KOH CONTINUES TO LEAD PRE QUALIFIER – ASIA WITH 18 HOLES TO PLAY

Sock Hwee Koh continues to lead the way at the LET’s Pre Qualifier in Asia, with a third round score of 69 enough to see her hold onto her one-shot advantage with 18 holes left to play in New Delhi. 

The Singaporean star went into Day Three sitting at the top of the leaderboard, before another consistent day at Classic Golf and Country Club saw her maintain her position heading into the final round on Friday, as she remains the only player to have shot under-par in each of her first three rounds.  

After dropping a shot on the first hole of the day, Koh came flying back to roll in three birdies in five holes around the turn to keep the chasing pack at bay, before a birdie on the last to keep hold of her lead heading into the final day with an overall score of -6. 

“I actually felt like I played better yesterday but I scored better today. I was shaky at the start but then I holed a long par-putt on the fourth and that really calmed me down. After that I just stayed patient and kept giving myself chances,” she said. 

“My putting was better today, after the fourth I started putting a bit more confidently, I still missed a few but that’s just golf – you make some you miss some – but hopefully I make them all tomorrow. 

“I just keep telling myself there’s a lot of opportunities out there, so when I make a bogey I keep telling myself to stay patient because there’s so many chances. I just have to focus on the now – every hole and every shot – so then I don’t think about everything else that is a distraction.” 

For the second day in succession, things didn’t get off to the best start for the 32-year-old in India, with a dropped shot at the first seeing her lose grip of her slender lead from the first two rounds of competition. 

But after steadying the ship, Koh rediscovered her form on the back end of the front nine, with birdies on holes six and seven taking her under-par for the day, before picking up another shot on the tenth to move to -5 for the week. 

And just as she did on Wednesday, the Singaporean finished the day in fine style with a birdie on the 18th, leaving her at the top of the leaderboard for the second successive day, although she isn’t getting ahead of herself with Friday’s final round still to come. 

“Your mind has a way of looking too far ahead sometimes, so you just have to control what you are thinking about and not letting yourself get carried away,” she continued. 

“Going into tomorrow…