Tenerife, June 7
Diksha Dagar added a second-day round of 3-under 69 to her first-round 70 at the Tenerife Women’s Open to move to third place.
The 24-year-old is 5-under for two rounds. She is Tied third and four shots behind sole leader, Lauren Walsh (67-68) who is at 9-under at Abama Golf.
Avani Prashanth played three over par 75 on the second day to fall down the standings to tied 43. Tvesa Malik (73-75), Hitaashee Bakshi (72-76) and Sneha Singh (77-79) failed to make the cut, which was set three over par.
Diksha picked up a shot on the third hole before dropping one on the fifth but immediately got it back on the sixth and grabbed one more on the ninth. On the back nine Diksha made birdies on the 11th and 12th holes. She dropped a double bogey on the 16th hole before recovering with a birdie on the 17th for a 69.
Diksha had a rollercoaster day with six birdies and three birdies, that included some excellent approaches and a brilliant bounce-back birdie on the 17th. The two-time LET winner said: “I’m really looking forward to the weekend. I need to continue the same level of game. I’m playing well but need to keep steady. I’ll focus on myself and won’t look at the scores. Dad has been doing a good job on the bag reading the greens. We have been discussing it a lot. Because of him, I got some good birdies opportunities. This course is really difficult for the caddies.”