Taiwan News
Date: 2016-07-31
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Taiwanese golfers Teresa Lu and Candie Kung, who are tied in the 17th place with a five-
under-par aggregate of 211 heading into the final round of the Ricoh Women’s British Open, will be representing Taiwan to participate in the golf event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Lu and Kung carded 71 and 70 strokes, respectively, in the third round of the open, which got under way on July 28 at the Woburn Golf Club. Lu had three birdies and two bogies in the third round, while Kung had six birdies and four bogies.
The Ricoh Women’s British Open is one of only two women Major’s played outside the US, participated by the world’s best women players.
Past champion Yani Tseng finished the third round in the 27th place with a three-under-par 213. Thai golfer Ariya Jutanugarn carded a third round of six under par 66 to move to the top of the leaderboard at 16 under par 200. [FULL STORY]
