India, Aug. 26 -- For all practical purposes, year 2021 marked a seminal moment in Indian golf. Aditi Ashok's fourth-place finish at Tokyo Olympics not only gave women's golf much-needed impetus but also brought it into wider consciousness. Much was expected after Aditi came within one shot of winning India's first Olympic medal in her sport, but curiously, women's golf has failed to ride the rare momentum.

Aditi followed her Olympics run with a silver medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou two years later while Diksha Dagar has come along nicely over the past few years, but such spikes have been sporadic at best. Aditi primarily competes on the LPGA Tour while occasionally turning up for the Ladies European Tour (LET). Diksha, on the othe...