India's Aditi Ashok on the cusp of historic win in LPGA Tour

Aditi Ashok has the chance of creating history for Indian golf as she moved to within 18 holes of becoming the first-ever winner on the LPGA Tour.

At the $2.3 million Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, being played at the Midland Country Club, in Midland, Michigan, the 23-year-old from Bengaluru and her 22-year-old partner from Thailand, Pajaree Anannurukarn, were joint leaders at 15-under par following a three-under par third-round on Friday.

Quite incredibly, the Indo-Thai pair is bogey-free for the tournament in the three rounds. Given that two of these three rounds were played in alternate shots format, which is considered one of the toughest scoring formats in the sport, that achievement becomes even more significant.

Ashok and Anannurukarn, who are calling their team 'The Spice Girls', made three birdies in Friday's third round and played solid golf throughout to keep the bogeys away. They are now one shot ahead and share the lead with the defending champions Cydney Clanton (US) and Jasmine Suwannapura (Thailand).