With everything to gain in her Asian Games debut, Rianne Malixi let loose and went on an attack mode all day, producing a solid round that put her right in the medal mix at the start of the women’s golf competitions here Thursday.
Ranged against the world No. 2 and a former LPGA campaigner, Malixi didn’t cringe and came through with a pair of birdies on each nine of the West Lake International Golf Country Club in Xihu District, preserving a bogey-free 68 with a couple of gutsy par saves and gaining a share of seventh in a field of 39 in the individual competition of the 72-hole tournament.
After two pars, she hacked a superb tee-shot and birdied the par-3 No. 3, gained a stroke on the par-4 fifth and dominated the par-5 10th to go three-under. She missed a couple of chances in the next five holes but flashed another solid iron play to birdie the last short hole on the 16th. But the fancied names lived up to the hype as Baba, the highest ranked amateur at world No. 3 in a field spiced up by the pros, led by Yin, crushed the par-72 course with a combination of power, iron play and putting.
Baba took a two-stroke lead over Yin, who flaunted her world-class skills with a brilliant 31 against Malixi and multi-titled Thai Patcharajutar Kongkraphan. But the recent winner of the Women’s PGA Championship, who had held the world's top ranking for two consecutive weeks before dropping to No. 2 this week, slowed down in the last nine holes which she played in even par for a 67.
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