Aditi Ashok claims Magical Kenya Ladies Open

Aditi Ashok coasted to a nine-shot victory at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open to secure her fourth Ladies European Tour title.

Ashok produced the wire-to-wire victory at Vipingo Ridge, where a one-over round of 74 on the final day saw her finish on 12 under for the tournament.

The 24-year-old made three bogeys and two birdies, but Ashok had put in the hard work in earlier in the week to win.

"It has been a great week, it's proof to myself that my off-season and hard work has paid off," she said afterwards.

It is Ashok’s first trip to the winner’s circle on the LET since the 2017 Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open and she paid tribute to father Gudlamani, who was on the bag once again, as well as to her team back at home.

She added: "It was good to have my dad on the bag – three of my wins have been with him caddying, but not just him there’s my mum back home and I have worked a lot with my coach and my fitness team.

"All of us have put in a lot of work over two months just to get back to my original strength level and this is the first week I’ve felt like I’ve been back to where I was a couple of years ago which is pretty good."

England’s Alice Hewson and Thailand’s April Angurasaranee finished in a tie for second place on three under in the season opener.

Australia’s Gabriela Ruffels finished in fourth place on two under.

Olivia Mehaffey finished in a share of 48th on 15 over after a concluding 77.