Currently she is third in the Race to Costa Del Sol, the order of Merit for Ladies European Tour. Indian golfer Aditi Ashok fired a bogey-free four-under 68 that catapulted her into the tied second spot after the second round of the Andalucia Costa del Sol Open de Espana. At seven-under for 36 holes, Aditi, who won the season-opener in Kenya, is just two shots behind Australia’s Kirsten Rudgeley (66-69) who is nine-under. The Indian shot 69 in the first round. India’s other player in the Tour Championships, Diksha Dagar shot 72-71 to lie at T-23.
Aditi said, “It’s been good, obviously I travelled from Florida last week and got here on Tuesday so considering that I think it’s been a good opening two rounds. Hopefully, I can use what I’ve learnt from the golf course over these two days and keep that going the next two days. It’s something to adjust to, but we’ve been taking it one hole at a time and that’s been working so far. She then had a steady start making her first birdie on the fifth.
Because you’re hitting a different line and a different club, “Today, the wind was opposite to yesterday, so it made some of the tee shots difficult. Kirsten, a LET rookie sat in second place overnight after an opening round of 66. She then made two more in quick succession on the sixth and eighth holes before adding another on hole 12. Spain’s Peláez Trivino followed up her opening round of 69 (-3) with a 68 (-4) on day two at Real Club de Golf Las Brisas.
