On prime: Krauter after successful the $400,000 Hero Women’s Indian Open golf title.
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Diksha Dagar completed a creditable third earlier than Aline Krauter added one other chapter to the story of a ‘rookie’ successful the $400,000 Hero Women’s Indian Open golf title on the DLF Golf and Country Club right here.
Commencing the ultimate spherical with a two-shot lead on Sunday, the 23-year-old German shot a third successive spherical of four-under 68 for a successful tally 15-under 273 that gave her a five-stroke overcome Sweden’s Sara Kjellker.
During the spherical the place Krauter by no means trailed, her lead shrunk to one after a bogey on the fourth gap and rose to a excessive of seven photographs between 14 and 16 holes. The eventual five-hole margin happened after Kjellker birdied the seventeenth gap and Krauter three-putted for a bogey on the ultimate gap.
Krauter’s maiden title on the Ladies European Tour earned her $60,000 and a two-year exemption from qualifying for the Tour occasions. Kjellker collected $36,000.
Diksha could have fallen in need of operating the eventual champion shut however rose within the LET Order of Merit to the second spot after her seventh top-10 end of the 12 months, Diksha began with a bogey however improved her probabilities of a robust end with an eventful run between the fourth and the ninth holes. Diksha fired 5 birdies towards a lone bogey to take the flip at a 33. However, on the again 9, Diksha might solely handle a birdie and two bogeys for a 37. With Krauter trying more and more regular within the leaders’ group, Diksha stayed within the tied second spot for someday earlier than falling again following her bogey on the 14th gap.
Bengaluru-based novice Avani Prashanth was the second-best Indian on view as she carded her week’s greatest card of 69 to share the fifth spot. Gaurika Bishnoi turned the third Indian within the top-10 following a 71 for the ninth spot.
Vani Kapoor, after two days of staying within the top-three, had one other free fall as she carded a 78 and shared the sixteenth spot with Amandeep Drall and two others.
The scores: with prize-money (Indians except acknowledged): 273 – Aline Krauter (Ger) (69, 68, 68, 68, $60,000); 278 – Sara Kjellker (Swe) (73, 66, 68, 71, $36,000); 280 – Diksha Dagar (67, 72, 71, 70, $24,000); 281 – Hannah Burke (Eng) (90, 70, 72, 69, $14,400); 282 – Sara Kouskova (Cze) (72, 72, 73, 65, $12,400), Avani Prashanth (A) (71, 70, 72, 69); 283 – Gabriella Cowley (Eng) (72, 74, 67, 70, $11,200); 286 — Noora Komulainen (Fin) (77, 71. 69, 69, $9,800), Gaurika Bishnoi (72, 69, 74, 71, $9,800); 287 – Anne-Charlotte Mora (Fra) (73, 72, 68, 74, $9,200). Other Indians: 290 – Amandeep Drall (76, 74, 71, 69), Vani Kapoor (68, 70, 74, 78); 291 – Nishtha Madan (79, 70, 68, 74); 292 – Ridhima Dilawari (74, 71, 73, 74); 293 – Khushi Khanijau (73, 73, 74, 73); 295 – Neha Tripathi (75, 72, 75, 73), Vidhatri Urs (A) (70, 74, 73, 78).
