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Hope to see more kids playing golf: Olympian golfer Aditi

5 Dariya News

Rio de Janeiro 20-Aug-2016

India's Aditi Ashok, who finished 41st after the fourth round of women's golf competition at the Rio Olympics on Saturday, encouraged kids to take up the sport as a career option.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.Aditi finished her maiden appearance at the Olympics with a five over 76 -- taking her cumulative score to seven over 291 after 72 holes -- after the fourth round here.The 18-year-old, 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.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.