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Tvesa MalikTvesa will be accompanied by Vani Kapoor and Ridhima Dilawari, as India's top star in the LET, Diksha Dagar, has taken time off ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris.
The 300,000 euro event is LET's last event before the Olympic Games, in which India will be represented by Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar.
Tvesa, a former Hero Order of Merit winner, lost her LET Tour card at the end of 2022. Since then, she has returned through pre-qualifiers and then a few invitationals in Asia late last year. She won her first international event on the Sunshine Tour in South Africa and, more recently, has started regaining her form on the main LET Tour, a release said.
She was T-10 at the Dormy Open and then lost in the play-offs at the VP Bank Swiss Open, besides two other top-25 finishes. In nine starts, she has missed only two cuts, but as she said, the week at the Swiss Open has given her a lot of confidence.
Vaani Kapoor has had a below average season, missing half the cut in 10 starts and not having any top-10 finishes this season. Ridhima, with her limited position, has made only five starts and made the cut in three of them.
Twesa will play with Welsh golfer Chloe Williams and Marit Harriwen of the Netherlands in the first round, while Vani will play with English pair Hannah Burke and Florentina Parker. Ridhima will play with Helen Tammi Kreuzer of Germany and Maiken Bing Paulsen of Norway.
Local star Anne van Dam performed well at the Amundi Evian Championship last week with rounds of 66-70-74-72 at Evian Resort Golf Club. It was her sixth cut of the year and she finished the week in a tie for 44th.
Van Dam is looking forward to this summer golf season, which includes two majors, the Olympic Games, the Scottish Open and the Dutch Ladies Open. Hilversumsche offers a tree-filled challenge this week, and with plenty of rain in recent months, the course is playing a little differently than in 2023. (ANI)