Astha Madan fired a flawless seven-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead on the opening day of the Ladies European Tour's Lalla Aicha Tour School finals here.
The 22-year-old from Gurgaon had a clean score card featuring two birdies on the front nine and five on the back at the Amelkis Golf Club here to sit one clear of Lauren Horsford from England.
Among other Indians, Vani Kapoor and amateur Diksha Dagar shot 2-under 70 each at Amelkis to lie T-13th, while Ridhima Dilawari with an even par 72 was T-35th. Saaniya Sharma and Sharmila Nicollet had an off day shooting 75 each to be T-68th.
Madan didn't even know that she was bogey-free until after the round and thought that her score would have been "around five-under."
"I'm hoping to give Aditi some competition out there next year!"
Asked what it would mean to her to qualify for the LET, she said: "Everything. This is what I came for, so it would be great to get there."
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