Los Angeles, Apr 17 (PTI) Aditi Ashok began her week in Los Angeles with a round of 2-under 70 to find herself placed tied 59th on the leaderboard at the JM Eagle LA Championship on the LPGA Tour.
Aditi began her round on the front nine and had made seven pars before dropping a shot on the eighth hole with a bogey.
From 1-over after 10 holes, she recovered on the back nine she made birdies on the 11th, 16th and 18th holes to pick up three shots and finish at 2-under par, seven shots behind the leader Chizzy Iwai.
Iwai had a fast start to her opening round. Having started on the back nine she made par on the 10th holes before making five consecutive birdies and an eagle to be seven under par after seven holes.
Another set of birdies on the first and fifth holes would see her end the day at 9-under 63 with a two-shot lead over her closest rivals.
Patty Tavatanakit, Suvichaya Vinijchaitham and Sei Young Kim are tied for second place with scores of 7-under par. PTI COR TAP
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