Aditi stays in contention despite late double at Founders Cup
The Hindu
Aditi Ashok stayed in the frame despite a late double bogey in the third round of the Cognizant Founders Cup at New Jersey’s Upper Montclair Country Club
India's Aditi Ashok stayed in the frame despite a late double bogey in the third round of the Cognizant Founders Cup at New Jersey's Upper Montclair Country Club here.
The young Indian star, who has been in the upper part of the leader board since Day 1, shot 1-under 71 and moved to 8-under for three rounds, but was four shots off the lead taken over by her playing partner, Australian Minjee Lee (67).
Minjee, who played in the lead group at the same event last year also, was 12-under and chased by Angel Yin (68) and Korean Hae Ran Ryu (70) who were tied second while Aditi and Major champion Ashleigh Buhai (68) and the Korean superstar Jin Young Ko (72) were tied fourth.
Aditi said, "Started off pretty good. Chipped in from the fringe on first and holed a six-footer on 4, which was a good wedge shot. Kind of bogeyed the par-3s (sixth and eighth) on the front, so didn't hit good iron shots.
"I hit it in places where up and down was really hard. Back nine was a little better for par-3s. Except for 16 (double bogey). Made a bunch of birdies, I think five, which is not too bad. Just couldn't save many of them." Aditi birdied first, fourth, ninth, 12th and 14th and dropped shots on sixth and eighth and a double bogey on Par-4 16th.
Aditi was 3-under for the day and 10-under for the tournament coming into the final stretch of three holes.
She said, "Just one bad swing that ended up costing me two shots. Feel like sometimes you make a bad swing and it doesn't cost you anything. You get away with par. That was a bad swing that cost me two strokes." From being two back of playing partner Minjee, who a short while had an eagle on Par-5 12th, the Indian went four back.
