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Pauline Roussin-Bouchard limited the damage after a bad start. She is only four strokes behind Chinese Yu Liu after the third of five rounds of the LPGA Tour card final. Adela Cernousek moved up to sixteenth place, Perrine Delacour continued to lose ground.
Pauline Roussin-Bouchard struggled to recover from her first double bogey of the week, conceded on the first hole of a game, the last, shared with the Chinese Yu Liu and the Mexican Maria Fassi. She recorded a bogey at 7 before recovering, finding new life and slamming seven birdies for a final score of 68 (-3), the same as in the first two rounds!
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She remains second, tied with the American Stoll Teeththe Belgian Manon De Roey and the Japanese Miyu Yamashita et Chisato Iwaiand is only four shots behind – compared to seven the day before – on Yu Liu.
Indeed, this one also had difficulty getting into its part on the Falls course of Magnolia Grove Golf Club where it takes place until December 9 Q-Series Final Qualifying of LPGA Tourand closed it in par.
“The last two days I was on autopilot. I didn't have to think about anything. Everything was falling into place and it was nice, explained the LPGA regular. But today I struggled with my putting. I couldn't find the right speed on the first few holes and missed a lot of short putts, which was quite detrimental. »
Cernousek shows the best card
Adela Cernousek continued her rise in the rankings thanks to a card worthy of the NCAA university champion that she is: she recorded eight birdies and only conceded one bogey on the Crossings course to sign a splendid card of 65 (-7), quite simply the best score of the day.
The player from Antibes (06) finally showed in this event of the cards what kind of wood the one who passed the cut at the last was heated. US Women’s Open before winning the second stage of the LPGA cards. Enough to reassure her in her choice to go pro before the end of her studies at Texas A&M to be able to participate in this competition.
The dynamic is, however, diametrically opposite for Perrine Delacour : she was again in difficulty on this same course, and her card of 74 (+5) demoted her to 77th place. Picardy will have to fight to make the cut on Sunday, since only the first 65 and ties will be able to compete in the fifth and final round. The 25 best and tied will obtain a category 14 on the LPGA Tour, each player who has completed 72 holes will obtain full member status of l’Epson Tour.
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