◇ US Women ◇ Lotte Championship Day 2 (14th) ◇ Hoakalei CC (Hawaii) ◇ 6603yd (Par 72)
The borrowing of “Choro” will be returned immediately.Hinako ShibunoChallenged Naodora, who failed the day before, on this day as well. And twice! Par 5, 1st and 5th in the second half, which was greeted by increasing the score by one. In each case, the second shot, which left more than 240 yd from the fairway to the green edge, shook 1W.
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The par was “No. 1 was a little dangerous”, while No. 5 was carried to the front left of the green and connected to the birdie. “I was worried, but (the wind) was quite a follower. 3W is high and there is a carry, but the front of the green is receiving (climbing toward the green), so please roll too much. 1W The aim was “the person will roll.” It was a birdie who couldn’t get the following chips and sank 5m, but I’m glad that it led to a good result, saying, “I went to a place where it was easy to aim with the third shot. I couldn’t enter the bunker or the pond on the right.”
“I’m afraid I can’t use it in the UK (Women’s Open) where the ground is hard, but I wonder if it can be used where the grass on the fairway is soft.” The new shots I’ve been practicing since this off when I became a tour member are becoming a solid weapon.
The day I got out of 26th place was constantly blown by the strong winds of the afternoon from the tee off. In difficult conditions, he played with his feet firmly on the ground while leading the bogey in the 12th (par 3) in the first half. The 15th (par 3), which is a tailwind, dropped the first shot on the wedge to the very limit of the front edge, creating a 5m birdie chance and making use of it.
The following 16th and 17th are headwinds from the left, and the stream and pond near the green are formidable par 4. The second control shot shone. The 16th, which left 130yd, was 7I, and the 17th was 135yd, 6I, both of which raised the count and caught the green center. “I thought it was unavoidable for No. 16 to have a down putt from the back. No. 17 also had a lot of wind coming from the left, so I should ride in the middle.” He overcame the difficult 2 holes with a par and connected the second shot to the 18th (par 5) birdie who carried it to the far left of the green.
3 birdies, 1 bogey and gentle “70” in a raging strong wind. With three par-on failures, the shot was stable, and he moved up to 11th place with a total of 3 unders. “I knew that the wind would blow, so I was practicing before the start thinking,’Let’s swing properly.'” The worse the situation, the more I play. “I’m swinging because I’m not sick. I know I’ll fly straight if I finish my current swing. The same goes for the week before last (The Chevron Championship).” It’s very simple in his head right now.
“Top (leading)Kim Hyo JooThere is a difference (7 strokes) from), but when I think that I am fighting there, I get greedy, so I face the wind while suppressing it. ” In the final 9th, “I thought I entered”, the approach from the left back of the green stopped at the cup and did not become a birdie. He didn’t have to wait for the cup-in, he just tapped in with a wedge. “Did you wait? That’s clean. Even if you wait, I wanted to go home quickly (laughs).” Lucky set aside on weekends. (Ewa Beach, Hawaii / Yoichi Katsuragawa)
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