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Day 3: Patty maintains the lead by one shot with Atthaya tied in second place.

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Posted by Admin 08 May 2021

Written By: Radha Seth

 

Chonburi: Rising Thai star Patty Tavatanakit – who started her third round today with a three-lead which she stretched to 5 at one stage – struggled to find form and finished only one shot in front after a nail-biting finish on the 18th hole at the Honda LPGA Thailand 2021 tournament. A great chip from a bunker and a birdie putt on the 18th kept the 21-year-old Thai, Patty Tavatanakit, in the lead after her worst round so far, finishing the day with a 2-under 70.

 

Patty Tavatanakit Patty Tavatanakit at Siam Country Club

 

Patty Tavatanakit Patty Tavatanakit leading the Honda LPGA Thailand 2021

 

Young Thai player Atthaya Titikul was tied in second place one stroke back after her putt for eagle on the final hole lipped out. Germany’s Caroline Masson was tied with Atthaya in second place with both players finishing on -17 overall, one stroke behind Patty’s -18.

 

Patty started the day with a birdie on the 2nd, but a double bogey on the 3rd and a bogey on the 9th allowed a big field of players to narrow the gap and catch her. On her second nine, Patty started to find some touch and had consecutive birdies on the 14th and 15th, followed by another on the 18th. “I’m proud of myself for hanging in there, she said after her round. “I was just not 100% today with my energy level. I kept telling myself to keep executing my shots. I still have tomorrow to play. I still have a lot of holes to play.”

 

Patty said she wasn’t feeling her best when she started her round in the morning and it took her a while to get going. “A little bit of a momentum change there when I made my putt on 14. I felt my head was a little clouded today. It’s going to be tough tomorrow. It’s not going to be easy. I just have to play my best. I’ll still be really proud of myself to have played some good rounds. I’m still a little nervous but I’m able to bring myself back to normal. I’ve been so tired every day, but I think I’ll sleep well tonight. I’m just going to relax.”

 

Atthaya, playing her first professional tournament in Thailand, carded a four-under 68, but her round didn’t start well. She bogeyed the 1st and 3rd, but bounced back with six birdies and almost stole the lead on the final hole.“I was happy playing in a world-class tournament as a professional golfer,” she told the Thai media after her round.”She said she wasn’t nervous going into the final round on Sunday. “No matter what happens tomorrow and who wins, I will be happy and try to focus on my game and make good putts,” she said.

 

At the 2021 ANA Inspiration in California, the first of five major professional tournaments on the women’s tour. Atthaya won the Ladies European championship as an amateur at the age of 14, the youngest player to ever win a professional tournament. Ariya became the first Thai golfer – male or female – to win a major championship and went on to hold the world number one ranking.


 

Honda LPGA Leaderboard Round 3

Honda LPGA Leaderboard

How the other players have fared?

 

Caroline Masson German Golfer, Caroline Masson

 

Germany’s Masson was in great form today, hitting a five-under 67 today which included seven birdies and two bogies. Tied in fourth place at -16 were Mexico’s Gaby Lopez, who finished the day’s round with a five-under 67, and former world number one Lydia Ko of New Zealand. Ko also carded a five-under 67 on the day.

 

Ariya Jutanugan, also a former world number one, finished 9th at 13-under overall after sinking some monster putts on the difficult greens at the Siam Country Club. Ariya’s sister Moriya was tied in 19th place after a good round of 66 pushed her up the leaderboard. Thai women players have made a great showing at the Honda LPGA 2021 tournament and have been an inspiration to the growing number of young players taking up the game.

 

The Honda LPGA Thailand 2021 features 72 of the top female golf pros from around the world, including 10 players from Thailand: Ariya  Jutanugarn and Moriya Jutanugarn, Patty Tavatanakit,  Wichanee Meechai, Mind Muangkhumsakul, Pornanong Phatlum, Jasmine Suwannapura, Atthaya Thitikul, Pajaree Anannarukarn, and Chanettee Wannasaen.

 

Also Read

 

Day 1: Atthaya, Patty share one-stroke lead - Honda LPGA Thailand 2021

 

Day 2: Patty Tavatanakit takes solo lead at the Honda LPGA

 

(With inputs from LPGA Tour)

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