Aditi Ashok finishes tied 4th at Americas Cup

Jun 05, 2023 at 3:31 PM
Aditi Ashok finishes tied 4th at Americas Cup
India’s Aditi Ashok hits from the 18th fairway during the final round of the Mizuho Americas Open on Sunday in Jersey City.

India’s Aditi Ashok hits from the 18th fairway throughout the remaining spherical of the Mizuho Americas Open on Sunday in Jersey City.
| Photo Credit: AP

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India’s Aditi Ashok hits from the 18th fairway throughout the remaining spherical of the Mizuho Americas Open on Sunday in Jersey City.
| Photo Credit: AP

Aditi Ashok logged her third successive high 5 end as completed tied fourth on the Mizuho Americas Cup.

Aditi ended two photographs behind the last word winner, Rose Zhang, who grabbed the glory in her maiden pro-event.

It was the primary time since Beverly Hanson in 1951 {that a} participant had gained on their LPGA debut. Zhang shot 70-69-66-74 to be 9-under and beat Jennifer Kupcho (71-70-69-69) on the second play-off gap.

Hae Ran Ryu was third, whereas Aditi, Japan’s Ayaka Furue (69) and Korea’s Eun Hee Ji (71) have been tied fourth.

Aditi, who began the ultimate day at 9-under, was tied second after the third spherical.

Twice she reached double digits under-par and was very a lot on target for a maiden win earlier than floundering in the direction of the top.

Then got here a nightmarish stretch with 4 bogeys in a span of seven holes from the ninth to the fifteenth. That noticed her plummet to six-under.

A fight-back with back-to-back birdies on sixteenth and seventeenth received her to 8-under however even at tied third she was operating out holes.

Aditi was 8-under and tied third on the 18th tee, however a bogey on that dropped her to 7-under and tied fourth as Hae Ran Ryu (70) was sole third.

The bogey on 18th was pricey as she did not make no less than USD 50,000 in prize cash however the larger damage was lacking out on a win that was inside her realms until she performed the primary eight holes throughout the day.

After simply three bogeys over the primary three days, Aditi dropped twice that quantity on the ultimate day towards 4 birdies.

Aditi now has a T-2, T-5 and T-4 in her final three stroke play occasions on LPGA and she or he is already in Top-20 of the Road to CME Globe (Order of Merit) and must be ranked larger than earlier career-best forty ninth in world rankings when the brand new checklist comes out in a day.