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Aditi Ashok slips to tied-56th at Women’s Australian Open

Aditi Ashok carded five-over 78 in the third round of the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open at Royal Adelaide Golf Club.

aditi ashok, golf, aditi ashok golf, aditi ashok australian open, australian open golf, golf news, sports news Aditi opened with a bogey, but made amends with a birdie on third, only to drop four in a row from sixth to ninth. (Source: File)

Aditi Ashok suffered a nightmarish four-hole streak in blustery conditions with four bogeys between sixth and ninth holes on the front as she carded five-over 78 in the third round of the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open at Royal Adelaide Golf Club.

Aditi, who shot 73-70 in first two rounds at the Par-73 Royal Adelaide Golf Club, is now tied-56th in her first appearance in a LPGA event in 2017.

Aditi was tied-39 after second round.

Aditi opened with a bogey, but made amends with a birdie on third, only to drop four in a row from sixth to ninth. Further birdies on 13th and 14th and a birdie on 17th was a small consolation.

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American Lizette Salas shot a superb 2-under par 71 on a blustery Adelaide day to take a two-stroke lead at 10-under 209 into tomorrow’s final round.

The 27-year-old from the Southern Californian town is known on the LPGA Tour for her consistency, and that has been the key this week as she carded her third consecutive under-par round today on a day when many struggled in the gusty winds.

Australians — Su Oh (68) and Sarah Jane Smith (74) –and Thai Pornanong Phatlum (73), a three-time winner of Hero Women’s Indian Open, are all eight-under 211.

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