Gold Coast, March 19 -- Diksha Dagar was the pick of the Indians after the first round of the Australian WPGA Championships being held at the Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club as she shot a strong opening round of 4-under 67 to be placed tied-8th on the leaderboard.

She is four shots behind leader Kelsey Macdonald (64), who set a new course record with her opening round. Hitaashee Bakshi also had a promising opening round as she carded 2-under 69 to start her week.

The other Indians in the field are Pranavi Urs (72) and Vani Kapoor (73), who had a difficult start to the week with scores of 1-over 72 and 2-over 73 respectively. They are placed at T-68 and T-81.

Diksha had a bogey free day. She began her round on the ninth, which is w...