RIO DE JANEIRO -- Watching Aditi Ashok climb the leaderboard Thursday at the women's Olympic golf tournament, it was tough to decide what was more surprising.
That an 18-year-old -- the youngest player in the field -- from a non-traditional golf country was playing so well under so much pressure? Or that she plans to try and qualify for the LPGA Tour while attempting to take college courses back home in India -- in journalism.
The hope here is that Aditi will put in the time on her short game -- which is exactly how she got introduced to golf when she was five years old at a course near her Bangalore home.