Vidhatri Urs totalled 16-under 200 with rounds of 65-67-68 and won by 13 shots over yet another Bengaluru amateur, Saanvi Somu (71) and rookie pro Jasmine Shekar from Bengaluru, who shot a final round of 70.
Dagar, who had two birdies against three bogeys shot 1-over 73 on a difficult day, when only 10 players among those who had completed their first round came under par
Korea's Si Woo Kim came up one stroke shy and settled for tied second place in the AT&T Byron Nelson even as Jason Day of Australia, completed an emotional victory for his 13th PGA TOUR victory.
Marty Zecheng Dou, who started using the AimPoint technique to read the putting greens recently, wielded a hot putter as he made seven birdies at TPC Craig Ranch, his adopted home course, including four over the last six holes to earn his first career 54-hole lead/co-lead.
Om Prakash Chouhan is currently 11th on the Order of Merit for Challenge Tour, from where the Top-20 go to the DP World Tour. Also, the winner of the Indian PGTI Tour also goes to the main Tour.
Two-time PGTI Order of Merit champion Shamim Khan (31-36), who enjoyed a two-shot lead after round one, totalled five-under 67 at the halfway stage to stay ahead of the rest of the field by one shot.
Delhi-NCR Open 2023 features some of the top Indian professionals such as DP World Tour regular and defending champion Manu Gandas, Gaganjeet Bhullar, Rashid Khan, PGTI Order of Merit leader Om Prakash Chouhan, Aman Raj, Khalin Joshi, Viraj Madappa, as well as former champions Udayan Mane an
Divyanshu Bajaj posted an impressive 65 to be the best-placed Indian in tied second place at the event co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour and PGTI. German Philipp Katich and Englishman Alex Fitzpatrick shared the second spot with Bajaj.
Aman Raj and Dharma were four shots behind the leader, Spaniard Manuel Elvira, who had a course record-setting 9-under 63 and was four shots ahead of the Indian duo, while Oliver Farr of Wales carded a bogey-free 8-under 64 to be second.
Amandeep Drall, who will be travelling to play on the Ladies European Tour next month, shot rounds of 69-71-70 and finished three shots clear of Seher Atwal. Khushi Khanijau (72) was third while Vani Kapoor (73) was fourth and Neha Tripathi (73) finished fifth.
Thorbjorn Olesen and Nicolai Hojgaard, who lead a strong contingent of Danes at the Indian Open, said they were looking forward to the event. Olesen has played the Hero Indian Open previously at this venue, but it was before it was re-designed by Gary Player.
Kazuki Higa is yet another gem from Japan's huge reservoir of golfing talent, having topped the Japan Order of Merit with four wins in a single season in 2022 and looks ready to move to higher levels.