Evian-les-Bains (France), Diksha Dagar will tee off at the Amundi Evian Championship, one of the Majors in women's golf, this week as she prepares for one of the busiest stretches of her career that also includes the Olympic Games from Paris.
Diksha will play seven events in eight weeks with two Majors and the Olympics, plus the Women's Scottish Open and a Women's European Tour event, among others.
She will also play in the two Majors, including this week's Evian, Aditi Ashok, who will also play in the Olympics and the Women's Scottish Open.
Aditi, who was agonizingly one place away from a medal at the Tokyo Olympics, is playing her third Games, while Diksha is set for her seconds.
The left-handed Diksha is coming off a T-14 finish at the Aramco Series in London and has been showing signs of returning to the kind of form that saw her finish third in the LET order of merit.
Currently ranked 14th on the Order of Merit, she has had three top-10 finishes, four top-20 finishes and two top-25 finishes, a good but modest run for Diksha, who has high expectations placed on her consistently playing improvement.
Her father Naren Dagar, who is traveling with her, says: "From the time she made her LET debut and won and then added a second victory last year, she has had numerous close runs with more titles, including in the her home the Hero Women's Indian Open. We believe she is capable of winning more in bigger events. She is improving her game and has become stronger mentally and physically."
With low rounds becoming more frequent, Diksha shows no fear of big events and she could make a breakthrough any week to add to her twin LET victories.
This week she plays the Evian Championship, followed by the Dutch Women's Championship and she has a week off before the Olympics, 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, who won the season-ending Andalusian Championship at LET in 2023, has not had a top 10 in 2024 and her best finish was a T-17 at the Meijer LPGA Classic this season. However, she has only missed four cuts in 14 starts, although many of her finals have been in the bottom half of the leaderboard after the cut.
The thought of another Olympic Games will cheer her up, as she knows the impact she had by finishing fourth in Tokyo.
Some of the global stars in the field include No. 1 Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu, Jin Young Ko, Amy Yang and Celin Boutier and Charley Hull.
Hull, a six-time professional tournament winner, achieved the best finish of her career by tying for third in this championship two years ago and is still seeking her first major title.
However, despite finishing 23rd, 19th and 16th in the first three Majors of the year - the Chevron Championship, the US Women's Open and the KPMG Women's PGA Championship respectively - she is not willing to set a goal for the Major. This week.
Hull has three runner-up finishes in Majors, one each in the AIG Women's Open, the US Women's Open and the Chevron Championship.
With the Amundi Evian Championship and AIG Women's Open yet to be played in 2024, she will have two more chances to shine at the Majors this summer, as well as the Olympic Games at Le Golf National next month. or I am I am
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Diksha will play seven events in eight weeks with two Majors and the Olympics, plus the Women's Scottish Open and a Women's European Tour event, among others.
She will also play in the two Majors, including this week's Evian, Aditi Ashok, who will also play in the Olympics and the Women's Scottish Open.
Aditi, who was agonizingly one place away from a medal at the Tokyo Olympics, is playing her third Games, while Diksha is set for her seconds.
The left-handed Diksha is coming off a T-14 finish at the Aramco Series in London and has been showing signs of returning to the kind of form that saw her finish third in the LET order of merit.
Currently ranked 14th on the Order of Merit, she has had three top-10 finishes, four top-20 finishes and two top-25 finishes, a good but modest run for Diksha, who has high expectations placed on her consistently playing improvement.
Her father Naren Dagar, who is traveling with her, says: "From the time she made her LET debut and won and then added a second victory last year, she has had numerous close runs with more titles, including in the her home the Hero Women's Indian Open. We believe she is capable of winning more in bigger events. She is improving her game and has become stronger mentally and physically."
With low rounds becoming more frequent, Diksha shows no fear of big events and she could make a breakthrough any week to add to her twin LET victories.
This week she plays the Evian Championship, followed by the Dutch Women's Championship and she has a week off before the Olympics, 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, who won the season-ending Andalusian Championship at LET in 2023, has not had a top 10 in 2024 and her best finish was a T-17 at the Meijer LPGA Classic this season. However, she has only missed four cuts in 14 starts, although many of her finals have been in the bottom half of the leaderboard after the cut.
The thought of another Olympic Games will cheer her up, as she knows the impact she had by finishing fourth in Tokyo.
Some of the global stars in the field include No. 1 Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu, Jin Young Ko, Amy Yang and Celin Boutier and Charley Hull.
Hull, a six-time professional tournament winner, achieved the best finish of her career by tying for third in this championship two years ago and is still seeking her first major title.
However, despite finishing 23rd, 19th and 16th in the first three Majors of the year - the Chevron Championship, the US Women's Open and the KPMG Women's PGA Championship respectively - she is not willing to set a goal for the Major. This week.
Hull has three runner-up finishes in Majors, one each in the AIG Women's Open, the US Women's Open and the Chevron Championship.
With the Amundi Evian Championship and AIG Women's Open yet to be played in 2024, she will have two more chances to shine at the Majors this summer, as well as the Olympic Games at Le Golf National next month. or I am I am
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