who won the season-ending Andalucia Championships on LET in 2023, has not had a Top-10 in 2024, with her best being T-17 at the Meijer LPGA Classic this season. However, she has missed only four cuts in 14 starts, though many of her finishes have been on the lower half of the leaderboard after the cut.
