Diksha Dagar is a hearing impaired Indian female expert golf player, who has accomplished a few awards in her field. Dagar became famous in the game in November 2015 later she turned into the main beginner women golf player in India.
Diksha Dagar competed in the women’s individual golf event and won a silver medal for India at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics, which were the first Summer Deaflympics to include golf. Diksha has also qualified for the 2018 Asian Games, where she will compete for India. She’s also regarded as one of India’s most promising amateur golfers. After Aditi Ashok, she became only the second Indian female golfer to win the Ladies European Tour in 2019, and at the age of 18, she became the youngest Indian woman to achieve it.
Dagar and her hearing-impaired brother, Yogesh Dagar, began playing golf at the age of seven under the guidance of Narinder Dagar, their father. The International Golf Federation surprised Dagar with an offer to compete in the women’s individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Dagar won the 2019 South African Women’s Open in her first year on the Ladies European Tour at the age of 18, becoming only the second Indian woman to win a LET championship after Aditi Ashok in 2016. Dagar won the World Deaf Golf Championships in 2018 and placed second in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics in Turkey. She was one of three women golfers that represented India at the most recent Asian Games, which were held in Jakarta in 2018.
It’s all about the winning attitude for Diksha. As a result, she draws inspiration from two of the greatest athletes of all time: Novak Djokovic and Tiger Woods.