Delasin spoils bid with worst ever 11-over 83

Forget the major crown, or even a top 30 finish. For Dorothy Delasin stumbled with an uncharacteristic round of 83 that all but ended her bid in the Women’s British Open in Sunningdale, England Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

That 11-over card at the par 72 Sunningdale Golf Course was Delasin’s worst score since she turned pro last year and it pulled the Fil-Am shotmaker all the way down from a high joint seventh place to a forgettable second-to-last position among the 71 survivors.

She had a 223, 16 strokes behind Scot Catriona Matthew, who hung tough with a scrambling 72 for a 207 but found herself being chased by a slew of players, including the fancied Karrie Webb of Australia.

Lora Fairclough shot a 67 to join Mi Hyun Kim (71) and Janice Moodie (71) in second place at 208 while Webb had a 68 to be at 209.

Delasin, fresh from her successful title-retention campaign in last week’s Giant Eagle Classic, had looked forward to an explosive weekend after a second round 69 put her within five strokes off the lead. She even opened up with a birdie on the par 5 No. 1 to underscore her bid.

But after she parred the next two holes, things went awry for Delasin, who bogeyed the par 3 No. 4, double-bogeyed the next before dropping three more strokes, including another double-bogey at No. 9, for a badly-produced 41.

It was worse at the back.

Another double-bogey on the 13th and five bogeys, including three on the closing holes, put to naught whatever value her birdie on the 10th could give as Delasin limped with a 42 for that 83.

From joint seventh to 70th place in just one round, Delasin must indeed come up with a spectacular finish to at least salvage some measure of pride.