She has won a couple of LPGA player of the year titles and is eighth on the current money list. There’d have to be something seriously wrong with me to not come play in the Olympics. The trip to Rio was essentially their honeymoon. “And I struggled with my putter, too”. Lewis had that appearance heading to the range on Wednesday but Chadwell patiently cooed advice.
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“It seemed a little bit softer today and not quite as windy as I experienced yesterday”, said Henderson.
Stacy Lewis of the United States shot the best score of the day, a 63 that matched the best from the men’s tournament and set a women’s course record. She has so far served “Budae jjigae”, – a thick soup that combines sausages and ham with traditional Korean ingredients like kimchi and red chili paste – and “doenjang jjigae”, a stew made of soybean paste, as well as Korean-style spicy stir-fried pork with vegetables.
It comes on the heels of a successful men’s tournament in which England’s Justin Rose won the gold medal, Sweden’s Henrik Stenson won the silver and Team USA’s Matt Kuchar fired a final-round 63 to take the bronze, saying he’d “never felt this sort of pride busting out of my chest before”.
Biggest disappointment: The ninth-ranked player in the world, Amy Yang carded three back-nine bogeys for a 2-over 73, making her the only of the four competing South Koreans not to break par. “I’m looking forward to doing all this other stuff versus the golf, and that’s what this week is about for us”.
World Number One Lydia Ko saved what was shaping as a disappointing day with a spectacular eagle at the 15 hole.
The former world No. 1 trails another former world No. 1, Inbee Park, by one shot. “Hopefully I’ll carry that momentum going forward into tomorrow and the next two days after that”. “That’s what you need to potentially get yourself back into contention”. “It gave us, definitely me, chills”.
It’s hard to believe but Henderson is not the youngest player in the field. They trail leader Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand who opened with a 6-under 65 in round one. Ashok’s name translates to “mother of the son god”.
Ko was in the last group to tee off at the Marapendi course but the wind wasn’t the factor she had feared it might be.
“It’s just the way that we are on our tour, when you have a chance to represent your country you go”, Lewis said. Tears welled up as Piller talked of what it would mean to her to win a medal.
Whatever burden Lewis feels is more personal.
Another birdie on the 11th was cancelled out by a bogey on the 13th, five straight pars ending her round for a level-par 71.
It’s been an odd year for the 28-year-old South Korean, who hasn’t played since missing the cut at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee in June, the day after she played the round that secured her induction into the LPGA Hall of Fame with 10 years of service.
Charley Hull of Great Britain, hits from a bunker on the 5th hole during the second round of the women’s golf event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. I think it’s a solid start to the first round of the Olympics.
After a brief honeymoon in Charleston, South Carolina, Lewis got back to work, but still thought she would enjoy the experience of being here more than worry about grinding at golf.
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Lewis is still not sure if she’ll wear her wedding band when she plays; as a precaution, she didn’t bring any rings to Rio.
