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Sharma misses cut in France, Svensson leads
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma missed the cut at the Open de France with rounds of 72-75 at the Le Golf National in Paris, where he competed in the Olympic Games two months ago.
Sharma, after four birdies and five bogeys in his first round, had two birdies, three bogeys and a triple bogey in his second round and missed the cut by a big margin as it fell at 1-under.
Jesper Svensson took one stroke lead into the final round as he bids for a second DP World Tour title in his rookie season.
The Swede, who won the Porsche Singapore Classic in March, carded a four under 67 to sign for a 13 under par total as he moved one clear of Sam Bairstow and Thorbjørn Olesen at Le Golf National.
Both Svensson and Bairstow are in their rookie campaigns after graduating from the European Challenge Tour, finishing fifth and 18th respectively on last year’s Road to Mallorca Rankings.
The English pair of Dan Bradbury and Joe Dean share fourth on 11 under par, with Dean signing for a five under 66 to move seven places up the leaderboard.
– PTI
Aditi finishes tied 55th as Ruoning wins Buick title
India’s Aditi Ashok dropped three bogeys in a row early in the final round and carded 3-over 75 to finish tied 55th in the LPGA Buick Shanghai tournament in Shanghai on Sunday.
She had rounds of 71-72-69-75 over the week for a total of 1-under for four rounds.
China’s Ruoning Yin shot an 8-under 64 to win the tournament. It was her fourth career LPGA victory. Yin trailed third-round leader Mao Saigo of Japan by one stroke, but rallied with birdies on five of the final six holes.
Yin finished on 25-under 263 for the four rounds at the Qizhong Garden Golf Club.
Saigo closed with a 71 and tied for second with Sei Young Kim of South Korea, who carded a 68. Saigo was looking for her first LPGA Tour victory. They were both six strokes off the lead, finishing at 19-under 269.
Yealimi Noh of the United States carded a 67 on Sunday to finish in fourth place, seven strokes behind the winner.
Hye-Jin Choi of South Korea shot a 62 and finished tied for fifth, nine shots off the pace.
– PTI
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