“A lot of great memories”, Thompson said. “I’m not really one to complain about pain because I just fight through it, but yeah, it’s hurting. So, I’m not saying I’ll get anything from this week, but it’s a nice start”.
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The first round of the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give started out with some rain but that didn’t stop reigning champion Lexi Thompson from posting a 6-under, 65 at Blythefield Country Club. She had eight birdies and two bogeys. “I did drive it well, but the putter was the reason”. Hamilton’s Sharp was at 66 along with U.S. Women’s Open champion In Gee Chun, So Yeon Ryu, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Jaclyn Jansen, and Amelia Lewis. They all shot 67.
Henderson, coming off a playoff victory Sunday over the top-ranked Lydia Ko in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship outside Seattle, matched Ko with a 67. “We really had to deal with all the trees”.
“It’s just the short game separates the top players from the ones that are just struggling a little bit sometimes”.
She won previous year in Portland, Oregon, for her first tour title. I did a media day for Portland Classic that I won past year so we drove up there right after I won on Sunday.
Maranda got a chance to talk with some of the golfers taking part in the Celebrity Pro-Am at Egypt Valley Country Club. “Took a few ibuprofens and waited for it to kick in”. “I was really happy that it did go in”. “It’s just kind of confidence knowing that she did it, I can do it too”.
Fired Baylor coach Art Briles is ripping his former employer, accusing the school of wrongful termination and indicating he has no interest in settling a federal lawsuit filed against him and the university by a woman who was raped by a football player.
“I saw the leaderboard after my first nine and I just sort of looked at it and I was like, ‘OK I’m just going to keep playing.’ From there on in I just kept playing my game”.
“Everything is kind of clicking into place and I’m really looking forward to this summer”, Henderson said.
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Kim birdied her last two holes to join the co-leaders while Ciganda had a bogey-free round, starting on the back nine and closing with birdies at the par-3 fourth and sixth holes and the par-5 eighth.
