Aditi Ashok fights back on the back nine to lie 22nd in Women’s PGA

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok rebounded from a disappointing front nine of 3-over to finish at even par for the first round in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Aditi, playing her 30th Major, was tied-22nd after the first round.

She had bogeys on the first, seventh and ninth, but started making up with birdies on 10th and 11th on the back nine. A dropped shot on the 14th was followed by birdies on the 16th and 18th for a 72.

Aditi’s record at the PGA is modest with the 26-year-old making the cut four times in six previous starts and having a best finish of tied-29th in 2017.