Ko saves round with late birdie blitz

Among those eliminated were KPMG Women’s PGA champion Danielle Kang (147), former Women’s Open champion Paula Creamer (150), two-time Open victor Inbee Park (151), and Ariya Jutanugarn (151), the world’s No. 2-ranked player.

There were rumblings that Donald Trump was planning to drop in to a course he owns this weekend, which would add a layer of security and could trigger protests by activists who have found comments by the US President demeaning to women.

There was no indication of any problem in the first round Thursday until Wie returned to the course after a more than two-hour weather delay.

Feng opened with a 6-under 66 and had a one-shot lead when the round was over. It is the first time Feng has broken 70 in an Open.

Former Open champions Michelle Wie, So Yeon Ryu of South Korea and former world No. 1 Lydia Ko of New Zealand skirted questions Tuesday about Trump’s past, insisting they were focused on playing golf this week. Carlota Ciganda (Spain) is at 4 under par with one hole remaining in her round.

South Korean Yang, who has finished in the top four in all but one of the last five US Opens, was one back in second place after a 67.

Lee has the designation six after her name in scoring because that’s how she is known on the Korean LPGA Tour, where she is a regular but the sixth of six women with the same name.

On Thursday, the personable 27-year-old from China revealed that her love for the food in America might be a secret to her success. It sets up to be one of the best Opens in recent memory.

Feng started her round on the 10th hole and played the back side in 5 under, rolling in five birdies.

Speaking in a press conference after her first round, Shanshan was asked her travel schedule and proceeded to give a hilarious exchange about American food. “I am going to take a really long nap when I get back to my house”.

Former Open victor Juli Inkster, who is now a golf television analyst and will captain the Solheim team later this year, said the 6,732-yard course favors a player who can hit high, long irons.

Lincicome said she wasn’t taking an anti-Trump stand, just a stand against the potentially chaotic work environment Trump’s appearance could create. “That allowed us to actually maybe hit the ball closer to the holes easier to have birdie chances”. “Whatever we can say can be taken out of context, and we are here to just play golf”. She’s 6-under after shooting her second 69 of the week, standing two shots off of Feng’s lead. “It helped me get through the rain and get through some of the conditions so the rest of the holes I could kind of relax a little bit and play a little better”. I’m more about meat. “I knew it was going to rain and I was prepared”. But Ko missed a 15-foot par putt at the fifth before closing her round with a bogey at the ninth.

She had more than two dozen fans following her, including her parents, Steve and Marissa, and her younger brother, Anthony.