The first round of the first Major of the year ended on Texas land. The Taiwanese Peiyun Chien grabbed the place of provisional leader at -5. The 32-year-old had a total of 6 birdies and a bogey: “I saw the flag positions yesterday (Wednesday) night, and I couldn’t sleep. It is so hard. We (with his cart) we are doing very well today (THURSDAY), we focus on what I want, what we want and how we can miss. »
“My caddy always tells me, you can do it, focus on every shot, get in every shot and you can do it no problem, she continues. I made a lot of good birdie putts. I also missed a few chances, but overall I made some really good iron shots and putts. » Behind her, the Americans Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu, Marina Alex are 2nd at -4, with the Japanese Ayaka Furue, the South Korean Chella Choi and the Australian Stephanie Kyriacou.
They are followed by the American Angel Yin, only 8th in the leaderboard at -3. One stroke behind at -2, they are fourteen to share 9th place. We can count the winner of the 2015 edition, Brittany Lincicome, the Thai Atthaya Thitikul, the British Georgia Hall, the American Megan Khang, the Australian Minjee Lee or the Japanese Nasa Hataoka.
Beyond the top 10, the winner of the 2016 tournament, Lydia Ko, is in 23rd position accompanied by the Canadian Brooke M. Henderson at -1.
The defending champion Jennifer Kupcho, author of 2 birdies and 2 bogeys, is in par. Then 37th alongside the world number 3, Jin Young Ko (holder of the 2019 title), the winner of the 2022 edition has no room for error on her second day of competition, in order to be able to defend her title.
The French in the hard, above par
As for the tricolor players, they are having a complicated start. World number 8, Céline Boutier, is at +1 after making 3 birdies and 4 bogeys on the Carlton Woods course. She is in 51st position like the American Danielle Kang and the Swede Maja Stark. Two shots behind, Perrine Delacour is +3 in 81st position while Pauline Roussin Bouchard is 114th at +5.
2023-04-21 09:40:07
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