Aditi highest placed Indian at Aramco Championship golf

Aditi Ashok was the top placed Indian at Tied-58th spot after the first round of the Aramco Championships golf tournament. She carded 2-over 72.

Among other Indians, Avani Prashanth, Diksha Dagar and Pranavi Urs were way down. Avani and Diksha carded rounds of 3-over 75 to find themselves at T-71 while Pranavi carded 4-over 76 to put herself at T-90.

The projected cut is set at 2-over par and this puts Aditi on the brink while the rest are in danger of an early end to their week.

The leaders after the first round were Miyu Yamashita and Nasa Hataoka of Japan along with American Lauren Coughlin. All three carded 5-under 67. One shot behind the leaders in T-4 are Hyo Joo Kim of South Korea along with Americans Nelly Korda and Jing Yan.