Menlo Park (California), Mar 22 (PTI) Indian golfer Aditi Ashok slipped down the leaderboard to Tied-24 from Tied-3 after carded 1-over 73 on the third day of the Fortinet Founders Cup, here.
Hyo Joo Kim extended her lead, she is now five strokes clear of her closest rival with just one day left to be played.
Kim fired off a round of 6-under 66 to increase the gap to her rivals. Kim is chasing her eighth LPGA title this week and her first of the season.
The win in California this week would help her move into the second spot on the CME ranking. Her 54 hole score stands at 17-under par.
Aditi made her first birdie of the third round on the fifth hole and followed it up with a second on the eighth hole. She began her back nine with a birdie and dropped a shot on the 11th hole.
She went on to make her last birdie of the day on the 16th hole only to a shot with her second bogey of the day and a triple bogey to close the round. the four shots dropped in the last two holes resulted in Aditi finishing the day at T-24.
In second place is Nelly Korda with a total of 12-under par. Korda carded 6-under 66 in her third round. Korda has a chance to move up to the first place of the CME rankings this week if she was to finish second.
In third place there is a tie between Ruixin Liu and Gaby Lopez. Liu and Lopez are at 11-under par after the third round. Liu carded 6-under 66 while Lopez carded 4-under 68 on the third day.
World number one Jeeno Thitikul is tied for fifth with Erika Hara, Karis Davidson and Hye Jin Choi.
The third place players have a total score of 9-under par. Thitikul, Davidson and Choi carded 3-under 69 in their third round while Hara Carded 5-under 67. PTI Corr APS APS
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