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Powerful Mexican returns to Pagdanganan
Dante Navarro (Philstar.com) – December 18, 2020 – 2:48 pm
MANILA, Philippines – If Maria Fassi harbors any resentment towards Bianca Pagdanganan, she made little effort to hide it on Thursday (Friday Manila time).
Humiliated after her “let’s see who’s the boss” boast failed at the US Women’s Open, the Mexican powerhouse hitter expressed her anger at the CME Group Tour Championship, unleashing a whopping 290-yard rule from the mound on her way to a four- under-68s for sixth place in the closing event of the LPGA Tour in the season interrupted by the pandemic.
It was their second meeting in a row after the US Women’s Open that saw Fassi bombard with an 83 start at the Champions Golf Club in Houston. Consequently, the cut failed.
It came after she bragged on the eve of the event after being paired with ICTSI-backed Filipina and Dutchwoman Anne Van Dam in a bomber duel: “I’m going to have to hit a good one in the first three holes to just let them know who’s the boss. “
The more moderate pagdanganana made a decent one out of 72 but ultimately also failed to advance with a 75, ending her streak of eight straight cuts made in her rookie campaign on the world’s premier women’s golf stage.
But at CME Group, there was no slowdown for Fassi, who tore through the fairways of Tiburon Golf Club’s Gold course with his powerful shots and then let his irons and putts do the rest to get into the mix at the $ 3 million event. Powered by American Lexi Thompson.
After a game of three birdies and three bogeys up front, Fassi made five birdies, topped off by a string of three birdies from No. 11, and could have thrown a better shot if not for a bogey on the last hole.
Still, her 68 plus than justified her from last week’s boner. He hit nine of 14 fairways and missed five greens, but finished with an impressive 26-putt performance.
In contrast, Pagdanganan, the Tour’s driving leader averaging 283,935 yards, settled for a 255-yard rule and staggered from an errant drive at No. 3 that resulted in a triple bogey. He finished 73 for a 45 participation in a select field of 72 players.
Like Fassi, the 2019 SEA Games double gold medalist reached nine fairways, but struggled with her irons and short game, failing to reach regulation seven times, though she managed an effort of 27 putts, including two that they made their birdies on the last three holes. to save a single card.
The driving rivals, however, split up in the second round with Fassi paired with Australians Minjee Lee and Hannah Green at 10:17 at No. 1 and Pagdanganan landing in the Yealimi Noh group of the USA. And the Korean Amy Yang at 9:55. I am at n. 10.
No one knows if they will cross paths again this week. But they sure will next year.
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