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Thursday, July 09, 2015

 

Karrie Webb grabs a share of the lead at storm-hit US Women's Open



Karrie Webb impressed on the first day
Karrie Webb impressed on the first day
FROM SKYSPORTS.COM
Karrie Webb produced a string of birdies on the back nine to grab a share of the first round lead at a storm-hit US Women's Open on Thursday.
Seven-time major champion Webb rolled back the years with a near-flawless opening round, starting with 10 straight pars before notching four birdies down the stretch to finish with a four-under-par 66 at Pennsylvania's Lancaster Country Club.


The 40-year-old Australian, who won back-to-back Opens in 2000 and 2001, said past experience had taught her to keep her emotions in check as she looked to get off to a smooth start in the tournament.
"I still have my challenges at a US Open," Webb said.
"You always want to do well at this event. And for me it's about controlling my emotions and not getting too high or too low, especially in the first couple of rounds.
"I did a really good job of that today. I played very well, I didn't miss a fairway.
"When you play like that, it's not easy but it's less stressful than I could have made it."
Webb finished her round several hours before klaxons sounded across the course shortly after 6pm local time as an electrical storm churned towards the region.
Play was later halted for the day with several players left out on the course. They included Catriona Matthew.
Joining Webb at the top of the leaderboard was 24-year-old Marina Alex, who drained three birdies on her final five holes to also finish on four-under.
South Korea's Amy Yang was a shot back with a three-under-par 67. The first round leaderboard could easily look different on Friday however with Choi Nay-Yeon on three under after 15 holes and Jane Park of the United States three under after 13.
Alex has endured a rollercoaster season on the LPGA circuit this year, at one stage missing five consecutive cuts before posting her first top 10 finish of the season a fortnight ago.
The New Jersey native revealed she was starting to reap benefits from technical tweaks she had implemented in recent months.
"Now that I've put some of these changes into play a little more often, I just feel more comfortable and I'm making freer swings and the results are showing from that," Alex said.
New Zealand prodigy Lydia Ko remains firmly in the hunt, four shots off the lead after an even par 70, grouped with seven other players including English veteran Laura Davies.
However it was a disappointing start for defending Open champion Michelle Wie, who shot a two-over-par 72 after struggling to get to grips with the demanding 6,353-yard layout, carding four bogeys and two birdies.
Kylie Walker had a 78 and Heather MacRae an 80 in the first round
 FIRST ROUND SCORES
*Several players have still to complete their first round
T1 Marina Alex 66






T1 Karrie Webb 66






T3 Amy Yang 67






T3 Na Yeon Choi* 55






T3 Jane Park* 48






T6 Mi Hyang Lee 68






T6 Morgan Pressel 68






T6 In Gee Chun 68






T6 Austin Ernst 68






T6 Sydnee Michaels 68






T6 Elizabeth Nagel 68






T6 Inbee Park* 53






T6 Muni He* 41






T14 Stacy Lewis 69






T14 Azahara Munoz 69






T14 Chella Choi* 62






T14 Q Baek* 57






T18 Ai Suzuki 70






T18 Laura Davies 70






T18 Pernilla Lindberg 70






T18 Lydia Ko 70






T18 Jung-Min Lee 70






T18 Brittany Lang 70






T18 Emma Talley 70






T18 Shiho Oyama 70






T18 Alison Lee* 63






T18 Lexi Thompson* 63






T18 Angela Stanford* 59






T18 Paula Creamer* 55






T18 Hyo-Joo Kim* 55






T18 Regina Plasencia* 46






T18 Mariel Galdiano* 47






T33 Stephanie Connelly 71






T33 Lee Lopez 71






T33 Mina Harigae 71






T33 Min Lee 71






T33 Erika Kikuchi 71






T33 Candie Kung 71






T33 Jaye Marie Green 71






T33 Ryann O'Toole 71






T33 Ayako Uehara 71






T33 Sakura Yokomine 71






T33 Charley Hull 71






T33 Danielle Kang 71






T33 Mirim Lee 71






T33 Mo Martin 71






T33 Lizette Salas 71






T33 Gerina Piller 71






T33 Teresa Lu 71






T33 Megan Khang 71






T33 Lala Anai 71






T33 Christina Foster 71






T33 Haruka Morita-Wanyaolu 71






T33 Karine Icher* 67






T33 Christina Kim* 67






T33 Brooke Henderson* 64






T33 Minjee Lee 56






T33 Anna Nordqvist 56






T33 Hans Reimers* 48






T33 Wei-Ling Hsu* 44






T33 Nontaya Srisawang* 44






T62 Hannah O'Sullivan 72






T62 Belen Mozo 72






T62 Kim Kaufman 72






T62 Gaby Lopez 72






T62 Tiffany Joh 72






T62 Michelle Wie 72






T62 So Yeon Ryu 72






T62 Laura Diaz 72






T62 Thidapa Suwannapura 72






T62 Kris Tamulis 72






T62 Beatriz Recari* 65






T62 Yani Tseng* 65






T62 Carlota Ciganda* 61






T62 Ha Na Jang* 61






T62 Sei-Young Kim* 57






T62 Mariajo Uribe* 57






T62 I.K. Kim* 53






T62 Catriona Matthew* 53






T62 Gwladys Nocera* 53






T62 Maria Balikoeva* 48






T62 Rumi Yoshiba* 48






T62 Dylan Kim* 45






T62 Min Gyeong Youn* 45






T85 Suzuka Yamaguchi 73






T85 Breanna Elliott 73






T85 Ji Young Oh 73






T85 Nikolette Schroeder 73






T85 Shanshan Feng 73






T85 Lee-Anne Pace 73






T85 M.J. Hur* 69






T85 Hee Young Park* 69






T85 Jodi Ewart Shadoff* 73






T85 Julieta Granada* 61






T85 Misuzu Narita* 54






T85 Bertine Strauss* 50






T97 Maria Fassi 74






T97 Alejandra Llaneza 74






T97 Amelia Lewis 74






T97 Xiyu Lin 74






T97 Birdie Kim 74






T97 Ally McDonald 74






T97 Jenny Shin 74






T97 Brittany Lincicome* 59






T97 Georgia Hall* 55






T106 Holly Aitchison 75






T106 Lauren Taylor 75






T106 Mallory Blackwelder 75






T106 Katherine Kirk 75






T106 Ayaka Matsumori 75






T106 Haru Nomura 75






T106 Dewi Claire Schreefel 75






T106 Eun-Hee Ji 75






T106 Kristen Gillman 75






T106 Moriya Jutanugarn* 71






T106 Sandra Gal* 63






T106 Caroline Masson* 56






T106 Beth Lillie* 56






T106 Line Vedel 56






T120 Celine Boutier 76






T120 Jennifer Song 76






T120 Lindsey Weaver 76






T120 Sarah Jane Smith 76






T120 Brooke Pancake 76






T120 Angella Then 76






T126 Yanhong Pan 77






T126 Lilia Vu 77






T126 Mika Miyazato 77






T126 Babe Liu 77






T126 Meena Lee 77






T126 Pornanong Phatlum 77






T126 Haley Italia 77






T126 So Young Lee 77






T126 Lauren Doughtie* 58






T135 Daniela Darquea* 78






T135 Kylie Walker 78






T135 Ilhee Lee* 71






T135 Jessica Korda* 63






T135 Sun Young Yoo* 59






T135 Sarah Burnham* 59






T141 Yuting Shi 79






T141 Ariya Jutanugarn 79






T141 Suzann Pettersen 79






T141 Su-Hyun Oh 79






T141 Stephanie Meadow* 75






T141 Lori Adams* 52






T147 Samantha Wagner 80






T147 Dori Carter 80






T147 Haeji Kang 80






T147 Caroline Hedwall 80






T147 Heather MacRae 80






T152 Jennifer Park 81






T152 Natalie Gulbis 81






154 Nikki Long 86





































































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