
Adelaide, March 14 Diksha Dagar carded another 74 to tie for 39th place in the Women's Australian Open, while Avani Prashanth added another 72 to tie for 47th. Vani Kapoor (80) slipped to tie for 63rd. There is one more round remaining in the event.
Dagar represented India at the 2018 Asian Games, and in 2019 became the second Indian female golfer, after Aditi Ashok, to win on the Ladies European Tour, achieving this feat at the age of 18 and becoming the youngest Indian woman to do so.
Hannah Green will take the lead into the final round of the Women's Australian Open as she aims to achieve a historic victory on home soil.
The seven-time LPGA winner carded a third round 68 (-4) to overtake overnight leader Celine Herbin and take the lead heading into Sunday. She leads Argentina's Magdalena Simmermacher by one shot, with Casandra Alexander and Karis Davidson four shots behind in third place.
Having won on the LPGA in Singapore two weeks ago, Green is aiming to complete the job on Sunday and become the first Australian woman to win the Women's Australian Open since Karrie Webb in 2014.
Magdalena Simmermacher, also an Olympian, made the most of the final round. Playing as an invite this week, the Argentinian posted a memorable 67 (-5), which included a hole-in-one at the par-4 17th.
Two more Aussies remain in the hunt for a famous home win, with Herbin and Davidson sitting on four-under par alongside Simmermacher.
Czech star Jana Melichova posted the round of the day 65 (-7) in Adelaide to climb up the leaderboard. Her score matched her best-ever 18-hole performance on the circuit as she continues her comeback following back surgery last year.
The two-time LET winner shares eighth place heading into the final round on three-under par alongside Sweden’s Moa Folke.