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Aditi Ashok

In this Indian name, the name Ashok is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Aditi.
Aditi Ashok
Aditi at the 2015 Qatar Ladies Open
Personal information
Born (1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 26)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sporting nationality India
ResidenceBangalore, Karnataka, India
Career
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour5
Other2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT42: 2017
Women's PGA C'shipT29: 2017
U.S. Women's OpenT26: 2024
Women's British OpenT22: 2018
Evian ChampionshipT17: 2024
Achievements and awards
LET Rookie of the Year2016
Medal record
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Individual

Aditi Ashok (born 29 March 1998) is an Indian professional golfer from Bangalore. She plays on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. She made her Olympic Games debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, representing India in golf and finished 4th.[1][2]

Personal life

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Aditi was born in Bangalore to Ashok Gudlamani and Maheshwari.[3] She was educated at The Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore and graduated in 2016 and did her undergrad at Jain University.[4] When she started playing golf at the age of 5, there were only three golf courses in Bangalore. When she expressed an interest, her father took her to the Karnataka Golf Association driving range. Her father Ashok was her caddie in the 2016 Olympics,[5] while her mother Maheshwari Ashok was her caddie for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[6][7][8]

Career

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Aditi at the age of 12, played in the Asia Pacific Invitation tournament. When Aditi was 13, she became victorious in her first professional tour. She won the National Junior Championship three times in a row in 2012, 2013 and 2014. In 2014 she held junior and senior titles at the same time. She was the only Indian golfer, who played at Asian Youth Games of 2013, Youth Olympics and Asian Games - both in 2014.[9]

After winning the Ladies British Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 2015 she turned pro on 1 January 2016.[10]

She became the youngest and first Indian to win the Lalla Aicha Tour School and secured her Ladies European Tour card for the 2016 season.[11] This win also made her the youngest winner of a Q School for an international tour.[12]

Aditi won the 2016 Hero Women's Indian Open with a score of 3-under-par 213, and in the process became the first Indian to win a Ladies European Tour title.[13][14][15] In a country normally focused on cricket, her win garnered outsized attention for the sport of golf. Her win made the front page of the country's largest English-language newspaper, the Times of India and she was featured nationally on television.[3] She picked up a second win two weeks later at the Qatar Ladies Open[16] and finished the season second on the Order of Merit. She won the Rookie of the Year award.[17] She also gained a LPGA Tour card for 2017 via the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.

In 2017, Aditi became the second LPGA player from India after Simi Mehra[18][19] and finished eighth in the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year standings.

In 2018, she made 17 cuts at 24 events, with two top-10 finishes. She recorded a career-best T6 result at the Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic (formerly Volunteers of America LPGA North Dallas Classic) and tied her career-low score of 64 at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. She ended the year with the second-lowest putting average on the LPGA.[20]

In 2019, Aditi made 13 cut out of 22 LPGA Tour events, with best season finish of T13 at CP Women's Open. She ended the year with back-to-back second-place finishes on the Ladies European Tour.[21]

2016 Olympic Games

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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Aditi was the youngest participant among all golfers. She finished in 41st place.[22]

2020 Olympic Games

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In 2021, Aditi represented India at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's individual stroke play event, in which she was ranked 200th in the world.[23] Aditi finished fourth with a score of 269 and 15-under par, two shots behind gold medal winner Nelly Korda of the United States.[24] After 54 holes, she was in the silver medal position, and was in medal contention for most of the fourth round.[25]

Amateur wins

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Source:[26]

Professional wins

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Ladies European Tour wins (5)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 13 Nov 2016 Hero Women's Indian Open 72-69-72=213 −3 1 stroke United States Brittany Lincicome
Spain Belén Mozo
2 26 Nov 2016 Qatar Ladies Open 70-66-68-69=273 −15 3 strokes Wales Lydia Hall
Sweden Caroline Hedwall
3 4 Nov 2017 Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open 67-66-68-69=270 −18 1 stroke England Georgia Hall
4 5 Feb 2023 Magical Kenya Ladies Open 67-70-69-74=280 −12 9 strokes Thailand April Angurasaranee
England Alice Hewson
5 26 Nov 2023 Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España 69-68-68-66=271 −17 2 strokes Netherlands Anne Van Dam

Other wins

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Playoff record

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LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2023 JM Eagle LA Championship Australia Hannah Green
China Lin Xiyu 		Green won with par on second extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T42 CUT CUT T67 T71 T62
U.S. Women's Open CUT T39 T33 T26
Women's PGA Championship T29 T63 CUT CUT T40 76 T35
Evian Championship CUT CUT 69 NT CUT CUT T42 T17
Women's British Open CUT CUT T22 CUT CUT CUT T40 CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 3
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 2
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 2 32 17

World ranking

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Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Source
2013 613 [27]
2014 540 [28]
2015 469 [29]
2016 111 [30]
2017 82 [31]
2018 99 [32]
2019 143 [33]
2020 172 [34]
2021 126 [35]
2022 193 [36]
2023 42 [37]

Team appearances

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References

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