Diksha T-14 at Ballarat Icons Pro-Am in Australia

Ballarat, Australia, Feb 1: Diksha Dagar shot one-under 71 and was four shots behind leaders, Felicity Johnson of England and Elmay Viking of Cook Islands, in the first round of the two-round Ballarat Icons Pro-am at Ballarat Golf Club today.

While , Diksha was placed T-14, another Indian, who plays on the Indian Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour run by WGAI, Astha Madan, also playing in as many events as possible on Australian LPGA, shot 3-over 75 and was T-40th.

Johnson and Viking shot superb 5-under-par rounds of 67 to share the lead. Playing in the morning wave, Viking, 25, made 4 birdies and an eagle on route to her 67 against one bogey.

Johnson, 32, winner of the 2009 Tenerife Ladies Open on the Ladies European Tour, is a frequent visitor to Australian shores, started her round this afternoon with a bogey, but bounced back with six birdies in her final 17 holes, four of them coming on the par fives.

After a stint on the US LPGA Tour Johnson will focus her energy on the Ladies European Tour in 2020.

Just one shot behind the leaders is Mexican star Alejandra Llaneza who shot a 4-under-par 68.

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