Paris 2024 Olympics golf: Aditi Ashok finishes T29 after late charge; Diksha Dagar manages T49

India’s Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar finished T29 and T49, respectively, at the end of the women’s golf event at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Saturday.

Saturday’s results mean India ended the golf meet at Paris 2024 without a medal. In the men’s golf last week, Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar finished T40 and T45, respectively.

Aditi Ashok, India’s No. 1 women’s golfer, was T14 after the second round on Thursday. She moved down 26 places to T40 after the third round but a 4-under 68 on Saturday saw her gain 11 places with a final score of 2-over 290.

Competing at the Golf National, Aditi hit seven birdies and three bogeys on the final day after logging a seven-over 79 on Friday.

Meanwhile, Diksha Dagar endured another tough day, moving down seven places to finish at T49 after carding a 6-over 78. The 2021 Deaflympics champion was T7 on the opening day but dropped places with each passing round. Her final score was 13-over 301.

The two Indian women's golfers were also part of the Indian team at Tokyo 2020. Aditi Ashok had finished fourth three years ago for India’s best finish in golf events while Diksha was T50.

The women’s golf event at Paris 2024 featured 60 golfers, who competed over four days in four rounds. Each round consisted of 18 holes.

New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, silver medal winner at Rio 2016 and bronze medallist at Tokyo 2020, won the gold medal in the Paris 2024 Olympics golf tournament to complete the set with a final score of 10-under 278.

Germany’s Esther Henseleit won the silver with a total of 8-under 280 while the People’s Republic of China’s Xiyu Lin won bronze with 7-under 281.

Golf featured in the Olympic programme in 1900 and 1904 but was dropped from the itinerary after that. The sport made a return at Rio 2016 and has been part of the Olympics since.