Six Indians in the fray at Jabra Ladies Open in Evian Les Bains

Diksha Dagar (from left), Pranavi Urs and Tvesa Malik are expected to head the Indian challenge at the Jabra Ladies Open in Evian Les Bains. Image courtesy WGAI.

By Rahul Banerji 

Paris Olympics-bound Diksha Dagar, Pranavi Urs and Tvesa Malik are in a six-strong Indian contingent that includes Vani Kapoor, Amandeep Drall and Sneha Singh at the Jabra Ladies Open in France.

The same set of players were in action last week at the Amundi German Masters with the first three sharing 24^th place and the others missing the cut and keen to make a mark this week.

While Diksha is firmly established on the Ladies European Tour, Pranavi is in her first full year and Tvesa is trying to earn her card back as are Vani and Amandeep.

Sneha, who topped the domestic Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour in 2023, is getting to learn the ropes after success at home.

Amandeep Drall was the early mover as much of the Indian group were already in action early on the day.

Local favourite

Frenchwoman Pauline-Roussin Bouchard is expected to draw in the home crowds as the two-time LET winner is playing at her home club, the Evian Resort.

Roussin-Bouchard announced herself on the LET stage when she finished second and qualified for the Amundi Evian Championship as an amateur in 2019.

Five years later, the 23-year-old says that she will use the same approach as she did back then. Roussin-Bouchard took her early golf lessons at the Evian Academy and has played at the Evian Resort since the age of nine.

Roussin-Bouchard is currently 16th  on the LET Order of Merit and the highlight of her results this year is a runner-up spot in the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco.

Diksha is currently ninth on the Order of Merit while Pranavi, who is having a notable rookie season, is 21^st. Tvesa is next best and will need to put in some strong performances to move upwards from her present standing,  

Also read: Diksha finishes 24th alongside Tvesa, Pranavi at German Masters