Diksha Dagar

Diksha Dagar (born 14 December 2000) is an Indian professional golfer who is also hearing-impaired. She became the leading amateur ladies golfer in India from November 2015. Diksha Dagar represented India at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics where golf was included in the Summer Deaflympics for the very first time and competed in the women's individual golf event securing a silver medal. Diksha also qualified to represent India at the 2018 Asian Games. She is also considered one of the emerging amateur golfers in India. In 2019, she became only the second Indian female golfer after Aditi Ashok to win on the Ladies European Tour and became the youngest Indian woman to do so at the age of 18.

Diksha Dagar
Personal information
Born (2000-12-14) 14 December 2000
Chappar, Jhajjar, Haryana, India
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Sporting nationality India
Career
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour2
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenDNP
Women's British OpenT21: 2023
Evian ChampionshipCUT: 2019, 2023
Medal record
Deaflympics
2021 Caxias do SulIndividual
2017 SamsunIndividual

In July 2021, she received a surprise invitation from the International Golf Federation to compete in the women's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics following a late withdrawal of South African golfer Paula Reto. She eventually became the first golfer ever in history to have competed in both Olympics and Deaflympics.

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