California [US], May 1 (ANI): Indian golfer Aditi Ashok completed joint T2 on the LA Championship 2023 golf event on the Wilshire Country Club in California on Sunday, attaining her finest end in an LPGA Tour occasion.
With a rating of nine-under, the Indian golfer superior to the playoffs, the place she was defeated by Hannah Green of Australia.
Aditi, who practically misplaced out on a bronze medal on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, began the occasion with a five-under-par first spherical and adopted it up with a one-under-par second spherical to make her first reduce of the season on tour.
However, a one-over par within the third spherical on Saturday noticed her slip down. But the Indian golfer got here again swinging within the last spherical with a four-under, carding 5 birdies and a lone bogey on the seventeenth gap, to complete as joint leaders on the board with Australia’s Hannah Green and China’s Xiyu Lin at nine-under general.
In the playoffs, nonetheless, the 25-year-old Indian was eradicated on the primary gap after making a par. Hannah Green went on to win the LA Championship title.
“I think overall it’s a good week. I’ve never played in this position on the LPGA, to be near the lead on the first day and stay there the whole tournament. The competition is just so deep out here. Ten people have a good tournament but only one can win. I’m happy with the way I played,” Aditi informed the LPGA web site, in response to Olympics.comThe T2 place alongside Xiyu Lin is India’s finest end on the LPGA Tour. Aditi Ashok has been competing within the LPGA for seven years. Her earlier finest was a T3 on the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational golf in 2021.
The LA meet was Aditi’ s fourth event of the 12 months on the LPGA Tour. She had didn’t make the reduce within the earlier three. (ANI)