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Pagdanganan recovers, saves 73
Dante Navarro (Philstar.com) – December 18, 2020 – 10:27 am
MANILA, Philippines – Bianca Pagdanganan saw what could have been a disastrous start to the final event of the 2020 LPGA Tour season with a rousing finish as she salvaged a record 73 at the Lexi Thompson-led CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Thursday Florida (Friday Manila time).
Although she threw eight shots from the American that started hot, Pagdanganan’s two birdies on the last three holes up front gave her a score of 36-37 and moved her from near the bottom of the select 72 course. players to 45th in the $ 3. Million events closing the year hit by the pandemic of the most important women’s tour in the world.
But it would take a lot of work and catch up over the next three days to get even better, given the kind of start Thompson and a slew of aces had dished out on a scorching scoring day on the Tiburon Golf Club gold course. with 24 players breaking par and another nine equaling par 72.
Thompson, who like ICTSI-backed Pagdanganan and several others in the fold hadn’t made the cut at last week’s U.S. Women’s Open, came out smoking with five birdies over the first seven holes, including three in a row from the hole. No. 2.
He stumbled over a bogey in the ninth but fired three more birdies to the back for a 32-33 card and a one-shot lead over Dane Nanna Madsen, who shot a 66 without bogey.
American Megan Khang, Korean World No. 2 Sei Young Kim and Germany’s Caroline Masson all took 67, while World No. 1 Jin Young Ko, who won a ticket here with a joint second place finish at the Women’s Open. of the USA, he resisted a double bogey at No. 3 and a bogey at 12 with seven birdies to finish with a 68.
Joining her in sixth place are the Spanish Carlota Ciganda, the American Cristie Kerr, the Swedish Anna Nordqvist, the Australian Minjee Lee and the Mexican Maria Fassi, who beat Pagdanganan in a lengthy duel.
The 23-year-old Pinay rookie, who had expressed her appreciation for the Greg Norman-designed design, stumbled upon a bogey at No. 10, where he started but broke a series of eight pairs with consecutive No. 1 birdies.
But he missed his drive on the third par 4 hole. Considering he was out of bounds, he hit a provisional ball in the same direction. After a search, he found the second ball and received a two-stroke penalty for an unplayable lie.
She hit and reached the green at 6 before launching from 18 feet for a triple bogey.
Rebounding from that misfortune, Pagdanganan landed another blow at No. 5, but mustered his strength and regained his composure to birdie No. 7 and No. 9.
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