August 17, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Filipina ace Bianca Pagdanganan vaulted to a share of twentieth with a four-under 68 card within the second spherical of the Normal Portland Basic Friday on the Columbia Edgewater Nation Membership.
Beginning the day at joint forty sixth, Pagdanganan gunned down 5 birdies – together with three in a five-hole stretch on the again 9 – in opposition to a lone bogey to gasoline her large climb.
She was in her aspect, averaging 283 yards off the tee and hitting 10 of 14 fairways and 15 greens in regulation, as she simply made the minimize at 138 – six off the main 132 of Korea’s Jeongeun Lee5.
Pagdanganan’s compatriot and fellow Paris Olympics veteran Dottie Ardina additionally superior to the weekend play of the $2-million LPGA occasion at 140.
Off a gap 69, Ardina slowed down with a 71 on a three-birdie, two-bogey combine and fell seven spots to joint thirty ninth going to Spherical 3.
