Thanks to a last card of 65 (-7), Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (photo) keeps the orders at -19 (267) in the Q-Series marathon halfway. Agathe Laisné and Julie Aimé also validate their ticket for four additional tours in Dothan (Alabama) from December 9 to 12…
Leader since the day before, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard confirmed again this Sunday in Mobile (Alabama) that it was determined to win a full green fee on the LPGA Tour in 2022. For that, she will have to finish in the final top 20 in Dothan at the end of the last four rounds scheduled between December 9 and 12. But with a total score of -19 (267), we do not see how the Drômoise could fail in her quest as she demonstrates an impressive strength both physical and mental.
His 65 (-7) of the day on the Crossings Course shows it easily. Despite a delay of half an hour due to a morning fog and a bogey on the 1 due to a drive lost in the trees, the Frenchwoman quickly rectified the shot from the 2 (birdie) before then unrolling with seven more birdies. Even better. Her -19 after 72 holes allows her to be two points ahead of the South Korean Hye-Jin Choi and already five on another golfer from the Land of the Morning Calm, Na Rin An.
A rise in power
Remember that the scores acquired in this first act in Mobile are kept for the second in Dothan. Victorious of Stage-II in Venice (Florida) in mid-October, it now has a nice mattress of points compared to the players classified beyond the top 20. Thirteen in this case!
« The game slowly gained momentum, emphasizes his coach, Alain Alberti. Pauline quickly placed her ball near the flags and put in the putts. It was a really great game. We will now take advantage. tomorrow (Monday), we hit the road and Tuesday, we go back to work to get back in the same state of mind!»
Julie Aimé gets scared
Like Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, this fourth and last lap was also solid for Agathe Laisne. The Racing player has for a long time kept an immaculate card this Sunday on the Crossings Course (par 72 of 6,094 meters) with two early birdies on the first leg (at 2 then at 3) then a third (at 13) before conceding a bad double-bogey on the 15th. On arrival, his card of 71 (-1) only won him four places on the leaderboard (42nd). But his total score of 284 (-2) allows him to “qualify” for Dothan (Alabama) and his four extra laps. And this is already the essential.
It also passes for Julie Aimé. But just… La Niçoise, 38th at the start of this 4th lap, never broke free, turning +3 after nine holes on the Falls Course. A birdie (at 12), the only one of the day, barely slowed down this negative whirlwind concluded with a fourth bogey at 15. This 74 (+3) forces him to fall back sharply (-24 places) but in 62nd position at +1, she continues the adventure, with the objective of this top 45 which would allow her to obtain a partial green fee on the LPGA.
Long in the game to save his head (especially after his 68 (-4) on Saturday), Emma Broze However, could not do better than a 72 (+1) on the Falls Course. A +3 (289), the resident of Symetra Tour fails two small points from a cut set at +1. The former student at Oklahoma State will remain in the US Second Division in 2022.
The leaderboard
The French leaderboard
Photo : LPGA
