In focus: Ashley Lau watching her putt during the fourth round. — OCM
THE final day did not get better for golfer Ashley Lau.
She must have experienced one of the wildest back nine as she closed the last day action with a six-over 78 in the Olympic Games at Le Golf National yesterday.
The 24-year-old Sarawakian endured the misfortune of notching a quintuple bogey on par-four 13th hole before closing with a fine eagle on the par-five 18th hole.
Ashley’s back nine score of 42 has ruined her hopes of fighting to finish inside the top 40 in her first Olympics outing.
Ashley managed a total aggregate of 18-over 306 after four days of competition.
Two-time Olympic medalist Lydia Ko surged up the leaderboard on Friday with a round of four-under 68, grabbing a share of the lead with overnight leader Morgane Metraux (71) of Switzerland at nine-under 207.
RESULTS
GOLF
Leading third round scores: 207: Morgane Metraux (Sui) 70-66-71, Lydia Ko (Nzl) 72-67-68; 209: Rose Zhang (US) 72-70-67, Miyu Yamashita (Jpn) 71-70-68; 210: Atthaya Thitikul (Tha) 72-69-69; 211: Mariajo Uribe (Col) 70-70-71; 212: Nelly Korda (US) 72-70-70, Lin Xiyu (Chn) 71-70-71, Celine Boutier (Fra) 65-76-71, Ruoning Yin (Chn) 72-65-75;
Selected: 228: Ashley Lau (Mas) 72-77-79.
