Rianne Malixi hits her drive during the second round of the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific Championship in Thailand.
Rianne Malixi flubbed makeable birdie putts in the last two holes and finished with a 69 as she missed gaining on a solid Chun-Wei Wu of Chinese-Taipei halfway through the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific Championship at the Siam Country Club in Pattaya, Thailand.
The closing holes proved to be a test of putting skills for Malixi, who came out of a three-birdie, two-bogey card at the front of Waterside course with back-to-back birdies from No. 11. She bounced back from a missed-green mishap on No. 15 with a 14-foot downhiller on the par-3 16th but missed birdie chances inside eight feet on both the 17th and 18th, finishing with a 35-34.
Counting her opening 70, Malixi pooled a 139 for a share of 11th, an improvement from her previous standing but trailing Wu by seven strokes.
The Taiwanese, who shared the first round with Thais Eila Galitsky and Navaporn Soontreeyapas with 67s fashioned out in the morning group, thrived even more in the afternoon wave Friday, coming through with a bogey-free 65 to storm ahead at 12-under 132.
She closed out with three straight birdies at the front at dusk for a 31-34 as she dislodged Hinano Muguruma, who, for a while, had taken command of the field with a 134 aggregate after a brilliant 66 she highlighted with six straight birdies from No. 7.
Korean Hyosong Lee fired a 66 while Thai Pimpisa Rubrong put in a 68 as they shared third place at 136, four strokes off the pace.
Unlike Wu, Galitsky and Soontreeyapas failed to sustain their change in morning play as the former limped with a 75 marred by a double bogey on the 18th.
The defending champion tumbled to joint 23rd at 142, now 10 strokes off Wu while Soontreeyapas carded a 71 to drop to a share of seventh at 138.
Malixi held her ground against world No. 4 Minsol Kim of Korea and reigning Queen Sirikit Cup champion Avani Prashanth of India for the second straight day as she birdied Nos. 4, 7 and 9 to make up for her consecutive bogeys from No. 5.
The ICTSI-backed shotmaker then gained strokes on Nos. 11 and 12, but stumbled with a bogey on the 15th after driving into the fairway bunker and coming up short off the green.
Despite a big recovery on the 16th, her putting woes on the last two holes cost her potential strokes that could’ve bolstered her chances heading into the weekend play of the event where she tied for 13th in last year’s edition in Singapore.
She shared third place in 2022 won by Taiwanese Ting Hsuan Huang, also at the Siam’s Waterside layout.
Earlier, Grace Quintanilla produced a 70 for a two-under 142 and safely made the cut at 146, joining Galitsky and five others at 23rd.
Junior golfer Alethea Gaccion, who put in an impressive opening round 71, also advanced despite a 74 she spiked with an eagle-2 on the par-4 No. 4. The Cagayan de Oro lass stood at joint 41st at 145.
But the three other Filipinas fell by the wayside as Anya Cedo came up short of her rally, shooting a 73 for a 148 and a share of 56th while Junia Gabasa wound up at joint 66th at 151 and Nicole Abelar tied for 69th at 152 after matching 74s.
Prashanth shot a 69 for a share of fith at 137 while Kim matched Malixi’s output for the second straight day.
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Rianne Malixi hits her drive during the second round of the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific Championship in Thailand.
Rianne Malixi flubbed makeable birdie putts in the last two holes and finished with a 69 as she missed gaining on a solid Chun-Wei Wu of Chinese-Taipei halfway through the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific Championship at the Siam Country Club in Pattaya, Thailand.
The closing holes proved to be a test of putting skills for Malixi, who came out of a three-birdie, two-bogey card at the front of Waterside course with back-to-back birdies from No. 11. She bounced back from a missed-green mishap on No. 15 with a 14-foot downhiller on the par-3 16th but missed birdie chances inside eight feet on both the 17th and 18th, finishing with a 35-34.
Counting her opening 70, Malixi pooled a 139 for a share of 11th, an improvement from her previous standing but trailing Wu by seven strokes.
The Taiwanese, who shared the first round with Thais Eila Galitsky and Navaporn Soontreeyapas with 67s fashioned out in the morning group, thrived even more in the afternoon wave Friday, coming through with a bogey-free 65 to storm ahead at 12-under 132.
She closed out with three straight birdies at the front at dusk for a 31-34 as she dislodged Hinano Muguruma, who, for a while, had taken command of the field with a 134 aggregate after a brilliant 66 she highlighted with six straight birdies from No. 7.
Korean Hyosong Lee fired a 66 while Thai Pimpisa Rubrong put in a 68 as they shared third place at 136, four strokes off the pace.
Unlike Wu, Galitsky and Soontreeyapas failed to sustain their change in morning play as the former limped with a 75 marred by a double bogey on the 18th.
The defending champion tumbled to joint 23rd at 142, now 10 strokes off Wu while Soontreeyapas carded a 71 to drop to a share of seventh at 138.
Malixi held her ground against world No. 4 Minsol Kim of Korea and reigning Queen Sirikit Cup champion Avani Prashanth of India for the second straight day as she birdied Nos. 4, 7 and 9 to make up for her consecutive bogeys from No. 5.
The ICTSI-backed shotmaker then gained strokes on Nos. 11 and 12, but stumbled with a bogey on the 15th after driving into the fairway bunker and coming up short off the green.
Despite a big recovery on the 16th, her putting woes on the last two holes cost her potential strokes that could’ve bolstered her chances heading into the weekend play of the event where she tied for 13th in last year’s edition in Singapore.
She shared third place in 2022 won by Taiwanese Ting Hsuan Huang, also at the Siam’s Waterside layout.
Earlier, Grace Quintanilla produced a 70 for a two-under 142 and safely made the cut at 146, joining Galitsky and five others at 23rd.
Junior golfer Alethea Gaccion, who put in an impressive opening round 71, also advanced despite a 74 she spiked with an eagle-2 on the par-4 No. 4. The Cagayan de Oro lass stood at joint 41st at 145.
But the three other Filipinas fell by the wayside as Anya Cedo came up short of her rally, shooting a 73 for a 148 and a share of 56th while Junia Gabasa wound up at joint 66th at 151 and Nicole Abelar tied for 69th at 152 after matching 74s.
Prashanth shot a 69 for a share of fith at 137 while Kim matched Malixi’s output for the second straight day.
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