Los Angeles: Aditi Ashok made a superb charge on the back nine with two birdies and an eagle 2 on a Par-4 at the Hugel-JTBC Los Angeles Open to move in sight of her first Top-10 finish of the season. 

Aditi, playing her second season, has been taking time to settle down this season in her previous starts, shot 2-under 69 to move to T-9 after the third round on Saturday. She had rounds of 68 and 73 on the first two days at the Wilshire Country Club.

Aditi started with one bogey on the very first hole on the front nine and that brought her back from overnight 1-under to even par. She birdied the 10th, but gave that back on 11th. An eagle on par-4 14th set her up nicely and she added a birdie on par-4 16th and ended at 69 to be 3-under for the tournament.

Moriya Jutanugarn (70) and Jin Young-Ko (66) were in shared lead at 9-under 204. Jutanugarn scored a double bogey at the first hole and followed that with another bogey at the sixth.