Indian sports wrap, July 28: Diksha finishes Scottish Open in tied-39th place
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Diksha finishes strongly in final round as debutant Woad wins Scottish Open
India’s Diksha Dagar finished with a strong back nine in the final round of the Women’s Scottish Open to give herself a boost for her next event, the AIG Women’s Open, a Major.
Diksha, who made the cut on the line, added a second straight 71 to finish with rounds of 69-76-71-71 for a total of 1-under and a tied 39th position.
Diksha, who started on the 10th, had early setbacks with a bogey and a double bogey on the 12th and 13th but began her recovery with a birdie on the 18h.
On the second Diksha birdied the third and then had three birdies in a row from the fifth to the seventh. But she dropped a shot on the eighth.
The other two Indian players, Pranavi Urs and Tvesa Malik, missed the cut earlier in the week.
– PTI
Atwal finishes T24 at Senior Open
Arjun Atwal sunk in six birdies but also gave away five bogeys, two of them in the last five holes, for a final round of 1-under 69 to finish tied-24th alongside defending champion KJ Choi at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open at Sunningdale.
Atwal with cards 67-72-69-71 totalled 3-under for the week and was the top Indian, as Jeev Milkha Singh (69) was T-56 and Jyoti Randhawa (73) T-61.
It is the first time three Indians made the cut a Major, men or women or Seniors.
– PTI