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PARIS — For the fourth straight round on Saturday, Bianca Pagdanganan birdied the 18th hole of Le Golf National, with a booming 278-yard drive then a 163-yard second shot over the water and into the green with a 41-yard eagle putt.
MANILA, Philippines – In a display of sheer determination and poise under pressure, Lydia Ko secured the most coveted prize in Olympic golf, claiming the gold medal at the Paris Games with a final round of 71.
MANILA, Philippines – The 2024 Summer Olympics is finally over — at least for the Philippines, whose citizens on Saturday witnessed with pride a gallant last-ditch effort by its two-woman golf team to add to what’s already a historic medal haul for the country.
MANILA, Philippines — It was very, very close.
MANILA, Philippines -- The quest for Olympic gold in women's golf has reached a gripping crescendo, with two players sharing the lead, another pair just two strokes behind, and two more contenders still within striking distance.
MANILA, Philippines -- Filipina golfers Bianca Pagdanganan and Dottie Ardina had contrasting performances in the third round of the women’s golf of the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
Dottie Ardina and Bianca Pagdanganan of the Philippines fired 69 and 73, respectively, in the third round at the Paris Olympics women's individual stroke late Friday night (Manila time) at the Le Golf Nacional. Bouncing back from a bad 76 in the first round and a decent 72 in the second, Ardina found her game in the third frame as she shot three strokes under par. The 30-year-old Ardina scored a birdie each on the fourth, sixth, and eighth holes for a good start at the front. She found trouble at the back nine, having incurred a bogey on the 12th and a double bogey on the 16th. She negated that three strokes over with a birdie on the 17th and an eagle on the 18th to tally 217 for solo 23rd place, 13 notches higher than her ranking after two rounds.
MANILA, Philippines -- Bianca Pagdanganan surged into the thick of the Olympic medal race with a determined 69, positioning herself firmly among the frontrunners on a day marked by dramatic shifts at Le Golf National in Paris on Thursday.