Team of Aditi and Stahl make cut at Dow Great Lakes event in LPGA

Aditi Ashok and Louise Stahl, playing as a team in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational on the LPGA staged a great recovery after a disastrous start on the first day here.

The pair was four-over for the front nine and another bogey on 11th made them five-over after 11 holes.

Then they fought back with three birdies on 12th, 13th and 14th. That kept alive their chances as the carded 72. On the second day in the foursomes, Aditi and Stahl combined superbly to shoot six-under 64 and at a combined four-under, they were tied 31st.

The French pair of Celine Boutier and Karine Icher cut right to the top of the leaderboard on Thursday. After a 2-under 68 in Wednesday's opening foursomes round, the duo combined for eight birdies in Thursday's four-ball round for the lead at -10.

With a brilliant 9-under 61 on Thursday, Northern Ireland's Stephanie Meadow and Italian Giulia Molinaro vaulted up the leaderboard after being tied 12th on the first day. They shot 69 in Wednesday's four-ball session and had 61 in the foursomes.

Both players are in search of their first career victories. Meadow would become the LPGA Tour's first winner from Northern Ireland, while Molinaro would join Silvia Cavalleri (2007 Corona Championship) as the only Tour winners from Italy.