Tvesa Malik. File pic: LET
Evian Les Bains, France, May 21: Aditi Ashok and Tvesa Malik experienced contrasting fortunes in the third and final round of the Jabra Ladies Open after making the cut comfortably a day earlier.
Aditi, who had a hole-in-one while carding 4-over 75 in the second round, shot a bogey-free 69 in the third round to rise to T-20th. However, Tvesa, who had a triple bogey on Par-5 15th in the second round before recovering to 72, had another rough third round of 6-over 77 that saw her drop T-45.
For Aditi this was the first appearance on the Ladies European Tour. Last year she had two Top-10s and four other Top-15 finishes.
Finland’s Tiia Koivisto (72-69-66), 28, broke through for her maiden LET win as she beat Whitney Hillier (67-71-69) from Australia in the first play-off hole.
Hiller, who was the third player to make a hole-in-one at the eighth hole in the second round, needed a birdie the last to win after Koivisto birdied the 18th to join her at 6-under. Hiller managed only a par and a play-off ensued. Koivisto won the first extra hole.
Leonie Harm of Germany (67) and Johanna Gustavsson were T-3 was T-3rd while 2021 champion Pia Babnik (66) was fifth, four shots behind the leaders.
On the second day, Hillier used her 8-iron to hole out from 140 yards, while in the morning, Felicity Johnson also used her 8-iron to make the first ace of the day. An hour later, Aditi Ashok used her 7-iron to get her first hole-in-one in a professional event.
On the first day Amy Boulden made a hole in one on the eighth during round one, but later retired with a wrist injury.
Hillier won the Team element of the Aramco Team Series – Bangkok at the weekend, but is yet to taste an individual victory on the LET.
