Aditi Ashok
Name:
Aditi AshokCountry:
IndiaBorn:
March 29, 1998 in Bangalore, India.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
2016Multiple wins on the Ladies European Tour. Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year (2016).
After winning many prestigious titles in her native India, Aditi's highly successful amateur career culminated in 2015 with a comfortable five-shot victory in the Ladies British Open Amateur Stroke Play championship at Moortown Golf Club, Leeds. Her transition to the professional game included winning the Ladies European Tour Q-School, the first Indian player to achieve this honour. She also became the youngest winner of a Q School for an international golf tour.
Not content with simply gaining entry to the Ladies European Tour, Aditi's rookie year included back-to-back Tour wins in November 2016. In the process she became the first Indian golfer to land a Ladies European Tour title and the first home country winner of the Women's Indian Open.
Africa
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Played as the Magical Kenya Ladies Open (Feb 2-5; Ladies European Tour season-opener). Second-placed Alice Hewson (Eng) and April Angurasaranee (Thai) finished 9 shots behind Aditi Ashok (India). [Baobab course, Vipingo Ridge Resort, Kikambala, Kenya].
Europe
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Played as the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España (Nov 23-26; LET season-ending event). Second-placed Anne Van Dam (Nld) finished 2 shots behind Aditi Ashok (India), who recorded her fifth Ladies European Tour win and second of the 2023 season. Tour rookie Trichat Cheenglab (Thai) did enough to secure both the Tour's Rookie of the Year honours and the season's Order of Merit title. [Real (Royal) Las Brisas GC, Nueva Andalucía, Costa del Sol].
Europe
FBMA
Played as the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open (Nov 1-4). Second-placed Georgia Hall (Eng) finished 1 shot behind 19-year-old Aditi Ashok (India), who claimed her third Ladies European Tour win in 12 months. [Saadiyat Beach GC, Abu Dhabi, UAE].
Europe
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Played as the inaugural Qatar Ladies Open (Nov 23-26). Second-placed Caroline Hedwall (Swe) and Lydia Hall (Wales) finished 3 shots behind 18-year-old rookie Ashok (India), who recorded her second straight Ladies European Tour win. [Doha GC, Qatar].
Asia
Hero
Played as the Hero Women's Indian Open (Nov 11-13; Eurpn and Asian ladies tours event). Second-placed Brittany Lincicome (USA) and Belen Mozo (Esp) finished 1 shot behind 18-year-old rookie professional Aditi Ashok (India), the first home winner of this event. [DLF G&CC, New Delhi, India].
Awards
LET
Ashok (India) won the LET 2016 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. She finished second on the Tour's Order of Merit, with earnings of €206,664.
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