Diksha dagar

Indian golfer Diksha Dagar outplayed American Ashlyn Grace in the final to bag gold medal at the Deaflympics, fulfilling her promise of improving upon the silver-winning performance at the 2017 edition. Diksha is now the only golfer with two Deaflympics medals – a silver in Samsun, Turkey in 2017 and gold in 2022, which is actually the 2021 edition of Deaflympics. The 21-year-old left-hander, who is a professional with victories on the Ladies European Tour, completed a dominant performance with a 5 and 4 win in the final of the match play section of the ladies golf competition. She beat Grace Johnson with four holes to spare In 2017, when golf was first introduced at the Deaflympics, Diksha, then still an amateur and still short of her 17th birthday, reached the final comfortably. There she lost in a play-off to American Yost Kaylin, who at that time was also playing in the Symetra Tour and some events on the LPGA Tour. READ | ALSO READ | In 2021, Diksha also qualified at the last moment for the Tokyo Olympics and became the first golf player to have ever played at both Deaflympics and the Olympic Games. Turning pro in early 2019, Diksha won the Investec South Africa Women's Open that year itself. In 2021, she was part of the winning team at the Aramco Team Series London. Both events are part of the Ladies European Tour. While still being an amateur she also won multiple times on the Hero Women’s Pro Circuit in India. Diksha has a hearing impairment and started wearing hea...

BREAKING NEWS Paula Reto (RSA) has withdrawn frm Tokyo & Austria declined reallocation for Sarah Schober; position has been reallocated by IGF to our Diksha Dagar. Best wishes to her.— IndianGolfUnion (@IndianGolfUnion) While Diksha Dagar is not in the Olympic village, the Apex body for golf activities in India confirmed that they would leave no stone unturned to ensure she reaches Tokyo on time. Rest assured we will spare no effort to get her to Tokyo. Let us all hope for the best.🇮🇳Jai Hind— IndianGolfUnion (@IndianGolfUnion) Diksha Dagar was supposed to be a part of the ISPS Handa World Invitational tournament starting in Northern Ireland tomorrow. However, she will have to rush to Tokyo now. Apart from Dagar, Who is Diksha Dagar? Diksha Dagar in action during the Dubai Omega Moonlight Classic Diksha Dagar is a 20-year-old professional female golfer from Haryana. She turned professional in 2019 and has two pro victories to her name in the Ladies European Tour. Dagar was born with hearing problems, and she has been wearing hearing aids since childhood. However, she did not allow that to impact her game, as she worked hard to become one of the top golfers in the country. Dagar won the 2021 Aramco Team Series in London. She will be keen to bring her 'A' game to the table and make the country proud with her performances at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

For Diksha Dagar, the youngest Indian woman to win on a Ladies European Tour (LET) at 18, a maiden experience at the Olympics in Tokyo 2020 was nothing short of a landmark. It started with making a late cut for the Games following the withdrawal of South Africa's Paula Reto and Austria deciding against sending their golfer Sarah Schober as a replacement. The T-50 at Tokyo 2020 with an aggregate total of 6-over 290. It helped her lay the foundation for her Olympic dreams but she desires to improve on her performance at Paris 2024. "I had my mind and sight set on the Olympics ever since golf was included (in 2016), Olympics was the No.1 thing in all my planning since 2018. It was amazing and satisfying to be there, but I have a strong desire to do more there in coming editions," Dagar told Olympics.com. Dagar is also the only second Indian woman golfer after Aditi Ashok to make an appearance at the Olympics. And the 20-year-old didn't miss out on picking up the brains of the finest Indian athletes through her interactions at the Olympic Games village in Tokyo. "I met and interacted with the national heroes like Mary Kom, Neeraj Chopra, Bajrang (Punia), Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Vinesh Phogat, Lovlina (Borgohain), PV Sindhu, hockey team players and others. I guess it was a unique experience and opportunity there to rub shoulders with the sporting greats," she recalled. She, however, reiterated that it is her family who has been a continuous support system in pursuit of her dreams. I...

West Palm Beach [US], May 22 (ANI): Diksha Dagar was the only Indian to complete her first round on a weather-hit first day, which was later suspended and more than 35 players were yet to complete their first round in the Aramco Team Series – Florida. Dagar, who had two birdies against three bogeys shot 1-over 73 on a difficult day, when only 10 players among those who had completed their first round came under par. Dagar, who birdied third and 12th holes was Tied-19th on a tough day for scoring. The leader was Spain’s Nuria Iturrioz who fired a five-under-par 67 to top the individual leader board. Iturrioz had an eventful round with six birdies and an eagle against one bogey and one double bogey. Of the other four Indians, the current leader on Order of Merit rankings, India’s Aditi Ashok, who has one win this season, was T-33 at 2-over after 13 holes. Amandeep Drall was 5-over after 14 and Vani Kapoor was 5-over after 13 holes. Aditi had two bogeys against four bogeys. Amandeep Drall was hit by a double and she had five bogeys and two birdies, while Vani had just one birdie against six bogeys. In the individual segment it was a great day for Iturrioz, who fired a round of 67 (-5) which included an eagle, six birdies, a bogey and a double bogey, a release said. On the individual leader board, it is Sweden’s Johanna Gustavsson who sits in second place on four-under-par having played 13 holes of her first round. Two players are tied for third place with Czechia’s Klara Davi...

SINGAPORE – As one of India’s top female golfers, Diksha Dagar is a recognisable name in her country. She has been mentioned on the popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, an Indian adaptation of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, an incident that had her excited friends sending her messages with pictures of her name on their television screens. But the 22-year-old still gets shocked when she runs into fans outside of India who come to support her at tournaments or come up to ask for pictures and autographs. Many of these fans are from the deaf and hearing impaired community, and see Diksha – herself hearing impaired – as their inspiration. After all, Diksha is the first golfer to compete in both the Olympics and the Deaflympics, and is among the few deaf people to compete at the Summer Games. “It gives me motivation, you feel proud that you’ve made that history,” she told The Straits Times on Wednesday, ahead of this week’s Aramco Team Series Singapore. She has been drafted into Anne van Dam’s team alongside Lily May Humphreys and amateur Kim Jo-eun. Diksha was seven when she was introduced to the sport by her father, Narinder Dagar. For the left-hander, it was difficult to find a set of clubs she could use comfortably. She switched between different equipment until golf manufacturer Callaway approached her at the Women’s British Open in 2019 and found something that finally suited her. Despite these obstacles, Narinder said his daughter’s passio...