Diksha Dagar
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YEAR-WISE DEVELOPMENTS
2022
May 13, 2022: The Times of India
Caxias (Brazil): Indian golfer Diksha Dagar outplayed American Ashlyn Grace in the final to bag gold medal at the Deaflympics, fulfilling her promise of improving upon the silver-winning performance at the 2017 edition. Diksha is now the only golfer with two Deaflympics medals a silver in Samsun, Turkey in 2017 and gold in 2022, which is actually the 2021 edition of Deaflympics.
The 21-year-old left-hander, who is a professional with victories on the Ladies European Tour, completed a dominant performance with a 5 and 4 win in the final of the match play section. She beat Grace Johnson with four holes to spare In 2017, when golf was first introduced at the Deaflympics,
Diksha, then still an amateur and still short of her 17th birthday, reached the final comfortably. There she lost in a play-off to American Yost Kaylin, who at that time was also playing in the Symetra Tour and some events on the LPGA Tour.
PTI
