Golf: Aditi Ashok and Tvesa Malik to compete at inaugural Saudi Ladies International


Golf: Aditi Ashok and Tvesa Malik to compete at inaugural Saudi Ladies International

Aditi Ashok

Aditi Ashok

Aditi Ashok and Tvesa Malik will be among four Indian golfers who will take part in the inaugural Aramco Saudi Ladies International golf tournament which is scheduled to begin on Thursday. Both Aditi and Tvesa took part in the Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic last week and finished T-6th and T-27th respectively. Along with the two, Diksha Dagar and Astha Madan will also take part.

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The Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, which staged the first two men’s tournaments on the European Tour, will be hosting this event also. The prize fund this week is the largest of the season, with 108 players competing for USD 1 million with a further USD 500,000 on offer next week at the inaugural Saudi Ladies Team International.

Big names to compete in the tournament

Tvesa Malik

Legendary English golfer Dame Laura Davies will also take part in the Saudi Ladies International. The four-time Major-winner will be in pursuit of her 86th professional title in a stellar career that has seen her named Ladies European Tour Order Of Merit winner seven-times and represent Team Europe in 12 different Solheim Cups. Also taking part is Swedish two-time Major-winner Anna Nordqvist.

Moroccan professional golfer Maha Haddioui will also take part and make LET history as she is set to become the first Arabic woman to compete in Saudi Arabia.

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Aditi will be the first Indian to tee off alongside Nuria Iturrioz and Olivia Cowan while Astha Madan will play with Sarah Schober and Isabella Deilert from the first tee .

Diksha Dagar plays Lina Boqvist and Lydia Hall while Tvesa tees off with Gabriela Cowley and Luna Sobron Galmes.

The field will also include other big names likes Trish Johnson, Esther Henseleit, Georgia Hall, Beth Allen, Charley Hull and Lee Ann Pace besides Becky Morgan, Emily Pedersen and Caroline Hedwall, all prominent winners on the LET.

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