Diksha Dagar Height, Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Diksha Dagar

• Diksha Dagar is an Indian Golf Player who plays left-handedly and is hearing impaired.

• Diksha started wearing hearing aids at the age of six and that’s when her golf journey started. Initially, it was very difficult for Diksha’s parents to get someone to train her in gold due to her hearing problem; however, because Diksha’s father was a former scratch golfer, he decided that he would start his daughter’s formal training and used to take her to the army golf course located in their hometown.

• Diksha was well versed in many different sports which included sports like swimming, and basketball, however, she got inclined towards golf because her father used to play and that made her pursue it as her career option. She also loves horse riding, table tennis, shooting, and badminton.

• Diksha began her amateur golf playing in 2012.

• In 2015, made her amateur debut by participating in the Hero Women’s Indian Open. In the same year, she took part in the Eastern India Ladies & Junior Girls – Faldo Series India in which she won the tournament and had an overall score of 160 season ranks.

• In 2016, Diksha was the only golfer of Indian origin to be positioned in the top 500 in the world rankings for the Under 18 category. ^[1]Hindustan Times

• In the same year, she participated in a bunch of championships including the Faldo Series India Championship, Western India Ladies & Girls Championship, Chandigarh Ladies & Junior Girls Championship, and Eastern India Ladies & Junior Girls.

• Diksha Dagar was the one and only golfer in the history of the Deaflympics who won two Deaflympics medals ever since golf was included in the 2017 Deaflympics. ^[2]Sportstar

• In 2017, Diksha took part in the Telangana Ladies & Junior Girls Championship, Western India Ladies & Girls Championship, and Northern India Ladies & Girls Championship. She also made her professional golfing debut in ‘The Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour’ and ended up winning the competition.

• In the same year, she took part in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics which was held in Turkey. It was the first time that golf was included as a sport in the Summer Deaflympics and Diksha was the second winner of that tournament.

• In 2018, Diksha Dagar took part in Thailand’s Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship, which is popularly known as the Queen Sirikit Cup. She ended up having the best score by an Indian by scoring three under 69 and assisted the Indian team in finishing sixth in the women’s team event. Totalling her score to four-under over the three days, it resulted in the lowest any Indian had scored in the Queen Sirikit Cup history. ^[3]The Times of India
  

  Diksha Dagar during a match in the Queen Sirkit Cup in Thailand (2018)

• In the same year, Diksha participated in the 29th edition of the biggest women’s amateur tournament in Singapore and won the Singapore Ladies Amateur Open.

• In 2019, Diksha entirely shifted into professional golf playing and took part in the South African Women’s Open, a competition which was part of the 2019 Ladies European Tour. She won the competition, making it her first professional win.
  

  Diksha Dagar during a match in the 2019 Ladies European Tour

• In 2019, after Indian golfer Aditi Ashok, Diksha became the second Indian female to achieve the Ladies European Tour title for more than one time. Diksha is also the youngest Indian woman to achieve the title at the young age of 18 years old. ^[4]The Hindu Business Line

• In the same year, Diksha became the first Indian golfer to win the South African Women’s Open title. ^[5]The Times of India

• In 2020, Diksha Dagar along with her team members Aditi Ashok and Tvesa Malik became the first team of golfers from India to participate in a single event at the Ladies European Tour.

• In the same year, she took part in numerous tournaments some of which include the 2020 Summer Olympics, the 2020 Ladies Scottish Open which was held in Scotland, and the 2020 Dubai Omega Moonlight Classic Tournament held in Dubai. Along with it, Diksha made her Olympics debut and represented India in the 2020 Summer Olympics which were held in Tokyo.

• In 2021, she represented India in the 2021 Ladies European Tour and won the title of the Aramco Team Series, which was held in London. With her amazing performance in her first Deaflympics, she qualified for her second season of the Summer Deaflympics which was held in May 2022 in Brazil. Diksha won over the USA’s golf player Ashlyn Grace.
  

  Diksha Dagar during a match in the 2021 Ladies European Tour in the Aramco Team Series

• In 2022, Diksha Dagar became the only golfer in history who has competed in both the Olympics as well as the Deaflympics. ^[6]The Indian Express

• In 2022, her name was highlighted in the famous Indian television game show titled ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ in which a contestant was asked a question regarding Diksha’s 2020 Tokyo Olympic participation. ^[7]The Times of India
  

  Question regarding Diksha Dagar in the television game show KBC (2022)

• In 2023, Diksha Dagar took part in the Simone Asia Pacific Cup 2023 which is part of the Ladies Asian Tour (LAT) Series. She also participated in the KPMG Women’s Irish Open which was held at County Clare, Ireland.
  

  Diksha Dagar during a match in the Simone Asia Pacific Cup 2023

• Diksha takes inspiration from the tennis player Novak Djokovic and golfer Tiger Woods and tries to incorporate their on-field attitudes into her playing.

• She loves drawing and spends most of her free time sketching her designs.
  

  A sketch drawn by Diksha Dagar

• Diksha was the first Indian golf player who represented India at the Olympics.

• Diksha Dagar loves going on picnics and outings with her family when she is free from her tournaments and practices.