Former champion Yuka Saso he relied on his putter to survive a rough start to the Women’s US Open this Thursday, an opening round where the World no. 1 is Nelly Korda he made a ’10’ on his third hole (a par 3) and only four players barely missed the cut while the Navarrese Carlota Ciganda He survived the escabechina with a card of 72 strokes (+2).
Saso holed three big par putts to start the back nine at Lancaster Country Club (Pennsylvania)two mid-length birdie putts late in his round and finished with three putts from the green collar on the 18th hole to make bogey for a two-under 68.
The top ten players in the women’s world rankings have an average score of 75.5 – including Korda’s 80 – and only two-time major champion Minjee Lee is unbroken.
“It’s the US Open. It’s a ‘major’. It’s the most important Grand Slam and I think it’s one of the hardest weeks we’ll play,” said Saso, who took advantage of Lexi Thompson’s 2021 slump to win of the US Open at the Olympic Club, San Francisco.
Saso leads by one stroke over Andrea Lee, Thailand’s Wichanee Meechai and France’s Adela Cernousek, NCAA champion Cernousek, a junior at Texas A&M, has company among the newcomers.
Saso has a one-shot lead over Andrea Lee, Wichanee Meechai and French amateur Adela Cernousek. Two shots behind, with a score of par, are Alexandra Forsterling, Sei Young Kim, Megan Schofill, Chisato Iwai, 15-year-old golfer Asterisk Talley, Yuri Yoshida, Jenny Shin, Minjee Lee, Catherine Park and Pia Babnik.
Carlota Ciganda (+2) did more than save the furniture. He coped with very difficult conditions like a wild boar and also did it without the cooperation of the driver. He only took four fairways, on a course as difficult as Lancaster.
Ulzama’s girl made up for it with a great day on the greens, with two excellent par putts on holes 6 and 9, since she started on 10. Carlota made two birdies and four bogeys and fully involved in the fight.
In the forgettable day of Nelly Korda (+10) or Lydia Ko (+10), we should join in the afternoon Brooke Henderson (+10), Rose Zhang (+9), Lexi Thompson (+8), Georgia Hall ( + 7 ) or Hannah Green (+6).
The World Number One, barring a miracle, bid farewell to victory. The +10 equaled her worst round ever on the LPGA Tour, an odd 80 in the final round of last year’s US Open. On the 12th hole, his third on Thursday, he made seven bogeys. Out of the bunker, three balls in the water and two putts proved a devastating ’10’.
Source: La Verdad
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