India’s Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar will tee off at the iconic Old Course on Thursday, hoping to put aside their indifferent form at the Paris Olympics earlier this month.

The Women’s Open, which carries a purse of USD 9 million, one of the biggest in the sport, will see the return of the Women’s Major to St. Andrews for the first time since 2013, when Stacey Lewis won the title.