Tough start for Diksha, Tvesa and Sharma in Sweden
The Indian golfers Diksha Dagar, Shubhankar Sharma and Tvesa Malik got off to a tough start at Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed and risk missing the cut.
Diksha with 2-over 74 was the best of the three Indians in 114th place, while Sharma and Tvesa shortened 4-over 76 were and were T-140th. All three will need solid cards in the second round to make it through the weekend. Top 65 and ties will make the cut.
Diksha had two birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey, while Tvesa had three birdies but also three bogeys and two double bogeys. Sharma, who has missed four cuts in the last five starts, looks to miss another. He had two birdies, four bogeys and a double bogey.
At the same time, the Italian amateur Carolina Melgrati produced a spectacular opening round of 7-under 65 to be in a four-way share of the lead.
Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed is a co-sanctioned event between LET and DP World Tour where 78 men and women each play for the same prize fund of 2 million USD and a trophy with Henrik Stenson and Annika Sörenstam as hosts.
Melgrati, 19, who finished T4 at last week’s Ladies Italian Open, landed an eagle on the par-5 11th in addition to six other birdies against just one bogey in the eighth.
Melgrati was joined at the top of the scoreboard by Scotland’s Craig Howie, France’s Matthieu Pavon and Spain’s Santiago Tarrio, who all shortened rounds by 65.
Four players were drawn in fifth place, including English Liz Young and Swedish Linn Grant after they both completed rounds of 6-under 66.
At the end of the first day, 16 players are in 11th place on four under par, including local LET winner Julia Engström, German duo Karolin Lampert and Leonie Harm, France’s Anne-Lise Caudal, England’s Rosie Davies and Italy’s Virginia Elena Carta .
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