Indian Golfer Aditi Ashok has been in the top and the upper part of the leaderboard since Day-1, shot 1-under 71 and moved to 8-under for the three rounds but four shots off the lead taken over by her playing partner, Australian Minjee Lee (67) in the Founders Cup 2023 on LPGA Tour. Ashok (69 - 68 - 71 - 73) took home $106,336 as the prize amount in the tournament.  In the final round, Aditi carded for three bogeys on 1st, 8th and 17th along with a birdie shot on the 2nd. 

 

 

Aditi Ashok

 

 

Aditi said, "Started off pretty good. Chipped in from the fringe on first and holed a six-footer on 4, which was a good wedge shot. Kind of bogeyed the par-3s (sixth and eighth) on the front, so didn't hit good iron shots. 

 

 

"I hit it in places where up and down was really hard. Back nine was a little better for par-3s. Except for 16 (double bogey). Made a bunch of birdies, I think five, which is not too bad. Just couldn't save many of them." Aditi birdied first, fourth, ninth, 12th and 14th and dropped shots on sixth and eighth and a double bogey on Par-4 16th.

 

 

Atthaya Thitikul

 

 

Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand and American Angel Yin shared fifth place at 7-under with India's Ashok — a shot ahead of Nasa Hataoka of Japan.

 

Ko is the only player to repeat in this event, winning in 2019 and 2021. No event was held in 2020 because of COVID-19. Her three titles are the most by any winner in the event's 12-year history. In winning for the 15th time on the LPGA Tour and the second time this year, Ko shot a final round-best 5-under 67 in tough, windy conditions. The 27-year-old South Korean forced the playoff making a clutch downhill birdie from roughly 15 feet on No. 18 to tie for the lead.

 

 

Ko joins Lilia Vu as the only players with multiple wins on tour this year, earning $450,000 from the $3 million purse. Lee shot a final-round 1-under 71 and finished the 72-hole event at 13-under 275.

 

 

Winner - Jin Young Ko

 

 

Ko is the only player to repeat in this event, winning in 2019 and 2021. No event was held in 2020 because of COVID-19. Her three titles are the most by any winner in the event's 12-year history.

 

 

Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa, who won the AIG Women's Open last year, finished third at 10 under, a shot ahead of South Korean rookie Hae Ran Ryu in the event that honors the 13 founders of the LPGA Tour.

 

 

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