GOLF

Aditi stays in competition regardless of late double at Founders Cup

India’s Aditi Ashok stayed within the body regardless of a late double bogey within the third spherical of the Cognizant Founders Cup at New Jersey’s Upper Montclair Country Club.

The younger Indian star, who has been within the higher a part of the chief board since Day 1, shot 1-under 71 and moved to 8-under for 3 rounds, however was 4 photographs off the lead taken over by her enjoying companion, Australian Minjee Lee (67).

Minjee, who performed within the lead group on the identical occasion final yr additionally, was 12-under and chased by Angel Yin (68) and Korean Hae Ran Ryu (70) who have been tied second whereas Aditi and Major champion Ashleigh Buhai (68) and the Korean famous person Jin Young Ko (72) have been tied fourth.

Aditi mentioned, “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, twelfth and 14th and dropped photographs on sixth and eighth and a double bogey on Par-4 sixteenth.

Aditi was 3-under for the day and 10-under for the event coming into the ultimate stretch of three holes.

She mentioned, “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 again of enjoying companion Minjee, who a short time had an eagle on Par-5 twelfth, the Indian went 4 again.

Stating her aim for the ultimate day, she mentioned, “I think not making as many mistakes. The first two days I think I made four bogeys, but then today I dropped four shots just on the day. So try and hopefully not drop any shots (on the final day).

“I feel like I’m hitting it close enough, making enough putts to make enough birdies; just try to think of bogey-free tomorrow.” Minjee Lee in 2022 shot a third-round 69 on solution to victory. This time she had a 67 with an eagle, 4 birdies and one bogey in her 67. Her eagle got here on the par-5 twelfth gap, the place she reached the inexperienced in two and drained a 20-foot putt.

-PTI

Dagar finishes thirty seventh in Jabra Ladies, performs in Florida subsequent

Diksha Dagar was the lone shiny spot for India on the Jabra Ladies Open on the Ladies European Tour (LET) on Sunday, ending tied thirty seventh.

Diksha, who ended a run of 4 missed cuts at first of the season, gave the impression to be working her means again after rounds of 71-74-73.

The different 4 Indians -- Tvesa Malik, Seher Atwal, Amandeep Drall and Vani Kapoor -- missed the minimize, which fell after two rounds.

Sweden’s Linn Grant, who fell again after two bogeys within the first six holes, rallied on a dramatic last day to beat Anne van Dam by two photographs. Grant totalled nine-under-par and clinched her fifth title on the LET.

Diksha didn't have a terrific begin as she dropped photographs on fourth, sixth and eighth and turned in 3-over. She picked birdies on thirteenth and 14th however a closing bogey meant 73.

Diksha will now transfer to the US for the Aramco Team Series occasion in Florida. She will likely be joined by Aditi Ashok, who this week was contending on the LPGA, and Vani Kapoor and Amandeep Drall, who missed the minimize in France.

- PTI

TABLE TENNIS

India’s U-19 women put up grand opening present

The Indian women started their marketing campaign within the Under-19 class on a profitable notice, posting a 3-0 conquer Bangladesh within the South Asian Youth Table Tennis event in Itanagar on Sunday.

Yashaswini Ghorpade put India within the lead when she beat Oisha Rohman of Bangladesh in straight video games on the Dorjee Khandu Indoor Stadium. Suhana Saini adopted it up with one other simple win over Sai Khoy Marma, and Taneesha Kotecha accomplished the duty with one more straight-game victory over Resmi Tanchangya.

Though not linked to the July Asian Youth Championships in Doha, the U-15 Indian women scored one other 3-0 win over Bangladesh to place up a grand present.

-PTI