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Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Yan Liu makes albatross, hangs onto lead at Chevron Championship
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Yan Liu had an albatross to offset three front-nine bogeys and rebounded from a late bogey for an even-par 72 and a one-stroke lead over four players Friday in the Chevron Championship, the first women's major tournament of the year. Top-ranked Nelly Korda rallied late in the afternoon to make the cut in her title defense, following an opening 77 with a 68. She won last year at The Club at Carlton Woods for the last of her record-tying five straight victories. Advertisement She used a different putter Friday. 'I putted for an hour and a half after the round yesterday, so just needed something different,' Korda said. 'Sometimes that's all you need.' Fog delayed the start of play, with nine players unable to finish the round because of darkness. Liu, the 27-year-old Chinese player who shared the first-round lead with Haeran Ryu after a 65, admitted she would feel some pressure Saturday. 'I think, definitely, I will feel a little bit, because, well, this is major,' Liu said. 'I know the course is going to be harder, harder, so I think I just stay patient, calm because I'm very emotional person.' Advertisement Hyo Joo Kim (71) was a stroke back with Lindy Duncan (66), Sarah Schmelzel (68) and Mao Saigo (68). Kim won the Ford Championship a month ago in Arizona for her seventh LPGA Tour title, while the other four players at the top of the leaderboard are winless. Liu holed her 175-yard second shot on the 505-yard, downwind par-5 eighth with a 7-iron for the albatross. 'I saw the ball how to go in, so that's really cool thing,' Liu said. 'But I think they don't have video for that hole. Little sad.' Liu then bogeyed No. 9 and opened the back nine with seven pars. She dropped into a six-way tied for the lead with a bogey on the par-3 17th. Her tee shot hopped left into fluffy Bermuda rough, she chunked her second to the fringe and missed a 15-foot par try. Advertisement She got the stroke back with a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th, finishing about an hour before sunset. 'Last hole, is my first birdie today,' Liu said. 'I'm glad I made it. Ryu had a 74 to fall two strokes back in a group with Angel Yin (70) , Manon De Roey (71) and Hye-Jin Choi (71). Weiwei Zhang also was 5 under with three holes left when play was suspended. Lexi Thompson was 4 under, following an opening 73 with a 67. The 30-year-old Florida player retired from full-time play at the end of last season. 'I'm still practicing and training,' Thompson said. 'I love working out. I'm still striving to be better for when I do tee it up because every time I tee it up I still want to win. It's not like I'm just going out here to show face. I'm still very competitive, but just trying to enjoy the few times I will play.' She won the 2014 event — then the Kraft Nabisco Championship — at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, California.
Mint
26-04-2025
- Sport
- Mint
Aditi Ashok likely to make cut at Chevron Classic
The Woodlands (US), Apr 26 (PTI) Indian golfer Aditi Ashok endured a difficult second day at the Chevron Championship here as she finished with a round of two-over par 74. Put alongside her first round even par 72, she was two-over for 36 holes and on the cut line. Though there are nine players yet to finish the second round, Aditi should make the cut on the line. Recent Epson Tour graduate Yan Liu held onto the top spot at the end of the second round as Haeran Ryu slipped down the order to tied sixth. Yan Liu played even par for the day as she made three bogeys and a rare albatross on the front nine. On the back nine Liu dropped a bogey on the 17th and picked a birdie on the 18th. Lindy Duncan moved up 32 places with a round of 5 under par to sit at tied second alongside Sarah Schmelzel, Mao Saigo and Hyo Joo Kim. Top-ranked Nelly Korda rallied late in the afternoon to make the cut in her title defence, following an opening 77 with a 68. She won last year at The Club at Carlton Woods for the last of her record-tying five straight victories. Aditi had two birdies and four bogeys. She started her round with bogeys on the first and second holes and then a birdie on the eighth hole. On the back nine she had a bogey on the 11th and 13th holes and a birdie on the 12th hole for a total of 74. So far in 2025, Aditi has made the cut in two of the three events she has played, and her best finish for the year was a tied 34th at the Founders Cup presented by U.S. Virgin Islands. First Published: 26 Apr 2025, 12:47 PM IST
26-04-2025
- Sport
Yan Liu has an albatross and a late birdie to hang onto the lead in the Chevron Championship
THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- Yan Liu had an albatross to offset three front-nine bogeys and rebounded from a late bogey for an even-par 72 and a one-stroke lead over four players Friday in the Chevron Championship, the first women's major tournament of the year. Top-ranked Nelly Korda rallied late in the afternoon to make the cut in her title defense, following an opening 77 with a 68. She won last year at The Club at Carlton Woods for the last of her record-tying five straight victories. She used a different putter Friday. 'I putted for an hour and a half after the round yesterday, so just needed something different,' Korda said. 'Sometimes that's all you need.' Fog delayed the start of play, with nine players unable to finish the round because of darkness. Liu, the 27-year-old Chinese player who shared the first-round lead with Haeran Ryu after a 65, admitted she would feel some pressure Saturday. 'I think, definitely, I will feel a little bit, because, well, this is major,' Liu said. 'I know the course is going to be harder, harder, so I think I just stay patient, calm because I'm very emotional person.' Hyo Joo Kim (71) was a stroke back with Lindy Duncan (66), Sarah Schmelzel (68) and Mao Saigo (68). Kim won the Ford Championship a month ago in Arizona for her seventh LPGA Tour title, while the other four players at the top of the leaderboard are winless. Liu holed her 175-yard second shot on the 505-yard, downwind par-5 eighth with a 7-iron for the albatross. 'I saw the ball how to go in, so that's really cool thing,' Liu said. 'But I think they don't have video for that hole. Little sad.' Liu then bogeyed No. 9 and opened the back nine with seven pars. She dropped into a six-way tied for the lead with a bogey on the par-3 17th. Her tee shot hopped left into fluffy Bermuda rough, she chunked her second to the fringe and missed a 15-foot par try. She got the stroke back with a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th, finishing about an hour before sunset. 'Last hole, is my first birdie today,' Liu said. 'I'm glad I made it. Ryu had a 74 to fall two strokes back in a group with Angel Yin (70) , Manon De Roey (71) and Hye-Jin Choi (71). Weiwei Zhang also was 5 under with three holes left when play was suspended. Lexi Thompson was 4 under, following an opening 73 with a 67. The 30-year-old Florida player retired from full-time play at the end of last season. 'I'm still practicing and training,' Thompson said. 'I love working out. I'm still striving to be better for when I do tee it up because every time I tee it up I still want to win. It's not like I'm just going out here to show face. I'm still very competitive, but just trying to enjoy the few times I will play.' She won the 2014 event — then the Kraft Nabisco Championship — at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, California.
Straits Times
26-04-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Albatross keeps Yan Liu in front at Chevron Championship
Yan Liu of China plays her shot from the second tee during the second round of The Chevron Championship on April 25. PHOTO: AFP HOUSTON – China's Yan Liu recorded a rare albatross – a three-under score on a hole – and emerged with the lead after the second round of the Chevron Championship on April 25 in The Woodlands, Texas. On the par-five eighth hole at The Club at Carlton Woods, her second shot impressively found the hole. Liu wound up shooting an even-par 72, leaving her at seven-under 137 in the first LPGA Major of the season. She said of her albatross: 'I take my 7-iron and I see the ball (went) in, so that's a really cool thing. But I think (the TV crew doesn't) have video for that hole. Little sad. 'I think I jumped twice on the fairway. Just very happy and so excited. Players in (my) group say congrats to me, so that's very nice.' Four players are tied for second at six under – Lindy Duncan (66), Sarah Schmelzel (68), Japan's Mao Saigo (68) and South Korea's Kim Hyo-joo (71). Angel Yin (70), Belgium's Manon De Roey (71) and South Koreans Choi Hye-jin (71) and Ryu Hae-ran (74) share sixth place at five under. Ryu and Liu were the co-leaders after the opening round. Additionally, China's Zhang Weiwei was five under through 15 holes and five under for the tournament when play was suspended due to darkness. Liu, a 27-year-old who has yet to win an LPGA event, admitted she will feel some pressure entering the weekend. 'I think definitely I will feel a little bit, because this – well, this is Major,' she said. 'I know the course going to be harder, harder, so I think just I just stay patient, calm. Because I'm very emotional person, yes.' World No. 1 and defending champion Nelly Korda bounced back from a 77 in the first round with a 68, leaving her tied for 46th at one over. Also at one over is world No. 3 Lydia Ko of New Zealand, who shot a second-round 72. In men's golf, Isaiah Salinda holed a late birdie putt as he and Kevin Velo secured a one-shot lead at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisiana in Avondale. Salinda and Velo opened the team event with a 58, a tournament record for four-ball (best ball). The action on April 25 was foursomes (alternate shot), and the duo managed a three-under 69 to hang on to the lead at 17-under 127. They were ahead of Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin, who turned in a 66 earlier in the day to get to 16 under. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Arab News
26-04-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
Yan Liu has an albatross and a late birdie to hang onto the lead in the Chevron Championship
THE WOODLANDS, Texas: Yan Liu had an albatross to offset three front-nine bogeys and rebounded from a late bogey for an even-par 72 and a one-stroke lead over four players Friday in the Chevron Championship, the first women's major tournament of the year. Top-ranked Nelly Korda rallied late in the afternoon to make the cut in her title defense, following an opening 77 with a 68. She won last year at The Club at Carlton Woods for the last of her record-tying five straight victories. She used a different putter Friday. 'I putted for an hour and a half after the round yesterday, so just needed something different,' Korda said. 'Sometimes that's all you need.' Fog delayed the start of play, with nine players unable to finish the round because of darkness. Liu, the 27-year-old Chinese player who shared the first-round lead with Haeran Ryu after a 65, admitted she would feel some pressure Saturday. 'I think, definitely, I will feel a little bit, because, well, this is major,' Liu said. 'I know the course is going to be harder, harder, so I think I just stay patient, calm because I'm very emotional person.' Hyo Joo Kim (71) was a stroke back with Lindy Duncan (66), Sarah Schmelzel (68) and Mao Saigo (68). Kim won the Ford Championship a month ago in Arizona for her seventh LPGA Tour title, while the other four players at the top of the leaderboard are winless. Liu holed her 175-yard second shot on the 505-yard, downwind par-5 eighth with a 7-iron for the albatross. 'I saw the ball how to go in, so that's really cool thing,' Liu said. 'But I think they don't have video for that hole. Little sad.' Liu then bogeyed No. 9 and opened the back nine with seven pars. She dropped into a six-way tied for the lead with a bogey on the par-3 17th. Her tee shot hopped left into fluffy Bermuda rough, she chunked her second to the fringe and missed a 15-foot par try. She got the stroke back with a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th, finishing about an hour before sunset. 'Last hole, is my first birdie today,' Liu said. 'I'm glad I made it. Ryu had a 74 to fall two strokes back in a group with Angel Yin (70) , Manon De Roey (71) and Hye-Jin Choi (71). Weiwei Zhang also was 5 under with three holes left when play was suspended. Lexi Thompson was 4 under, following an opening 73 with a 67. The 30-year-old Florida player retired from full-time play at the end of last season. 'I'm still practicing and training,' Thompson said. 'I love working out. I'm still striving to be better for when I do tee it up because every time I tee it up I still want to win. It's not like I'm just going out here to show face. I'm still very competitive, but just trying to enjoy the few times I will play.' She won the 2014 event — then the Kraft Nabisco Championship — at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, California.
