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Aditi Ashok will compete in her second consecutive Olympics and third overall. Image- Khel Now
Indian golfers Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar have clinched the Paris Olympics 2024 spot via the Road to Paris world rankings.
Aditi, the highest-ranked female golf player from India, made the cut by acquiring an OGR of 24 in the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, while Diksha also sealed her spot by clinching an OGR of 40.
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Aditi finished fourth in Tokyo Games
Aditi Ashok, playing in the 30th major tournament in women's golf, scored 77 with five bogeys in the second round. Her total score after two rounds was 149 in five overs. Aditi is running at joint 64th position. She will compete in her second consecutive Olympics and third overall in the Paris Olympics 2024 in August. India’s best performance at the Olympics came from Aditi who finished fourth in the Tokyo Games 2020.
Second Olympic Games for Diksha
Meanwhile, Diksha will be competing in the Games for the second time. She is the first golfer in history to have competed in both the Olympics and the Deaflympics, where she is a two-time medallist. The 23-year-old won a silver in 2017 in Turkey and a gold in 2022 in Brazil. This is also Diksha's second consecutive appearance at the Olympics. In 2021, she competed at the Covid-19 pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics.
Top 15 players in the OWGR qualify for the Olympics
The Olympic entries are sent by the Indian Golf Union, and qualification for Olympics is determined by rankings, limited to 60 men’s and as many women’s players through the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).
The top 15 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) qualify for the Olympic Games, with a limit of four golfers per country. Beyond the top 15, the Olympic Golf Rankings (OGR) include up to the two highest-ranked eligible players from each country, provided that the country does not already have two or more players within the top 15.
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Aditi and Diksha are set to join Sharma and Bhullar
Both Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar are set to join the likes of Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar as the four representatives from India. Sharma and Bhullar already qualified as India's representatives by being the highest-ranked Indian men's golfers. For them, it would be their maiden appearance at the Olympics.