New Delhi, Oct. 20 -- Pranavi Urs, basking in the adulation since becoming India's first woman to win the Asian Games gold, will take that confidence and form into the $500,000 Hero Women's Indian Open this week in her bid to win for the first time on the Ladies European Tour (LET).

The 23-year-old is determined to win the home LET event, being played at the DLF Golf and Country Club course, after finishing fourth last year. That no Indian has won the event since Aditi Ashok in 2016 is also a big motivation.

Among the Indians on the field, there will be high hopes on Diksha Dagar as well. The two-time winner on the LET has had an up and down season. After a good start, a knee injury had proved a setback. Boosted by the team silver medal...