Aditi Ashok stays in Top-20 of LPGA rankings

Jun 12, 2023 at 10:33 AM
Aditi Ashok stays in Top-20 of LPGA rankings
Indian golfer Aditi Ashok was tied for 49th place at the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok was tied for forty ninth place on the ShopRite LPGA Classic.
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Indian golfer Aditi Ashok was tied for forty ninth place on the ShopRite LPGA Classic.
| Photo Credit: AP

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Indian golfer Aditi Ashok was tied for forty ninth place on the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

With 4 birdies in opposition to only one bogey, Aditi carded 3-under 68 on the ultimate day however completed at 2-under 211 for 54 holes.

Aditi’s rounds for the week have been 69-74-68.

The second spherical of 74 value her dearly, however Aditi nonetheless stayed contained in the Top-20 on the twentieth spot within the Race to the CME Globe rating, which is the Order of Merit on the LPGA Tour.

Aditi had a disappointing begin to the 12 months on the LPGA, lacking three cuts in a row. Since then, she has been in glorious kind, together with three Top-5 finishes in 5 stroke play occasions.

Aditi will play the Meijer LPGA at Blythefield CC in Belmont, Michigan, subsequent week. The occasion has a handbag of USD 2.5 million.

Buhai comes by means of

Ashleigh Buhai, enjoying a few of her finest golf whereas approaching her mid-30s, gained the title.

The South African, who’s one month away from her thirty fifth birthday, took the lead early with 4 birdies in her first 5 holes as she compiled a 6-under 65 card. That saved Hyo Joo Kim at bay for a one-shot victory.

It was Buhai’s fourth win worldwide over the previous 10 months.

Buhai gained the Women’s British Open final August for her first main and first LPGA Tour win. After that, she added titles in Australia and South Africa. She entered the week ranked sixteenth on the planet.

Buhai started the ultimate day three factors behind chief Dani Holmqvist. By the time she birdied the par-4 fifth gap, she led by one over Hyo Joo Kim.

Paired within the last group, Kim birdied the par-3 seventeenth to offer herself an opportunity, however she wanted to eagle the par-5 18th to match Buhai. The Korean managed solely a birdie. She shot 68.

Rookie Yan Liu closed with a 67 and completed third.

Holmqvist went bogey-birdie-bogey-birdie-bogey from second to sixth and shot 1-over 72 to complete in a tie for fourth. Nanna Koerstz Madsen (65) matched Holmqvist at 10-under.