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BBC News
7 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Thitikul edges into Women's PGA Championship lead
Women's PGA Championship first-round leaderboard:-4 J Thitikul (Tha); -3 M Lee (Aus); -2 R Takeda (Jpn); H Ryu (Kor), Y Noh (US), S Lee (Kor)Selected others: E N Korda (US), L Maguire (Ire), L Thompson (US), +1 G Hall (Eng); +3 L Ko (NZ); +4 M Rhodes (Eng) Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul shot a 68 to edge into an early lead at the Women's PGA number two Thitikul, 22, recovered from a double bogey at the fifth with six birdies to finish on four under par at the third of this year's five LPGA Minjee Lee was one shot further back after a rollercoaster three-under-par 69, which included seven birdies and four number one Nelly Korda is four off the pace as she went round in a par 72, which included two birdies and two Leona Maguire is also on level par, while England's Georgia Hall carded a 73. England's Mimi Rhodes, who has enjoyed three wins on the Ladies European Tour this season, was making her debut at a major and hit a four-over par 76. "I think my putter went really well today," said Thitikul, who is yet to win a major."In the front nine we had a lot of breeze going and more than the back nine, but [I made putts at] seven, eight, nine which boost the confidence up making the turn to the back nine."I really told myself just be patient and focused on the next shot, because [in the] majors you [are] going to miss anyway. What a way to bounce back. It's more important."The event is taking place at the Fields Ranch East course in Texas, with Lee and Korda citing the heat as a factor to contend with. "I just kept telling my caddie, can you give me another water, can you give me another water," Lee said."I don't think we could have enough [water] out there. It's really hot."Korda added: "It's hot; I'm still cooling down right now."I'm pretty happy with my first round in the conditions. It definitely takes a toll on you, the Texas heat."
News.com.au
13 hours ago
- Climate
- News.com.au
Minjee Lee battles serious heat in Texas to sit second at Women's PGA Championship
Water was just as important as birdies for Minjee Lee, who pushed through 35C on the opening day of the Women's PGA Championship outside Dallas to finish second on the leaderboard as the Australian star chases down a record purse and a third major championship. A massive $3.7m is on offer to the winner at Fields Ranch East and despite being a local now, having made Dallas her US base, Lee said the trying conditions, with more heat forecast, would take a toll. Lee bogeyed her opening hole and two of her final three holes to give up the outright lead, having peeled off seven birdies, and another bogey, in between to card an opening round three-under 69, which left her one shot adrift of Thailand's Jeeno Thitkul. 'I just kept telling my caddie, can you give me another water, can you give me another water?' Lee said after her round. 'I don't think we could have enough out there. It's really hot. 'It's the same for everyone. I mean, if it's tough for me it's going be tough for pretty much the whole field. Just try and use my umbrella to shade the sun and the more wind we have. 'You can't get ahead of yourself, especially in this kind of weather. I think it's more just the heat that's draining your focus, so it's going to be a big factor.' Lee was one of the few in the field to have played the course before it was set up for the PGA Championship and said it had been made tougher, as a major should, thankful she had help finding some of her errant tee shots. 'Obviously, it's different. The rough is much thicker,' she said. 'If you hit it just off the fairways you can ... I mean, I'm thankful for the volunteers because I couldn't find my ball some of the times. 'Pretty much you can only see maybe a third of the ball, just the top, so when I came to practise it was a little bit more dormant, so the rough hadn't quite come in yet. I think that's the big difference. 'The greens are a little bit quicker and it's just in tournament ... it's set up for tournament play now and before it was just the members could still play and we could play, so it was not the same at all.'
Yahoo
16 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Top-ranked Nelly Korda even par to start Women's PGA after reaggravating neck injury
Nelly Korda hits to the third green during the first round of the Women's PGA Championship golf tournament, Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Nelly Korda hits a tee shot on the second hole during the first round of the Women's PGA Championship golf tournament, Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Nelly Korda hits a tee shot on the second hole during the first round of the Women's PGA Championship golf tournament, Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Nelly Korda hits to the third green during the first round of the Women's PGA Championship golf tournament, Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Nelly Korda hits a tee shot on the second hole during the first round of the Women's PGA Championship golf tournament, Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Nelly Korda shot an even-par 72 in the opening round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship on Thursday, three days after the world's top-ranked player reaggravated a neck injury during a practice round. While Korda said she doesn't feel pain hitting shots, the two-time major champion said she has pain 'just with rotation' of her neck and that it is hard to get comfortable to sleep at night. Advertisement 'It's better, yeah. Getting better every day, which is nice,' she said. 'Just because I injured it last year, whenever I do injure my neck it takes a little bit longer than normal. I kind of tweaked it before my round with Ariya (Jutanugarn) in Vegas this year, during the night I couldn't move then, so thankfully it wasn't as bad as that day. ... Just takes me like a week to kind of recover when I tweak my neck now.' Korda late last year skipped two tournaments during the LPGA's Asia swing because of a minor neck injury, and that loss to Jutanugarn in match play was in April. Korda said earlier this week that her neck 'went into a full spasm' after hitting a shot out of the rough during a practice round at the Fields Ranch East course at PGA Frisco on Monday, before skipping the champions dinner that night. In the first round of the season's third major, Korda had two birdies and two bogeys. She was four shots behind Jeeno Thitikul, the world's No. 2-ranked player who was in the same group and the early leader at 4-under 68. 'Overall I mean, even par to start the major ... it was windier in the morning than I thought it would be. So played a little tougher. Yeah, I'm pretty happy with my first round in the conditions,' Korda said. 'It was pretty windy. It was hot. It definitely takes a toll on you, the Texas heat. So happy with my position. I haven't even really looked at the leaderboard, to be honest.' Advertisement Korda opened with seven consecutive pars, including at the 317-yard, par-4 seventh hole, where she hit a 294-yard drive into a valley just short of the green. Her initial pitch from there ricocheted off the edge of the green and rolled back down the slope to where she was. Korda hit her next shot to 2 feet and saved par. On the par-3 eighth, Korda's tee shot went over the green to set up her first bogey. She got free relief after her approach at the par-5 ninth went right and settled next to a temporary structure, and she pitched to 3 1/2 feet and made the birdie putt. 'It's great to rebound with a birdie. Wasn't sure where to drop. The grass was like pavement. It was so firm, it's been walked on a lot,' Korda said. 'Whenever you get to bounce back with a birdie and you get to kind of have in a sense a fresh start for the next nine holes, that's always good.' ___ AP golf:
Reuters
2 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
$12M purse ups ante at Women's PGA Championship
June 18 - The Women's PGA Championship raised the purse of the major tournament to $12 million, matching last month's U.S. Women's Open for the biggest purse of the season. To boot, the winner of the 156-player field at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco in Texas this week will pocket $1.8 million. The purse was $10.4 million at last year's Women's PGA Championship. "We're incredibly proud to be able to do that," said Paul Knopp, the KPMG chair and CEO, of the boost in the purse, per Golf Digest. "It's all part of creating a standard of excellence in women's golf. The purse is a hugely important part of that. .".. We look at it as the ultimate strategy when we think about the excellence we're trying to bear to bring success. We continue to play this tournament on iconic courses that are recognized by the golf community every year. ... We're excited about where we're going." Amy Yang of South Korea held off the field at the Women's PGA Championship for her first career major title last year at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash. Yang carded a 7-under 281 for the tournament to defeat Lilia Vu, Jin Young Ko of South Korea and Miyu Yamashita of Japan by three shots. --Field Level Media
