India’s Diksha Dagar, who arrived in Tokyo late on Sunday as virtually the last entrant in the women’s section, shrugged off her tiredness following a long travel from Northern Ireland as she got ready for the women’s Olympic golf competition this week.
Diksha joins India’s top woman golfer, Aditi Ashok, who is playing her second Olympic Games. Aditi landed in the Japanese capital much earlier and said she was looking forward to the campaign.
Aditi plays the first round with Nanna Koerstz Madsen and Giulia Molinaro, while Diksha plays with Kim Metraux and Tonje Daffinrud.
Korea’s Inbee Park is feeling relaxed and confident ahead of her gold medal defence, which begins on Wednesday.
The 33-year-old Park struck gold for her country in Rio 2016 when golf made a welcome return following a 112-year lapse and she did so under intense pressure and scrutiny due to a lingering thumb injury and representing a golf-crazed nation.
Park will tee up in the opening two rounds…