Hero Women's Indian Open 2024
Ideal start to Hero Women’s India Open week for Diksha, leads team to Pro-Am victory

Ideal start to Hero Women’s India Open week for Diksha, leads team to Pro-Am victory

Gurugram, October 23, 2024: India’s Diksha Dagar warmed up for the 16th Hero Women’s Indian Open in great fashion by guiding her team to victory in the morning Hero Pro-Am ahead of the US$ 400,000 event at the DLF Golf and Country Club here on Wednesday.

Diksha, playing with former Army chief General Manoj Naravane, Air Marshal R.K. Anand and her father, Col Narinder Dagar, secured victory with a score of 26 under par while the team of Mike Clarke, Kanav Monga and Kartik Mohindra with Norwegian professional Dorthea Forbrigd took second place with a 24 under.

In third place at 23 under were R.S. Rawal, J.C. Pegu, Vijay Sharma and Swiss pro Elena Moosmann.

Individual prizes went to Rajiv Puri (closest to pin, 12th hole), Dhruv Pal Singh (closest to pin, 16th hole), Naseem Shaikh (straight drive) and Mahreen Bhatia (Cobra longest drive).

On Tuesday, Diksha also topped the Hero Shot skills challenge, getting the better of Tvesa Malik in the final.

In the evening WGAI Pro-Am, the team of Rishab Bhatia, Neeraj Sachdeva, Dheeraj Sachdeva and Alexandra Swain (pro) emerged winners with a 43-under score. Taking second place was the team of Karan Chaudhri, Rajat Kumar, Atul Vashisth and Stacy Lee Bregman (pro) of South Africa with 35 under par. Third place went to Rohan Khattar, Vihaan Reddy, Nalin Sayal and Shannon Tan (pro) of Singapore on 33 under.

The evening’s individual prizes went to Rajive Mohindru (closest to pin, 12th hole), Rahul Agarwal (Closest to Pin, 16th Hole), Sandeep Bansal (straight drive) and Rohan Khattar (Cobra long drive).