India’s Aditi Ashok has now tied for 36th place in the ongoing JM Eagle Los Angeles Championship. The women golfer played with three birdies on the back nine with a third-round card of 3-under 69. She birdied the sixth but then she gave back seventh on the Par-5. On the back nine, she birdied the 11th and added two more gains on the 16th and the 18th for a 69. In her first two days of the tournament, she went 70-72.
Meanwhile, Korea’s Sei Young Kim (71) was led by two following a roller-coaster round of 71. On the front she had five birdies and then ran up an eight-stroke lead with five holes left at El Caballero Country Club. She went on to bogeyed the 14th to the 17th for four consecutive times. Her downfall through four straight bogeys resulted in advantage for two-time event winner Hannah Green.
Green went an up-and-down from off the back of the 18th green to secure a two-shot advantage. Kim is 15-under, while 2023 and 2024 champion of Wilshire Country Club Green had 67 joined by Suvichaya Vinijchaitham. Jessica Porvasnik (68) and Ina Yoon (71) were at 13 under. Meanwhile, former UCLA star Patty Tavatanakit went stroke back after a 67.
Ranked World No. 124 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, Aditi competes on both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour (LET) events. She is currently ranked at No. 24 in the LPGA Race to the CME Globe standings. Back in May 2023, she became the first Indian female golfer to enter into the World Top 50 while securing her career-best rank of 49th.
She is a three-time Olympian while missing one at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She also finished at No. 4 after winning the silver medal game in the final round. She has secured herself seven professional wins, including five on the Ladies European Tour.
