Star Indian golfer Aditi Ashok dished out a bogey free ultimate spherical after a surprising again 9 to win the Andalucia Costa del Sol Open de Espana event for her second title of the season right here.
Aditi’s ultimate spherical of 66 with a again 9 of 5-under 31 noticed her end at 17-under as she beat Anne Van Dam (68) of the Netherlands by two pictures on Sunday.
It was Aditi’s second win of the season and fifth of her profession on the Women European Tour.
She started the 2023 season with a win in Kenya within the first occasion of the 12 months and ended it with one other trophy right here within the final occasion.
It was a formidable week for Aditi, who had completed fourth on the Tokyo Olympics, as she shot 69-68-68-66 at Actual Membership de Golf Las Brisas.
“It began out sluggish, I used to be lacking a variety of birdies for the primary six to eight holes. I hit it shut on seven, after that I felt like I nonetheless had an opportunity. Initially, it felt like I used to be two pictures away the entire time. I’m glad it picked up on the again 9,” stated Aditi.
“It was an awesome battle. Anne (Van Dam), when she’s taking part in good, she will be able to blow the sector away and win by 5 to 10 pictures. I knew I needed to not cease making birdies and to maintain making an attempt.
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“Her par when she hit the timber on 15 and my lengthy putt, that switched the momentum a little bit bit. She is a good participant and stored me sincere on the market.” Aditi, who was in a tie for second place in a single day, didn’t make her first birdie till the seventh however that kickstarted her momentum.
She added two extra on the tenth and thirteenth however it was her three birdies on the trot on 15, 16 and 17 which sealed her the title.
“On the entrance 9 I wasn’t hitting it pretty much as good, someplace on the again on 13 once I hit that 8-iron shut I really feel I made a great swing and it simply picked up from there. I made three or 4 good swings and all of these had been in makeable vary. I assume the sixteenth tee shot was the shot of the day,” she stated.
“One 18, I’ve struggled with that tee shot and missed it proper virtually all 4 days. It was a bizarre lie within the tough, I didn’t know if it will go left on me, and it did. I used to be simply making an attempt to verify I had a great have a look at par.” India’s different star Diksha Dagar (67) ended tied-seventh on 10-under-par, together with defending champion Caroline Hedwall, Norway’s Madelene Stavnar, France’s Celine Boutier and Spanish newbie Andrea Revuelta.
Diksha improved over the past two rounds after beginning with 72-71. She carded 68-67 over the weekend.
Aditi, who performed solely eight occasions this season, completed fourth on the Race to Costa del Sol, whereas Diksha was third.
Within the 2023 Race to Costa del Sol, Trichat Cheenglab took the trophy with a tally of 1,966.52 factors forward of Boutier and Dagar.
Cheenglab adopted within the footsteps of compatriot Atthaya Thitikul and have become the sixth participant to win each the Race to Costa del Sol and Rookie of the Yr titles in the identical season.
Dutch star Anne Van Dam ended the week in second place on 15-under-par after a ultimate spherical of 68 (-4).
Van Dam, who has received this event twice beforehand, went toe-to-toe with Aditi all through the ultimate spherical and had 5 birdies and one bogey on her scorecard.
“It was a troublesome day. I used to be in there all day and it was tremendous shut. Aditi simply got here out and performed unbelievably and she or he positively deserved to win this week,” stated Van Dam, a five-time winner on the LET.
“I’m very happy with my season total. I got here shut six occasions now, I simply have to maintain working exhausting and the wins are proper across the nook.” Spain’s Ana Peláez Trivino ended the week in third place after a ultimate spherical of 68 (-4) which included 5 birdies and one bogey.
Sweden’s Linn Grant and Australia’s Kirsten Rudgeley completed in a tie for fourth place on 12-under-par with Belgium’s Manon De Roey in outright sixth.