Pauline del Rosario. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Pauline del Rosario closed out bogey-bogey on Thursday, failing to maintain a scorching begin to fall 4 photographs behind Ling-Jie Chen and the hard-charging Babe Liu after two rounds of the Celebration Golfers Women Open in Hsinchu County in Chinese language Taipei.
The large-hitting Del Rosario had a six-birdie binge in an eight-hole stretch bridging each nines of the Lily Golf and Nation Membership solely to overlook the final two greens for these two pricey photographs and a three-under-par 69 and 138 heading into Friday’s ultimate spherical.Chen adopted up a gap 66 with a 68, whereas Liu assembled a 65 for 134s with three dwelling bets tying for third three photographs behind.
Thai Mim Sangkapong carded a 69, Ching Huang of Chinese language-Taipei shot a 71 and first spherical joint chief Jessica Peng wound up with a 72 as they tied Del Rosario.
Del Rosario, who leads a contingent fielded by the Women Philippine Golf Tour, believes that she nonetheless has a stable shot of repeating a blistering comeback to win the TLPGA and Royal Open crown in 2017 when she rallied from six photographs behind.“I nonetheless suppose I’m in a great place,” Del Rosario stated. “The course is gettable but in addition so much can occur, so I feel I’ve a superb probability.”
“I slipped on my second shot on No. 18 and missed my pitch for an up-and-down,” stated Del Rosario, who’s priming up for the Women Skilled Golf Affiliation Q-Collection later this month in Alabama.
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