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  • Anirban Lahiri makes begin on weather-hit first day in Wyndham

    Returning to motion after the Tokyo Olympics, Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri rode on some glorious approaches and had a few large putts to lie three-under by way of 16 holes in a weather-hit opening day of the Wyndham Championship.
    Starting off on the tenth for the final common season occasion earlier than the FedEx Cup Play-offs on the PGA Tour, Lahiri had 5 birdies in opposition to two bogeys when play was stopped attributable to darkness.
    A storm halted play for two hours, 7 minutes, with 30 gamers unable to complete the opening spherical.
    Lahiri nonetheless has two extra holes to play on the morning of the second day at Sedgefield Country Club right here.
    Russell Henley shot eight-under 62 for the lead as Korea’s Sung Kang was amongst seven gamers at 64. The 34-year-old Kang fired his lowest spherical of the season with eight birdies and two bogeys on the cardboard.
    Lahiri holed an excellent 19-footer for his birdie on the eleventh, his second gap of the day, however gave away a shot on thirteenth after going into the correct tough.

    Back-to-back birdies on 16 and 17 helped him get again to below par. On Par-3 sixteenth, he obtained inside six ft and on Par-4 seventeenth he hit his method to 2 ft for a birdie.
    A missed par putt from inside eight ft noticed him drop a shot earlier than he had back-to-back birdies but once more on fourth and fifth with two tremendous approaches inside three ft and 7 ft. He has two Par-4s to play on eighth and ninth.
    Henley birdied three of his ultimate 4 holes for a two-stroke lead as Sung Kang, Ted Potter Jr., Chris Kirkand, Hudson Swofford, Scott Piercy and Michael Thompson shared second.
    Adam Hadwin additionally was six-under, however had two holes left when darkness ended play.
    Kang wants a win on this week’s ultimate occasion of the Regular Season to qualify for the profitable FedExCup Playoffs for a sixth straight yr.
    Countrymen KJ Choi, Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim, winner of the Wyndham Championship in 2016 — all carded 66s to share nineteenth place.
    Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat, who like Kang additionally wants a win to qualify for the Playoffs and, extra importantly, preserve his PGA TOUR card, additionally shared the nineteenth spot.
    He additionally wants outcome to be eligible for the Korn Ferry Tour Finals beginning subsequent week, which is one other alternative to maintain his taking part in privileges on TOUR.
    Chinese Taipei’s C.T. Pan, who received a bronze medal within the Olympic Games, shot a 68 for T61 place.
    Aditi, Tvesa endure powerful day in Scottish Open
    Aditi Ashok in motion. (Source: File Photo)
    Olympic-returned Indian golfer Aditi Ashok had a disappointing begin on the Scottish Open as she carded a five-over 77 to lie T-129th after the opening spherical right here.
    Fellow Indian Tvesa Malik too had a tough begin on the primary day, capturing a one-over 73 to lie on the 79th spot.Local favorite Michele Thomson began in model with a seven-under 65, her season-best, for the lead.
    The Aberdeen participant regrouped after a bogey on the primary gap to card an eagle on No. 2 and went on to birdie seven of her ultimate 11 holes of the event co-sanctioned by Ladies European and Ladies PGA Tours.
    Ashok, who was swamped by interviews on her arrival into Scotland after an excellent 4th place on the Olympic Games in Tokyo, will want a terrific second spherical to make the reduce, whereas Tvesa too will hope to provide a greater present.
    Tvesa, who got here near successful the Gant Ladies Open, had three birdies in opposition to 4 bogeys, whereas Aditi had seven bogeys in opposition to two birdies.
    Thompson, who’s managed by former Open winner Paul Lawrie, is making solely her twelfth look in an LPGA Tour occasion since 2017. Her career-best end is a tie for forty eighth on the 2018 ISPS Handa Australian Open.
    Two-time LPGA Tour winner Jasmine Suwannapura joins 2020 Tokyo Olympian Anne van Dam and main champion Yuka Saso in a tie for second at five-under.
    Suwannapura returned to the hyperlinks and Scotland for the primary time since her runner-up efficiency on the 2020 AIG Women’s Open at Royal Troon.
    The 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Lydia Ko is T24 at two-under, whereas defending champion Stacy Lewis sits in a tie for thirty fifth heading into the second spherical.

  • Aditi Ashok to tee up at Scottish Open after spectacular Olympic present

    Fresh from her unimaginable fourth place ending present on the Olympics, Indian golf star Aditi Ashok will tee up on the Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open together with compatriot Tvesa Malik.
    Aditi can have solely the second begin in Europe, the primary being the Amundi Evian Championships final month. After that she had an excellent Olympics with 4 rounds within the 60s and missed a medal by a whisker as she completed fourth.
    Aditi additionally jumped a number of rungs from World No. two hundredth to 154th with that incredible present.
    Tvesa Malik, who was disenchanted at lacking the Olympics, will get an opportunity to change notes with Aditi.
    Tvesa, who has had three Top-10 finishes together with a runner-up on the Gant Ladies Open, took her workforce at Aramco Series London into Top-10 additionally. She has additionally had Top-10s at girls Italian Open and Jabra Ladies.
    After lacking a uncommon reduce on the ISPA Handa Invitational, the Hero sponsored Tvesa is raring to get going within the Scottish Open.
    Aditi has been drawn with Brittany Altomare of the US and Pia Babnik of Slovenia at 9.20 am native time, whereas Tvesa performs with Linda Wessberg of Sweden and Dana Finkelstein within the afternoon.
    The discipline contains stars from all world wide. Defending champion Stacy Lewis returns to the match following her victory on the Renaissance Club final yr.
    There are 16 Major winners entered within the discipline, together with England’s Georgia Hall and Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist.
    A robust Scottish contingent will even be able to shine at dwelling with Gemma Dryburgh, Alison Muirhead and Carly Booth amongst them.
    For most of the LPGA stars, this can be an opportunity to qualify for the 2021 Solheim Cup, which is lower than a month from now, at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.
    The match, co-sanctioned with the LPGA, can be performed on the Dumbarnie Links.

  • Aditi Ashok finishes career-best third with Thai associate in Great Lakes

    India’s Aditi Ashok and Thailand’s Pajaree Anannarukarn missed out on their maiden LPGA success however received numerous reward after ending Tied-Third on the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational right here.
    After three bogey-free rounds, the Indo-Thai duo known as Spice Girls for the week, added a four-under 66 in higher ball, which noticed each bogey the ultimate gap of the week.
    Yet their 19-under complete fetched them a career-best third place end behind, Thai sisters Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn (24-under), who had a second 59 within the week, and the defending champion Cydney Clanton and Jasmine Suwannapura (21-under).
    Aditi and Pajaree had been Tied-Third with A Lim Kim and Yealimi Noh at 19-under.
    Aditi and Pajaree, beginning the ultimate day in shared lead with Clanton and Suwannapura, did get off to birdie-birdie begin however had been then unable to search out any extra until the twelfth. The duo, nonetheless, managed to maintain bogeys off their playing cards.
    When Aditi bogeyed sixth, the primary by both participant, Pajaree parred to make sure a par group rating and the identical occurred when Pajaree bogeyed ninth as Aditi parred.
    Then Aditi bogeyed once more on twelfth and as soon as extra Pajaree saved them with a par.
    Though the Jutanugarns surged forward to 24-under, the Indo-Thai pair appeared aggressive on 18th in an try and get to Tied-second with Clanton and Suwannpura, who had completed at 21-under.
    However, each Aditi and Pajaree each bogeyed the 18th and the group rating dropped from 20-under to 19-under for a Tied-third.
    Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn, who had a 59 of their second spherical, repeated it on the ultimate day for a snug three-stroke victory over Clanton and Suwannapura.
    The 25-year-old Ariya received for the twelfth time on the LPGA Tour and second this season, and the 26-year-old Moriya took her second title. Ariya received the Honda LPGA Thailand in May for her first victory since July 2018.
    U.S. Women’s Open winner Yuka Saso and Minjee Lee had been 18 below after a 62.

  • Richer with Rio expertise Aditi Ashok prepared for Tokyo Olympic Games

    At 18 years and 4 months, India’s Aditi Ashok was the youngest golfer on the 2016 Rio Olympics. Five years later, she has certified for her second successive Olympic Games which can be held this month in Tokyo. Aditi completed forty fifth on the qualifying listing on Tuesday to make the minimize for Tokyo Games.
    For the 23-year-old, who took up the game on the age of six and turned skilled in January 2016, collaborating within the Olympics is akin to that includes within the magnum opus of all sporting occasions
    “I am honoured to represent my country for the second time at the Olympic Games. I was confident that I would make it to the Tokyo Olympic women’s golf roster. Now the strategy would be to perform to the best of my ability on all four days and give my 100 percent,” mentioned Aditi, the youngest Indian golfer (male or feminine) to have performed all majors.
    Recalling her earlier expertise on the Olympics, Aditi believes it’s one thing that can absolutely assist her carry out higher this time. “Rio was an amazing week. I did well on the first two days but didn’t play great on the final two days. But now I am five years older and more mature in terms of playing the game and I am sure the experience will help me,” she mentioned.

    However, there have been just a few bumps on the street to Tokyo for the Bengaluru-based golfer. Covid-19 induced lockdowns final 12 months did hamper Aditi’s follow periods. But she had her personal manner of overcoming the chances.
    “I play professionally on two tours LPGA (in the USA) and LET (in Europe). When Covid hit in 2020, the whole world came to halt. Just to stay safe, I chose not to play the whole year except for a few weeks in the end. All the golfing facilities were closed in Bangalore. Generally, it was a tough year for everyone.,” recalled Aditi.
    “During this time I focused more on my fitness and conditioning. I did practice my swing on my terrace,” mentioned Aditi, who can also be the primary participant from the nation to win the Ladies British novice stroke-play championship at Leeds.

    As of now, Aditi is within the USA the place she is placing in all of the laborious work and looking out ahead to being a part of the most important sporting occasion on the planet.
    “The challenges this time are covid travel restrictions and lockdowns. This year, I could not practice at all in India because of the lockdown in Bangalore from the last week of April to early June. But now I am back in the USA playing tournaments and practicing as much as possible before I head to Tokyo,” she mentioned.
    Analysing her efficiency in 2021, she mentioned, “So far this year I started with 6 tournaments on the LPGA at the beginning of the year, those weren’t too great or bad either. So after getting back to the USA I’ve played these last two tournaments, would probably play three or maybe four more events before the Olympics. Hopefully, these next four are good preparation for the Olympics and help me build some momentum.”

    On Tuesday, teen taking pictures sensation Manu Bhaker revealed that he can be switching off from social media until the tip of the Tokyo Olympics to give attention to her preparation and efficiency within the Games.
    But Aditi is mentally ready for her sojourn and in reality, sees it as a device to make Golf well-liked in India.
    “I don’t post that often to use social media as much. I’m there to post and not really on it and scrolling. So I haven’t really thought about disconnecting,” mentioned Aditi.
    “I think it’s great to make use of this opportunity with golf in the Olympics and make the sport popular, especially being an Indian and a girl where the sport isn’t as popular for girls in India and it should become more popular and the Olympics can help that by generating social media attention then I think better to make use of that,” she concluded.
    Notable Achievements
    2015: Winner of Ladies European Tour’s Lalla Aicha Tour School in Morocco.
    2016: Rookie of the Year on LET
    2017: Youngest Indian golfer (male or feminine) at 19 years to have performed all majors
    2018: No. 2, Putting Average, LPGA (28.67)