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Hong Kong golfer Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching completed her best round of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games so far after shooting a two-under par 69 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe City on Friday.
The 27-year-old sits in tied-51st place at seven-over, 22 shots off leader Nelly Korda as the American climbed to 15-under after round three.
Chan, who finished 37th in the Rio 2016 Games as an amateur five years ago, credited the changing of her irons for her improved performance.
“I changed my loft and lie angle a little bit on my irons. I’ve been trying to figure out if that was the problem,” she told AFP.

“It was just a different game today. My mindset has always been up there, but it’s been difficult. I’ve been struggling a little bit over the past two months. I have some ups and downs with my equipment. I’ve been searching for something better.”
The LPGA Tour player Chan, who went into the Games with men’s gold medal winner Xander Schauffele’s caddie’s yardage book, cited similar issues from her first-ever top 10 Tour finish at the LA Open in April.


“I played great in LA and then I changed my equipment, then immediately my performance just went down,” she said. “I know what I have to do to play better and I’m glad that I made a change this morning and it’s actually worked out – like the way I expected.”
Elsewhere, China’s Lin Xiyu stayed within touching distance of a podium finish after finishing 2-under for the day in joint-10th place. She joins Rio 2016 Games bronze medallist Feng Shanshan on 7-under overall.
“I played better than what I scored. I hit a lot of great shots. I even hit lots of good putts but just missing a bit of luck today,” Lin said.

“In China, we have a saying when you’re burning edges, you’re saving the luck in the bank. So I’ve been saving it for three days. It better give me a good [day] tomorrow.”
Feng, who opened with a disappointing 74, added: “This is the Olympics, like fourth or fifth it doesn’t matter. [I] believe we have the best girls here in the world so everybody’s going to try to go low tomorrow.”


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