Tvesa Malik, Diksha Dagar gets top-five finish in Gant Ladies Open
A total of four Indian golfers participated in the Ladies European Tour’s Gant Ladies Open namely, Tvesa Malik, Diksha Dagar, Astha Madan and Vani Kapoor.
From the four golfers, Tvesa got the best start by scoring 68 on Thursday for tied second position in the leaderboard while, the remaining three Indians were outside the top ten with Diksha at T18, Vani at T74, Astha at T95.
On day 2, the scores were reversed between Tvesa, Diksha because on Thursday, Diksha was over par (72), Tvesa was under par (68), on Friday, Tvesa went over par (75) while, Diksha went under par (69). Thus, after 36 holes, Diksha was the highest-ranked Indian golfer in the leaderboard at -1 for a solo second, Tvesa was just outside the top five at T6.
The second round’s cut off was at +9, two Indians made the cut who were inside the top twenty before round one i.e., Tvesa, Diksha whereas Vani, Astha missed the cut.
On the first day of the Gant Ladies Open, Tvesa reached tied the second position by scoring 68 in round one, on the final day Tvesa managed to score 68 again, this time, to return tied second as in the last day, she removed the over par score (+1) from her scorecard by scoring -3 on Saturday for an overall score of one under 208.
On the other hand, Diksha got even par (71) in the final round to drop two places in the leaderboard to T4.
The end of the 2021 Gant Ladies Open saw two Indian golfers Tvesa, Diksha made it to the top five in three days of professional golf in Finland.
Leaderboards of Indian Golfers in Gant Ladies Open:
| Rank |
Name |
Par |
| T2. |
Tvesa Malik |
-2 |
| T4. |
Diksha Dagar |
-1 |
| MC |
Astha Madan |
+13 |
| MC |
Vani Kapoor |
+14 |
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July 19, 2021 - By Dhruv Trivedi