Aditi Ashok falls out of top 10 after a tough round

Menlo Park, California: Aditi Ashok recorded a 1-over 73 in the third round of the Fortinet Founders Cup, dropping to tied 24th on the leaderboard after starting the day in tied third.

Meanwhile, Hyo Joo Kim strengthened her position at the top, building a five-shot lead with one round remaining. She delivered an impressive 6-under 66 to pull further ahead of the field. Kim, aiming for her eighth LPGA title and first of the season, now sits at 17-under par after 54 holes. A victory in California would also lift her to second place in the CME rankings.

Aditi made her first birdie of the third round on the fifth hole and followed it up with a second on the eighth hole. She began her back nine with a birdie and dropped a shot on the 11th hole. Ashok went on to make her last birdie of the day on the 16th hole only to a shot with her second bogey of the day and a triple bogey to close the round. the four shots dropped in the last two holes resulted in Ashok finishing the day at T-24.

In second place is Nelly Korda with a total of 12-under par. Korda carded 6-under 66 in her third round. Korda has a chance to move up to the first place of the CME rankings this week if she was to finish second. In third place there is a tie between Ruixin Liu and Gaby Lopez. Liu and Lopez are at 11-under par after the third round. Liu carded 6-under 66 while Lopez carded 4-under 68 on the third day.

World number one Jeeno Thitikul is tied for fifth with Erika Hara, Karis Davidson and Hye Jin Choi. The third place players have a total score of 9-under par. Thitikul, Davidson and Choi carded 3-under 69 in their third round while Hara Carded 5-under 67.

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