American Cristie Kerr fulfilled a favourable prediction in a Chinese fortune cookie at the Kraft Nabisco Championship on Saturday.Less than 24 hours after dining at a Chinese restaurant, the 30-year-old charged up the third-round leaderboard by firing a six-under-par 66 at a blustery Mission Hills Country Club.
Kerr, who clinched her first major title at last year’s U.S. Women’s Open, defied the testing conditions with seven birdies and a lone bogey to climb into a three-way tie for third place, two strokes off the lead.
“Everything kind of went my way today,” a smiling Kerr told reporters after posting a four-under total of 212.
“I hit 11 fairways, 17 greens and made seven birdies. Of the other birdies that I missed, there were five or six of them that looked like they were in. So it could have been stupid low.”
Kerr said she had a feeling a good round might be looming for her after visiting a Chinese restaurant on Friday.
“I went right for the fortune cookie and it said: ‘A great day ahead’ in capital letters. So go figure. Maybe that’s all it takes,” she added.
Fortune cookies, which usually include a piece of paper with words of vague prophecy, are commonly served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants in the Western hemisphere.
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