Bianca Pagdanganan staggered with a 5-over-par 77 to plummet to a share of 26th place going into the final round of the FM Championship in Norton, Massachusetts on Saturday, Aug. 31.
Starting the round six strokes behind second-round leader Ryu Haeran, Pagdanganan blew hot and cold at the TPC Boston with nines of 39 and 38 to tally a three-round aggregate of 214 following earlier rounds of 71 and 66.Ryu, like Pagdanganan, lost her bearings and limped home with a 78 to trail Ko by four strokes.
After a bogey-free second round, Pagdanganan couldn’t muster the same energy with two bogeys and a double bogey on her first seven holes. The two-time Olympian somehow recovered by shooting three birdies, but quickly lost her steam by fumbling with bogeys on Nos. 14 and 17, then stumbling with a double bogey on the par-5 18She posted two birdies against the same amount of birdies on the front and the back nine for a three-round total of 217, 12 strokes behind the leader.
Pagdanganan hopes to catch in the final round when she tees off at the front nine with Nicole Broch Estrup and Celine Borge at 9:15 a.m. Ardina, for her part, starts her round at the back nine at 9:48 a.m. with Wichanee Meechai and Grace Kim.
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