The much-awaited Ladies European Tour’s event, the 2023 Hero Women’s Indian Open, finally began in Gurgaon on the 19th of October. The prestigious event had the attention of a large crowd of fans with the event taking place in India. Before the start of the event, a lot of presumptions were made about who would possibly take the top spots.

However, the first round of the event proved all these presumptions false. This started as a player who was not even expected to be in the top ten climbed the ladder of success to be in the first rank today. This star golfer is Norwegian pro, Madelene Stavnar. Let’s see how she proved everyone wrong!

Madelene Stavnar’s A-game proved everyone wrong

The fifteenth edition of the Ladies European Tour’s event premiered at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurgaon on the 19th of October and will go on till the 22nd of October. The prestigious event has a prize purse of over $4 million. Beating all odds, Madelene Stavnar made a place for herself at the top of the pyramid during the first round of the event today.

The Indian crowd had not expected Stavnar to even be on the list of the top ten players of the event. But her hard work and mental calmness on game day proved everyone wrong. One’s mental and physical skills play a major role in winning the title, and so far, that has been the case for Stavnar.

The Norwegian golfer could not contain her happiness after the first day’s results. Madelene Stavnar smiled and said, “I’m very happy. It’s one of those days where golf feels a little bit easier than others. This course is not easy, so a 66 will do very nicely to begin with.”

Stavnar set a benchmark by scoring a 66 in the opening round. It surely makes sense why the talented professional golfer could not contain her happiness. Even though she chose to remain humble and call it a lucky day, it was her hard work that got her here. Only time will tell what’s next on the Hero Women’s Indian Open.

Who was estimated to be in the top ten by the Indian crowd?

If not Stavnar, questions arise: Who did the Indian crowd expect to be in the top ten? According to the fans, it was estimated that the top ten golfers for the 2023 Hero Women’s Indian Open would include Johanna Gustavsson, Diksha Dagar, Christine Wolf, Smilla Tarning Soenderby, Trichat Cheenglab, Nuria Iturrioz, Carmen Alonso, Meghan MacLaren, Amandeep Drall, and Vani Kapoor.

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Many of these players were seen playing well on the first day of the event. However, the crowd was mistaken to leave the current leader, Madalene Stavnar, off the list. What do you think is next for LET’s 26th event of the calendar year?

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