Yuka Saso fouled up in a frontside finish and missed closing in on leader Jasmine Suwannapura with a five-under 67, four strokes off the Thai ace after 18 holes of the Maybank Championship.
Japan's Yuka Saso tees off on the 4th hole during the third round of the BMW Ladies Championship golf tournament at Seowon Hills Country Club in Paju on October 21, 2023.MANILA, Philippines – Yuka Saso fouled up in a frontside finish and missed closing in on leader Jasmine Suwannapura with a five-under 67, four strokes off the Thai ace after 18 holes of the Maybank Championship at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club in Malaysia Thursday.
Though she reeled back with a mishap on No. 6, she quickly regained her bearing and rhythm and birdied the next two holes, only to stumble at the finish. Meanwhile, Dottie Ardina birdied No. 2 but that was the best that the veteran Filipina campaigner could muster as she wrested with her putter the rest of the way, bogeying Nos. 4 and 17 and winding up with a 73 for a share of 67th in a field of 77.