Bengaluru golfer makes a great start at Olympics

Aditi Ashok plays a shot from the second fairway during the second round of the women's golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Japan

Golfer Aditi Ashok made a brilliant start to her Tokyo Olympics campaign, ending the first round of the women’s event in tied-second.

The Bengaluru golfer carded a stunning four-under 67 round at Kasumigaseki Country Club to share the second place with World No.1 Nelly Korda. The 23-year-old Aditi is one shot behind leader Madelene Sagstrom of Sweden.

Aditi could have ended the day on top of the leaderboard, if not for a bogey on the final hole. This is Aditi’s second Olympic appearance, after making her debut as a teenager in the 2016 Rio Games.

At Rio, she started brightly, but finished tied-41st. Aditi’s father, Ashok, served as her caddie in Rio, and this time around, it is her mother, Maheshwari, who is carrying her bag.