LPGA Championship - 1st Round
Nicole Castrale's round of 65 gave her the early lead at the 55th LPGA Championship. Rookie Anna Nordqvist is in second place one shot behind, Shanshan Feng is third and down by two with seven players tied for fourth after having shot 68.
Castrale went out in 30 with six birdies to tie an event record for 9-hole score relative to par. A bogey at 18 was the only one she suffered all day. Nordqvist also bogeyed only once, at 6 en route to her career-best round of 66. Feng's only bogey came at the par-4 13th. The scores of note include:
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68 Na Yeon Choi, Amy Yang, Paige Mackenzie, Stacy Lewis 68 Moira Dunn, Aree Song, Ashleigh Simon 69 Katherine Hull, Sophie Gustafson, Meaghan Francella, Jin Young Pak 70 Angela Stanford, Michelle Wie, Hee-Won Han, Lindsey Wright, Inbee Park 71 Christina Kim, Maria Hjorth, Chella Choi, Sandra Gal, Marcy Hart 72 Lorena Ochoa, In-Kyung Kim, Karrie Webb, Brittany Lang, Natalie Gulbis 72 Wendy Doolan, Se Ri Pak, Jill McGill, Irene Cho, Jackie Gallagher-Smith 73 Yani Tseng, Jiyai Shin, Song-Hee Kim, Ji Young Oh, Sun Young Yoo 73 Mi Hyun Kim, Juli Inkster, Brandie Burton, Charlotte Mayorkas, Alena Sharp 74 Paula Creamer, Suzann Pettersen, Seon Hwa Lee, Eun-Hee Ji, Wendy Ward 74 Helen Alfredsson, Morgan Pressel, Vicky Hurst, Allison Fouch, Carin Koch 75 Jee Young Lee, Jane Park, Hee Young Park, Laura Diaz, Meg Mallon 76 Cristie Kerr, Momoko Ueda, Teresa Lu, Lisa Strom, Mikaela Parmlid |
Angela Park shot 83 and withdrew after the round. An unusual number of stars had rough days - Cristie Kerr, Paula Creamer, Suzann Pettersen most notably - and none of the five favorites I picked out in my preview managed to break par. Lorena Ochoa was -2 until she bogeyed her last two holes. Guess I shouldn't have snubbed Angela Stanford or Na Yeon Choi...
Golf Channel didn't give us that extra coverage this time around. Last night's replay was just that, a repeat of the three hours that aired during the afternoon.
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