DOTTIE Ardina is indeed ripe for the pro ranks. Ardina blitzed the back nine and shot a final-round seven-under-par 65 to complete a come-from-behind win in the ICTSI Philippine Ladies Tour’s first leg at the windswept The Country Club in Laguna.
Homegrown golfers Tony Lascuña and Dottie Ardina created a stir last year as they produced remarkable campaigns here and abroad.
Thai Supamas Sangchan rallied from two strokes down then nipped top Filipino hope Dottie Ardina on the sixth extra hole of their sudden death playoff yesterday to capture the Champion Infinity Philippine Ladies Open 2013 crown at Mt. Malarayat Golf and Country Club here.
DOTTIE Ardina fought back from a costly bogey on the 18th with a brilliant approach shot that set up six-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole as she nipped Thai Pannarat Thanapunboonyarat to top the 21st SICC-DBS Junior Invitational Golf Championship crown in Singapore Thursday.
DOTTIE Ardina hardly recovered from a disastrous third round stint and turned in a three over 75, settling for third in the Dunes Medal Golf Championship ruled by Su Hyun Oh in Rye, Victoria, Australia on Friday.
DOTTIE Ardina bogeyed the tough No. 18 at the resumption of the weather-delayed second round of the Jakarta Ladies Indonesia Open early yesterday and ended up with a second-straight 72 to fall by four behind Malaysian amateur Kelly Tan at Palm Hill Golf and Country Club.
DOTTIE Ardina fired a 72 despite a bogey at the last and lay three shots off Smitri Mehra at the start of the Jakarta Ladies Indonesia Open at Palm Hill Golf and Country Club in Jakarta late Thursday.
KIM IN JAE turned back an early challenge by Rupert Zaragosa and coasted to a three-stroke victory despite a two-over 74 while Dottie Ardina stormed to an eight-shot romp in the ladies side with a 68 in the 13th Canlubang Amateur Open at the north course of the Canlubang Golf and Country Club in Laguna yesterday.
DOTTIE Ardina struggled to card a four-over 76 but took the Taiwan Amateur Golf Championship when three-day leader Min Lee was disqualified for signing a wrong scorecard in Yangmei, Taiwan, late Friday.
DOTTIE Ardina made an eagle-2 on No. 1 but squandered a solid start with a shaky windup and missed the match play phase by two in the 110th Women’s North and South Amateur Championship at Pinehurst No. 8 in North Carolina Thursday.
DOTTIE Ardina fought back with a three-under 68 and salvaged third place in the Malaysian Ladies Amateur won by Australian Whitney Hilier in come-from-behind fashion in Kuala Lumpur late Thursday. Ardina co-led in the first round also with a 68 but reeled back with a 75 Wednesday at the par-71 KL Golf and Country Club. The top ICTSI-Philippine bet ran out of holes in her comeback bid, finishing with a 211, three strokes behind Hilier, who fired a tournament-best 65 for a 208.
Dottie Ardina, hobbled by an injured foot, failed to sustain a strong start yesterday as Team ICTSI-Philippines submitted its worst score of 150 to finish fourth in the Queen Sirikit Cup dominated by South Korea for the sixth straight year.
Jik-Jik Abdon drew the lightest assignment in the first round of the match play stages of the Philippine Amateur Closed championship after firing a two-under-par 70 yesterday to top classification at Sherwood Hills here.
