India medal hope Aditi Ashok has a tough choice to make before teeing up in a star-studded women's golf field at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Thursday -- will it be mum or dad on her bag?
The 25-year-old finished agonizingly out of the medals in fourth at the Tokyo Olympics with effervescent mother Maheshwari, known to everyone as "Mash," as caddie.
At 16, she was the youngest player at the Rio Olympics the same year, with her dad doing the caddie duties. "My mindset has always been to focus on the process more than the outcome," she said. "I always give my best and move on to the next event. And I keep doing the same week after week." "My mum doesn't help as much with the decision-making but I feel that helps too as I am more decisive and calmer while playing with her on my bag."Ashok first picked up a club aged five in Bengaluru, the southern Indian tech hub where she grew up, and began learning to play at the same time as her parents.
"I'm excited to play the Asian Games in China and going about my practice and preparation to do my best," she said. "I don't want to go with any expectations because it doesn't usually help."
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