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USA Today
2 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
U.S. Women's Open 2025 live updates, leaderboard for Friday's second round
U.S. Women's Open 2025 live updates, leaderboard for Friday's second round The best women have converged on Erin Hills Golf Course for the 80th U.S. Women's Open. It wasn't the ideal start to the week for Nelly Korda, Jeeon Thitikul, Lydia Ko and many of the top 10 players in the world. Nonetheless, it's on to the second round on Friday. U.S. Women's Open leaderboard Keep tabs on the USWO Thursday and all week with our official hub and leaderboard. What is the cut for the 2025 U.S. Women's Open? The cut will come after the second round to the low 60 scorers and ties. Where to watch the 2025 U.S. Women's Open Friday, May 30 Second round, 12 p.m. ET to 6 p.m. ET, USA Network Second round, 6 p.m. ET to 8 p.m. ET, Peacock Saturday, May 31 Third round, 1 p.m. ET to 3 p.m., Peacock Third round, 3 p.m. ET to 6 p.m. ET, NBC Sunday, June 1 Final round, 2 p.m. ET to 7 p.m. ET, NBC Featured groups, tee times for the 2025 U.S. Women's Open The complete list of tee times for Friday's second round can be found here. The most interesting groups for Friday are: 10th tee 9:29 a.m.: Patty Tavatanakit, Angel Yin, Linn Grant 9:40 a.m.: Nelly Korda, Charley Hull, Lexi Thompson 9:51 a.m.: Minjee Lee, Mao Saigo, Jin Young Ko 1st tee 3:25 p.m.: Yuka Saso, Rianne Malixi (a), Lydia Ko 3:47 p.m.: Ariya Jutanugarn, Allisen Corpuz, A Lim Kim Where is Erin Hills Golf Course? Erin Hills is in Erin, Wisconsin, about 40 miles northwest of Milwaukee. The course opened in 2006.
New York Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Nelly Korda and the weight — and wait — of the U.S. Open
ERIN, Wisc. — She was 9, her sister sneaking her into the U.S. Open locker room to show her the world that would soon be hers. She was 14, playing in her first U.S. Open, walking practice rounds with Michelle Wie West and hitting balls on the range next to Lydia Ko and Inbee Park. This was the dream. It was that week Nelly Korda truly decided this was what she wanted to do with her life, to chase major championships. Advertisement She was 25, on top of the world, a two-time major winner, winning her sixth tournament in seven starts, and one of the first things she said was how badly she wanted to win the big one, this one. 'There has definitely been some heartbreaking times where I just haven't competed well in the U.S. Women's Open, where I feel like I put a little bit more pressure on myself, because I do love the event, and I feel like out of all the events that's, like, the event for me.' Three holes in, the air was sucked out of the balloon that day. She shot a 10 — ten — on Lancaster Country Club's 12th hole at the 2024 U.S. Open to eject with an 80. Korda is the No. 1 player in the world, and she really, really wants to win the U.S. Open. Yet in 10 tries, she's missed three of her last five cuts and finished better than 39th just twice. Often, she is out of it within 18 holes. But Thursday at Erin Hills, she is still in this thing. And she's done it with patience. Nelly Korda didn't have a single birdie on her card… until her last hole! She's 4 off the lead.@Ally — U.S. Women's Open (@uswomensopen) May 29, 2025 On a day when nobody came in lower than 68 and where half the field is at least 2-over par, Korda is right where she needs to be. If anything, she should be higher up the leaderboard, struggling to get much out of a strong round from tee to green. Sixteen pars in a round can sting. 'I was striking it pretty well out there,' she said with a sigh Thursday night, 'just under-read some putts and burned a couple edges too. I think I'm happy with it. Obviously, I wish the ball found the bottom of the cup a little bit more. Overall, I can't complain. 'First day of the U.S. Open, it's all about patience.' She found nearly every one of Erin Hills' tricky, slopey fairways, with one of her only misses rolling from the center of the fairway and down a hill just two yards into the first cut. She consistently found greens, but she missed birdie putts of 11, 10, 17, 18, 14, 13, 13 again, 13 again, 19 and six feet. She had one bogey all day, and that came from a three-putt on the green, too. Advertisement 'I was hitting my putts really good,' Korda said. 'Wherever I was kind of looking, rolling it over my intermediate target, that's where I was hitting it. I have no complaints.' At U.S. Opens, golfers accept those missed opportunities. When you have Korda's track record, you go home thrilled with playing so well off the tee and in approach. U.S. Opens cannot be won on Thursdays, but, my goodness, can they be lost. And Korda still has the fifth-best odds at sportsbooks. You cannot treat these as normal tournaments, neither the golfers nor the audience. These are tricky mental tests where each par is a little victory. They're about course management and discipline, and fairly or not, some critics have questioned whether Korda can win the grind-it-out type tournaments that separate the greats. But more than the test itself, Korda would be the first to admit it's about the pedestal stars put this tournament on. Three-time major winner Lydia Ko, who hasn't won the U.S. Open and admits her next goal is the career grand slam, said on Tuesday: 'I think this would be the one that I'd say, 'Oh, I wish I was a U.S. Women's Open champion.'' And Korda shot that Thursday 80 last year at the absolute apex of her hype and belief. The entire sport rallied around her as its biggest star in a decade. Six wins in seven starts. Two major championships at 25. That was going to be the one, and seemingly every women's golf fan tuned in for her featured group to see if she could maintain history. In minutes, it was over. But it's more than that. Korda shot an 80 on Sunday the year before at Pebble Beach to finish 64th. She had an impressive T8 in 2022, but even that was 11 shots off the lead. Two missed cuts the years before that. The unfortunate reality was Korda might have played herself out of U.S. Opens before they started. Advertisement 'Oh, yeah, lots of ups and downs,' she said earlier this week with a laugh. 'I mean, it's the biggest test in the game of golf — definitely has tested me a lot. I love it. At the end of the day, this is why we do what we do, is to play these golf courses in these conditions, to test our games in every aspect. Not even just our games, our mental, as well.' No, it's not Rory McIlroy at the Masters. Not even close. It would take many more years of torment and attention to reach that sort of level, the kind nobody wishes on a golfer. But it's a cousin of it. Because the thing Korda's 80s and missed cuts do is add a little more tension each year. A little more scar tissue. A little more time in press conferences dedicated to the hurdle. But this is not about whether Korda will win the U.S. Open. It's Thursday. It's early. Golf probabilities say she won't. It's a story about the fact that Korda entered this week carrying all those hopes and dreams, and she kept herself in it. Sure, she says, she started to get frustrated toward the end with all the missed putts, the missed opportunities to get off to a fast start. But before Korda could get too angry, her caddie, Jason McDede, reminded her of something. 'It's all about patience.'
NZ Herald
3 days ago
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Lydia Ko off the pace at US Open, Ryan Fox starts well at the Memorial
Lydia Ko is five shots off the pace during the opening round of the US Open at Erin Hills after an errant drive proved costly. Starting at the 10th tee, Ko was even par through the front nine before a bizarre drive at the first tee - a par five.
RNZ News
3 days ago
- General
- RNZ News
Lydia Ko's pursuit of a career Grand Slam begins at US Open
Lydia Ko's pursuit of golf's career Grand Slam begins at the US Open in Wisconsin. A career grand slam on the LPGA Tour is when a player wins four of the five major championships over the course of a career. Ko is one major away and the US Open is one she's long wanted to win. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.
RNZ News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
Career Grand Slam still on Lydia Ko's mind as US Open looms
Lydia Ko hits a tee shot on the fifth hole during the second round of the Ford Championship in Chandler, Arizona, 29 March 2025. Photo: AFP Lydia Ko with the trophy after winning the HSBC Women's Championship golf tournament at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore. Photo: AFP / Roslan Rahman Dame Lydia Ko admits the prospect of achieving a career grand slam is providing some motivation as she seeks a landmark fourth golf major. The Kiwi and third-ranked woman is vying for a first ever win at the US Open which begins overnight (NZT) at Erin Hills, Wisconsin. A fourth major trophy and 24th LPGA tour win for the 28-year-old would see her become just the eighth woman to complete a career grand slam. A career grand slam on the LPGA Tour is when a player wins four of the five major championships over the course of a career. Dame Lydia is one major away following victories at the Evian Championship (2015), the Chevron Championship (2016) and last year's Women's Open at St Andrews. Speaking to media before the tournament, Dame Lydia suggested the window to achieve the feat was not getting any bigger. "I'm probably going to have less chances at playing these majors, than how many I've played so far ," she said. "As long I'm playing I think it's always good to have a goal so that when I'm working on things I'm always going forward and not trying to think 'oh I did this so like who cares'. "It's just more to keep myself more motivated." Her previous best performance at the championship was back in 2016 when she finished the tournament in a tie for third with four-under. Last year she failed to make the cut. The championship at Erin Hills is one of two potential opportunities for Dame Lydia to make history. Should she not win at the US Open, a career grand slam could still be achieved if she plays in next month's Women's PGA Championship. Dame Lydia could also win a golden slam if she could knock off the two remaining majors, to go alongside her gold medal at last year's Paris Olympics. Although she admits the accolades and silverware have kept her hungry, there would be no regrets if she did not get there. "Even if I never win a US Women's Open, I don't think I'm going to wake up from my sleep and go 'I never won,'" she said. "I'm obviously very proud of the things that have happened. I would be over the moon to come off with a trophy. But I don't think it's going to connect me more so to my identity later on." One thing in her favour in her bid for more golfing exploits is she has been unshackled from the pressures of reaching the LPGA Hall of Fame. "I think getting in the Hall of Fame and winning the gold at the Olympics, I think there was an internal handcuff that I had put on myself," she said. "Whether it was pressure, or expectations. I think with all that being done, I think I was able to play with a lot more freedom. I think that was a clear case at St Andrews where I was just enjoying being there and enjoying the town. "I think those things have made me feel a little bit more relaxed on the golf course."
