Asiad teammates Diksha, Sifat among pro debutants to feature in Hero WGPT season-opener

A host of amateurs, including Asian Games teammates Diksha Dagar and Sifat Alag are among six of the seven players, who have recently turned pro, will figure in the first leg of the Tour at the Poona Club Golf Course here.

The most prominent of the newcomers is southpaw Diksha, who also secured rights on the Ladies European Tour in the Qualifying School in Morocco. She will be joined by her Asian Games teammate Sifat Alag.

The third member of the Asiad team, Ridhima Dilawari, who turned pro some months ago, is however absent this week.

Other newly minted pros to be seen in action this week at the Rs 8 lakh event are Anousha Tripathi of Ahmedabad, Jyotsana Singh of Lucknow, Dolma Rawat of Delhi-NCR and Ananya Datar of Mumbai. The last of the new pros, Ishvari Prasanna of Bengaluru will not be playing this week.

Another exciting name in the field, though still an amateur, is the hugely talented 15-year-old Pranavi Urs, who recently retained her Faldo Series India title.

Urs will also ...