Compete with 55 of the world's elite female players
A deaf athlete seeks the title at the launch of the Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic
Indian player Diksha Dagher.
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The "Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic" golf tournament begins today, with the participation of the distinguished Indian talent, Diksha Dagher, despite her suffering from deafness (hearing loss).
Diksha, 55 of the world's elite professional women, competed for the title of the championship held at Faldo Stadium in the Emirates Golf Club, with a total prize pool of $ 285,000.
The event is considered one of the rounds of the "Women's European Tours" and the "Race to the Costa del Sol" Cup, and its competitions will extend until the sixth of this month.
Diksha suffers from deafness since birth, and last year she managed to become the youngest Indian player to win a title in the history of the European tour, after winning the South African tour, and she was not more than 19 years old.
Diksha said, to "Emirates Today", that her deaf dolls provided her with determination to double her efforts and enter the professional world, and she said that she was lucky to participate in the championship in a difficult year that witnessed the Corona pandemic.
She said she aspires to enter the golden list for the Dubai tour.
She added: Golf has always been a safe haven for me, and a source from which I draw the meanings of happiness and joy, and I advise all those who suffer difficult circumstances, especially young women and women, to accept their current reality, based on their awareness that these circumstances or situations are only a small part of life, and they should not be discouraged. About doing their best and pursuing their dreams.
On the other hand, Moroccan Maha Al-Haddioui bears Arab hopes, in the 11th appearance in the championship, as she previously participated in the amateurs and professionals.
“The championship is a very important destination in the European tour calendar, and I am happy to be back in competitions,” Al-Haddioui told Emirates Today.
The ambitions of the Indian talent, Diksha Dagher, and Moroccan Maha Elhadioui, in the competition for the title, collide with the presence of a strong forum of ranked players, led by Danish Amy Bolden, who is seeking her third victory in the current season, and is taking a step closer to winning the title of the European Tour of Professional Women Championship, and winning the Cup. "The race to the Costa del Sol."
• 285 thousand dollars, the total prize money of the tournament.
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