Cincinnati (US), Sep 10 (Golf News) Indian golfer Aditi Ashok fired five birdies before dropping three bogeys for a two-under 70 in the second round to lie T-15th at the Kroger Queen Championship, presented by P&G here.
Aditi played almost as well as she did in her bogey free first round, but results were somewhat different.
Aditi shot four-under 68 in the first round with four birdies and no bogeys.
At six-under for two rounds, Aditi is now T-15th as the LPGA Tour moves into the last quarter of the season.
The highlight of Aditi's second round was a hat-trick of birdies from 12th to 14th after birdies on second and ninth.
She dropped shots on par-5 fourth, par-3 eighth and then right at the end another bogey came on the Par-4 18th.
In the first round, Aditi birdied second, fifth, ninth and 12th.
The best finish for Aditi this season has been T-13 at the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio in January.
The current week must have been a relief for Aditi, who has had five missed cuts in the last six starts.
The first round leader Xiyu Lin witnessed a superb second round from her playing partner Jeongeun Lee, who fired a bogey-free nine-under 63. The highlight was four consecutive birdies from holes 7-10. She also tied her second-lowest career round on the LPGA Tour.
Playing with Lee, the 18-hole leader Lin backed up her opening 64 with a bogey-free four-under 68 to sit one shot back at 12-under. Her two-day total is 132.
Two-time LPGA Tour winner Ally Ewing sits in solo third spot after firing an eight-under 64 in round two.
Mexico's Maria Fassi and Australia's Sarah Kemp sit in a tie for the fourth position at -10 with a logjam of players rounding out the top 10 in a tie for sixth at nine-under.
Lee has had three top-10 finishes earlier this season that all came in three consecutive starts — a tie for ninth at the LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony, a tie for fourth at the HSBC Women's World Championship and a tie for eighth at the Honda LPGA Thailand.
A total of 76 players made the cut at one-under.
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News Source : PTI
