Steady Aditi Ashok finishes tied-8th for fourth straight Top-10

Steady Aditi Ashok finishes tied-8th for fourth straight Top-10

PTIUpdated: Thursday, May 30, 2019, 12:00 PM IST
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 18: Aditi Ashok of India watches her tee shot on the fourth hole during the second round of the Women's Individual Stroke Play golf on Day 13 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Olympic Golf Course on August 18, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images) |

Xiamen (China) : Aditi Ashok maintained her Top-10 streak with another superb and steady round as she returned one-under 71 for a total of six-under and finish Tied-8th at the Xiamen International Ladies Open here on Sunday.

It was the 18-year-old Bengaluru golfer’s fourth successive Top-10 finish. The other Indian in the field, Vani Kapoor shot a second straight one-over 73 and finished T-29 at even par 288.

Dutch golfer Anne Van Dam from the Netherlands outlasted local star and early leader Yuting Shi in an enthralling final round to earn her first Ladies European Tour title.

Van Dam, 21, fired rounds of 70, 66, 67 and 68 to end on 17-under-par and one stroke ahead of Shi, who bogeyed the final hole at Orient Golf Club. The event was almost cancelled three weeks earlier due to a huge typhoon.

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