Disappointing finish for Tvesa; Aditi best Indian in Saudi International golf

Tvesa, who has been having a good season, started on the back nine and dropped six shots  between the fifth, her 14th hole, and the eighth, her 17th hole

Kaec: Tvesa Malik who was solidly placed at 3-under through 13 holes collapsed in the last five and finished at 3-over 75 in the first round of the Aramco Saudi Ladies International on Thursday. Tvesa, who has been having a good season, started on the back nine and dropped six shots  between the fifth, her 14th hole, and the eighth, her 17th hole. She is now placed T-55 in the first-ever women’s professional golf event in Saudi Arabia.

Among other Indians, Aditi Ashok played steady with a card of 1-overr 73 that included one birdie and two bogeys. Aditi, sixth last week in Dubai, is placed -31st in One million Euro event.

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Diksha Dagar and Astha Madan, carded six-over 78 each and were placed T-86. Diksha had three birdies, but she also had five bogeys and two doubles. Astha had just one birdie, five bogeys and one double.

Tvesa starting on the 10th birdied her second, third and fourth holes, to go 3-under through four holes. A bogey on 16th, her seventh hole was quickly repaired with a birdie on18th. On the front nine of the course, Tvesa bogeyed third, but birdied fourth as she was then 3-under through 13 holes and T-4th on the leaderboard. She then dropped fast with bogeys on fifth and sixth and then came a triple bogey on seventh followed by yet another bogey on eighth. It saw her fall to T-55.

England’s Georgia Hall, the 2018 Women’s British Open winner, shot a brilliant bogey free 7-under 65 to take the first round lead over Lydia Hall of Wales, who also had seven birdies, who carded 66 and she had one bogey, too.

Ursula Wiktsrom and Emily Kristine Pedersen are tied third with rounds of 67 each, while three players, Linda Wessberg, Nobuhle Dlamini and Tonje Daffinrud are T-5th with 69 each.

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