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Diksha Dagar will lead a five-Indian contingent on the Tenerife Girls’s Open golf match within the Canary Islands this week on the the Women European Tour (LET), which begins after a mini break. The match in Tenerife returns to the schedule for the primary time since 2011.
Moreover, Diksha, Avani Prashanth, Tvesa Malik, Hitaashee Bakshi and Sneha Singh are the opposite Indians within the discipline of 132 gamers from 35 nations on the Abama Golf Resort.
Pranavi Urs was additionally within the discipline however has withdrawn as she is but to completely recuperate from her wrist harm.
After 9 occasions this yr, Diksha is the highest Indian in eighth place on the LET Order of Advantage, which decides the yearlong race to crown the Tour’s primary participant.
Diksha has performed 9 occasions, made seven cuts and completed in High-10 4 occasions, together with a runner-up end in Morocco.
Avani, at thirty ninth, is the second finest Indian on LET Advantage listing.
The Indian problem contains the final two Hero Order of Advantage winners in India.
LET rookie Hitaashee in two begins has completed effectively to complete T-12 on the Dutch Women Open and T-34 at Jabra Women, whereas Sneha will make her first begin.
Tvesa in six begins has made solely two cuts with T-34 at Jabra Women as the very best.
The highest 4 of the present 2025 Order of Advantage are within the discipline. They’re England’s Mimi Rhodes, compatriot Cara Gainer and Czech Republic’s Sara Kouskova, who secured her maiden LET victory at Evian Resort.
One spot again within the Order of Advantage is Chiara Tamburlini, who will little doubt be as assured as anybody in Tenerife after she secured her finest ever Main consequence final week.
The Swiss star, winner of the 2024 Order of Advantage, recorded a T-14 end on the testing US Girls’s Open in Wisconsin, a rating helped by rounds of 69-71 to start out the week.
The sphere has 17 house stars, together with Nuria Iturrioz, a four-time winner on the LET.
The week may also see the return of Carly Sales space after a 3 yr harm absence.
Sales space final performed on the Belgian Women Open in Could 2022 however has since been sidelined as a result of an ACL harm and had a reconstructive knee surgical procedure. The three-time LET winner returns this week forward of a number of European occasions in June.
The match beforehand passed off between 2002-2011 and the Abama Golf course offers a tough take a look at for the gamers this week with undulation and sloppy greens.
-PTI