Aditi Ashok climbs to tied-33rd at Evian Championship

Evian Resort, France: Aditi Ashok carded a two-under 69 in the third round of the $9.1 million Amundi Evian Championship, improving slightly on her opening rounds of 70-70. Competing in her 38th Major, the Indian golfer climbed to tied-33rd heading into the final round.

The talk of the day was Korea’s Haeran Ryu who was in blistering form on day three as she fired a course record 60 (-11) to surge into a three-stroke lead at the 54-hole stage in France.

Ryu won the third Major of the year – the 2026 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship – just two weeks ago and is in pole position to claim back-to-back Major titles.

Aditi, who has played the most Majors by any Indian male or female golfer at 38, found four birdies against two bogeys and they were split equally on both sides of the course. She birdied the second and seventh and dropped a shot on the fourth, and then birdied the 12th and the 16th with a bogey in between on the 14th.

Ryu, 25, made her first birdie on the day on the second hole, her next came on the fifth, which she nearly aced, and then she holed out for eagle on the sixth.

Ryu made birdies on the seventh and ninth hole to make the turn in -6 and added another on 10 before back-to-back birdies on 14 and 15.

With 59 on the radar, the Major winner rolled in another birdie on the 17th and all eyes turned to 18 where she left her eagle putt just short for a tap-in birdie to seal a round of 60 (-11) – the lowest in Major history.

Ryu also equalled the 54-hole scoring record of 194 (-19) set by In Gee Chun in 2016 and sits at the top of the leaderboard on 19-under-par.

Japan’s Aki Iwai sits three shots back in solo second place on 16-under-par after a round of 65 (-6) which included eight birdies and two bogeys.

Canada’s Brooke Henderson and Japan’s Mao Saigo share third place on 12-under-par after rounds of 64 (-7) and 67 (-4), respectively.

Henderson, who won the 2022 Amundi Evian Championship, had a colourful scorecard with two eagles, six birdies and three bogeys.

South Africa’s Casandra Alexander surged up to outright fifth place on -11 at Evian Resort Golf Club after a round of 63 (-8). The LET Order of Merit leader rolled in birdies on the second, fourth, seventh, ninth and 10th holes before four birdies on the trot between holes 13 and 16, and a dropped shot on 17.

Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul, Japan’s Miyu Yamashita and England’s Lottie Woad are in a tie for sixth place on 10-under-par with Korea’s Jin Hee Im in solo ninth.

Four players round out the top 10 with England’s Cara Gainer, American Auston Kim, Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist and Japan’s Hinako Shibuno all on eight-under.

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