Aditi Ashok finishes 41st in Rio

Aditi carded a five-over 76 in her fourth and final round to turn in an overall score of seven-over 291. The young Bengaluru lass started with a bogey on the first hole, before slipping to a double bogey on the third. The back-nine resulted in two bogeys.

Published : Aug 20, 2016 23:44 IST , Rio de Janeiro

Aditi Ashok, who had shot successive rounds of three under 68 over the first two days of competition, was eventually placed 41st at the end of her final round.

Aditi Ashok, who had shot successive rounds of three under 68 over the first two days of competition, was eventually placed 41st at the end of her final round.

India’s Aditi Ashok finished her maiden Rio Olympics campaign in 41st position in the women’s golf event on Saturday.

At the end of the second round, on Thursday, Aditi stood inside the top-10, with an impressive 6-under card. An eight-over 79 on Friday, however, saw her slip out of medal contention.

The event was won by South Korean Inbee Park (16-under overall). New Zealand’s Lydia Ko (11-under overall) took second place.

Aditi took to Twitter to share her experience and encourage kids in India to take up the sport as a career. “Thank you @LETgolf Had a great week and going with invaluable experience playing @OlympicGolf #Rio2016,” she tweeted.

“I hope to see more kids playing golf @IndianGolfUnion Thank you. I had a great week playing @OlympicGolf #IND,” she added.

Korean Inbee Park with a score of 268 clinched the gold while New Zealand’s Lydia Ko scored 273 for the silver and China’s Shanshan Feng, with a cumulative score of 274 settled for the bronze.