Diksha Dagar fired a 4-under 67 to rise up the leader board at the IOA Golf Classic on the Epson Tour event at Longwood Florida. She made the cut on the line at T-58, but then rose way up to T-15.
Diksha, with two Top-10s on the LET, has been playing well and will stay on Epson Tour for the Atlantic Beach Classic next week.
Diksha, a two-time Ladies European Tour winner and multiple winner on Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour in India, shot a final round of 4-under 67 on the Par-71 course. She had eight birdies against one double bogey and one late bogey.
The Indian birdied the first, sixth and eighth holes and then had a double bogey on Par-5 ninth. She again birdied 10th, 11th, 13th and 16th before she dropped a bogey on Par-4 17th .
Jessica Peng shot a superb 67 with five birdies against one bogey to beat overnight and second-round leader Lindsey McCurdy.
As Peng shot 67, Lindsey shot 72 and lost by one shot. Jessica was 11-under and McCurdy was at 10-under. Korea’s Kum-Kang Park (68-68-68) was third.