New Delhi, Apr 24 (PTI) Indian golfers Aditi Ashok (46) and Diksha Dagar (138) are set to take part within the Paris Olympics whereas Shubhankar Sharma (197) and Gaganjeet Bhullar (232) even have a powerful likelihood of constructing it to the Video games.
Whereas will probably be a 3rd look for Aditi on the Olympics which can be essentially the most for an Indian, Diksha will likely be competing for the second time. For Sharma and Bhullar, it might be their maiden look on the Olympics.
India’s greatest efficiency on the Olympics got here from Aditi who completed fourth within the Tokyo Video games 2020.
The Olympic entries are despatched by the Indian Golf Union.
Qualification for Olympics is decided by rankings, restricted to 60 males’s and as many ladies’s gamers via the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).
The highest 15 gamers within the OWGR are eligible for the Olympics with a most restrict of 4 golfers allowed from a single nation.
The Olympic Golf Rankings (OGR) after the highest 15 gamers consists of as much as two high eligible gamers per nation, so long as it doesn’t have no less than two golfers within the high 15.
In the meantime, Sahith Theegala and Akshay Bhatia, the 2 Indian-People making waves on the PGA Tour, have each reached career-high rankings this week.
Theegala, who logged a second runner-up end in 2024 and Bhatia, who received his second PGA Tour title and certified for the Masters, are actually ranked No 12 and No 33 respectively.
Nonetheless, neither Theegala nor Bhatia have a risk of constructing an Olympic look because the high 15 on the earth rankings have as many as eight People.
In 11 begins, Theegala has been a runner-up on the season-opener the Sentry and on the RBC Heritage and was fifth at WM Phoenix Open and tied-sixth on the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Bhatia, in his 12 begins, has received as soon as on the Texas Open and been in high 20 as many as six instances. He additionally missed lower 4 instances.
The highest 4 People are Scottie Scheffler (1), Wyndham Clark (3), defending Olympic champion Xander Schauffele (5) and Patrick Cantlay (8). Two different People, Max Homa (9) and Brian Haran (10), are additionally forward of Theegala, who’s the seventh greatest American on the earth rankings.
Whereas solely 4 gamers might be entered for the Olympic Video games, offered they in world’s high 15, solely US has 4 or extra within the record. All different international locations can ship a most of two gamers offered each are in high 60 of the Olympic qualifiers.
In the meantime, within the girls’s part, Aditi, regardless of a modest 2024 to date, stays on in high 50.
Diksha, who has been strong type, has been in high 10 thrice in 5 begins on the Girls European Tour, and in addition been tied-26 or higher in her two begins on the Epson Tour.
Diksha has additionally touched 138 within the girls’s world rankings, her greatest to date.
The subsequent two Indian girls are Pranavi Urs, enjoying her rookie season on LET, at 403 and novice Avani Prashanth at 531.
Amongst Indian males, Sharma, the lone Indian in high 200, has a greatest end of tied-seventh on the Singapore Basic and tied-16 at Dubai Desert Basic.
Bhullar’s greatest in 2024 has been tied-43 in Oman on Asian Tour, however he additionally received as soon as at Chandigarh Open on the Indian Tour, for his second win in 4 months in India.
The subsequent greatest after Sharma and Bhullar are Veer Ahlawat at 380 and Karandeep Kochhar at 434.
 and Diksha Dagar (138) are set to participate in the Paris Olympics, whereas Shubhankar Sharma (197) and Gaganjeet Bhullar (232) also have a strong chance of making it to the Games.){kind=link}