Japan’s Yuka Saso leads by one shot following a tough first spherical of the US Ladies’s Open in Philadelphia.
Saso was one in every of simply 4 gamers to beat par on Thursday, carding a two-under 68 at Lancaster Nation Membership in Philadelphia.
She leads by one from the trio of 15-year-old beginner Adela Cernousek, Wichanee Meechai and Andrea Lee, whereas 10 gamers carded even par rounds of 70.
“It’s a US Open. It’s a major. It’s the biggest major championship, and I think it’s one of the most difficult weeks that we’ll play,” Saso mentioned. “I don’t tell myself to be confident or anything like that.”
Amongst those that struggled was world No 1 Nelly Korda, whose bid to take care of her unimaginable run of type unravelled after simply three holes.
Korda was an enormous favorite to safe her third main title after profitable six of her final seven occasions.
However having began with a bogey on the tenth, Korda ran up a septuple-bogey 10 on the par-three twelfth after hitting three balls into the water.
Korda’s tee shot discovered the bunker behind the inexperienced and her second shot was hit too onerous, catching the slope and rolling into the water.
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From the drop zone Korda discovered the water twice extra earlier than lastly hitting her eighth shot on to the inexperienced and two-putting from 9 ft to stoop to eight over par.
Korda’s dominant run this season contains her second main victory within the Chevron Championship, however she admitted in her pre-tournament press convention that she was anticipating to face a “beast of a course” this week.
England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff opened with a two-over-par 72 with Eire’s Leona Maguire a shot additional again.
Lancaster Nation Membership has been revised and lengthened to a par 70 of 6,583 yards because it final hosted the US Open in 2015.
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