Diksha Tied 16th in Spain, stays fifth on LET Order of Merit 

Khel Today Bureau 

Denia, Spain: Diksha Dagar finished with a Tied-16^th place at the La Sella Open. Diksha, who won the Czech Ladies Open this year, had rounds of 70-71-72 in a tournament that was reduced from 72 to 54 holes on account of weather.

Amandeep Drall (73-72-71) ended Tied-35^th while Vani Kapoor, who showed a 10-shot difference between her second and third rounds had cards of 74-68-78 to be 4-over for the week and finished Tied-59^th. Ridhima Dilawari, who also made the cut finished 71^st with rounds of 74-72-80 at the  million dollar inaugural La Sella Championships.

Diksha stayed in the fifth place on the 2023 Race to Costa Del Sol Order of Merit. Diksha will be back for the Amundi Evian Championships and the AIG Women’s Open and the Scottish Open in between.

Spain’s Ana Peláez Triviño extended her tally at the top after finishing T21. Lying second is India’s Aditi Ashok, who has played very few events, but will also be back for the two Majors and the Women’s Scottish Open.

Nuria Iturrioz of Spain rallied from behind to beat German Laura Fuenfstueck. It was Nuria Iturrioz’s fourth Ladies European Tour (LET) title and it came in a dramatic manner with a playoff victory. Behind by four shots before  the third and final round, the Spaniard played a superb back-nine as she carded one eagle and three birdies to post a 67 (-5) and battle Germany’s Laura Fuenfstueck in sudden death.

They both birdied the par-5 18th to tie again and came back up to the closing hole where Fuenfstuek found trouble down the left to eventually fall to a bogey.

Iturrioz took two putts for the victory as she rolled in the second from close range to seal the title. Iturrioz becomes her nation’s second LET winner of the season and takes home the €150,000 cash prize.

With Fuenfstueck and Gainer taking solo second and third respectively, Czechia’s Kristyna Napoleaova finished outright fourth on nine-under par after battling through illness this week.