Diksha Dagar fired four birdies on a splendid back nine and rocketed to a third-place finish in the Joburg Ladies Open here on Sunday. (More Sports News)
This was Diksha’s best finish of the 2024 season and her third top-10 finish. S🧔he was ninth at the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco and then tied-sixth at Aramco Ladies in Florida.
Tvesa Malik, who looked set for a top-10 finish as she birdied three times on the front nine, had a disappointing back nine, dropping two bogeys and a double bogey and ended wꦛith 1-over 74 and fell to ti🅰ed 29th after being tied 24 overnight.
Vani Kapoor (74) was tied 41 and Ridhima Dilawari (79) was tied 66, as all four ꦏIndian wo⛦men made the cut.
Swiss rookie Chiara Tamburlini completed a superb win with a final round of 3-under 70 that took her total to 17-under 275 and she won the title𒐪 and a cheque of Euro 45,000.
Thailand’s Aunchsia Utama (71) was the sole second and Diks🐷ha was tied third with Galmes.
Diksha had a slow start with one bogey on the front nine, where she dropped a s🔴hot on the par-3 fourth hole.
She parred the rest of the eight holes on the front nine and on the back nine, birdied the 11th, 12th and 13th and added a fourth birdie on t🔯he🀅 18th for a round of 70. She picked up Euro 15,750.
Tajmburlini had seven birdies against one 🙈bogey in the first 16 holes and then dropped a bogey on the 17th and a double bogey on the 18th as nerves got the better of her. But she had a massive cushion and still won by seven shots.
