- Charley Hull started bogey-bogey to fall to +7 on the week, but responded with 8 birdies over her next 14 holes. She bogeyed 17 and is now playing 18, which she has gone bogey-double on, both times with great saves.
- Marina Alex has made 5 birdies in her 1st 12 holes and fallen back to E for the week with a bogey on 13.
- Lydia Ko opened with a 4-birdie 32 to move back to +1.
- Rikako Morita fired a 5-birdie 68 to fight back to +2 for the week.
- Inbee Park has opened with a pair of consecutive birdies to move to -2 for the week.
So stay tuned. I'll be doing some not-quite-live blogging this moving day morning!
[Update 1 (7:26 am): Add Stacy Lewis to the under-par crowd! She birdied 5 to join Alex at E. Meanwhile, Hull birdied 18 for a 66, the low round of the week!]
[Update 2 (7:31 am): Nice 70 by Mika Miyazato! She's +4 on the week now.]
[Update 3 (8:21 am): Got a call from the lovely ladies in Chiba! Watching the coverage on DVR, so won't update until I catch up to live. Hope what happened to Ayako Uehara on the back yesterday when she started missing fairways doesn't happen to Mo Martin today after she missed the 1st 2 fairways of her round....]
[Update 4 (9:30 am): Glad to see Martin steadying the ship! If Ahn were putting better, she'd be in the lead! Ryu is looking like a champion!]
[Update 5 (9:31 am): Ko parred out on the back for a fine 69. Good to see Paula Creamer shooting a 71 and moving back to +3.]
[Update 6 (9:32 am): Wish we were seeing more of Inbee Park's round. It would also be nice to see how Stacy Lewis's hot start cooled off. Clear that ESPN has a limited budget for today's coverage.]
[Update 7 (9:33 am): Another player we should be seeing more of is Suzann Pettersen. After just missing her 4th birdie in a row, she hasn't been on tv at all.]
[Update 8 (9:34 am): Ah, seeing her now getting into trouble on 15!]
[Update 9 (9:36 am): Very impressed by the way Amelia Lewis is playing the last 2 weeks.]
[Update 10 (9:38 am): Love how Ryu has been aggressive off the tee the last several holes!]
[Update 11 (9:41 am): There have been no bogey-free rounds in the 1st 2 days, but Shanshan Feng is -1 and bogey-free heading into 15-18!]
[Update 12 (9:45 am): Nice 70 from Meena Lee and 71 from Ji-Yai Shin to join Morita at +2.]
[Update 13 (9:50 am): Great closing birdie from Laura Davies! Back to +3!]
[Update 14 (9:52 am): Love how Beatriz Recari is turning around her year this week! Great approach shot on 10!]
[Update 15 (9:53 am): Angela Stanford just birdied 17 to fight back to +1 for the week.]
[Update 16 (9:54 am): Still no mention that Feng is bogey-free. Is this like a pitcher in the midst of a no-hitter?]
[Update 17 (9:55 am): Sweet birdie putt from Mo on 10! Bad miss from short range for birdie by Feng, but keeps bogey-free run going.]
[Update 18 (9:56 am): Nice birdie by Recari!]
[Update 19 (9:58 am): Chella Choi's 72 keeps her at +2. Nice birdie from Ai Miyazato on 16 to get back to +2, too!]
[Update 20 (10:00 am): By the way, Marina Alex ended up with a great 68 and is E through 54!]
[Update 21 (10:04 am): Eun-Hee Ji bounced back from her lone bogey of the day with a birdie on 16 to fight back to E.]
[Update 22 (10:05 am): Stanford finished birdie-birdie to get back to E!]
[Update 23 (10:06 am): Amy Yang is having a roller-coaster round, but she has just birdied 2 holes in a row to fight back to E for the week with 5 holes left to play today.]
[Update 24 (10:08 am): OMG. Recari's shot went backwards on 11 right after Ryu went from left to way left on 13!]
[Update 25 (10:09 am): Great comebacker by Recari. Hope she makes the 10-footer! Oooh--great approach by Ahn on 13!]
[Update 26 (10:11 am): Nice that Ayako Uehara birdied 18 to post a 72 and stay at +4. Even nicer that I don't have to listen to Terry Gannon finding a way to mispronounce her name every single try!]
[Update 27 (10:12 am): Dammit, how did Ryu find that tiny creek?!]
[Update 28 (10:12 am): Fantastic bogey save by Recari!]
[Update 29 (10:12 am): Whoops, Yang just bogeyed the par-3 14th like Park before her.]
[Update 30 (10:16 am): Ouch, Martin just 4-putted 12 for a double!]
[Update 31 (10:17 am): Ryu just missed her bogey save, a 35-footer that looked in until the final 6 inches.]
[Update 32 (10:18 am): Nice birdie by Ahn. She's -3 with Park!]
[Update 33 (10:19 am): Eagle on 17 by Suzann Pettersen! -2 and right in this thing!]
[Update 34 (10:21 am): Another smart approach shot on 14 by Ahn!]
[Update 35 (10:22 am): Ryu safely on the green, too.]
[Update 36 (10:23 am): Lewis birdies 18 to join Hull at -1.]
[Update 37 (10:25 am): BTW, Sophie Giquel-Bettan had made an 8 on 15 but bounced back with a birdie on 18 for a 73 that leaves her at +2 for the week. Jenny Shin's 73 was less volatile, but she's also at +2.]
[Update 38 (10:27 am): Ariya Jutanugarn birdies 15 to claw back to E on a roller-coaster day and week!]
[Update 39 (10:29 am): Another terrible long eagle try from Shanshan. Barely made it to the ledge halfway there. But she calmly sinks the 8-foot birdie putt to get to -2 on her day and for the week! Finally Terry Gannon mentioned that she's bogey-free!]
[Update 40 (10:31 am): Ai-sama birdied 18 to get to +1 for the week and remain low Japanese golfer. Morita's 1 back of her, Uehara 2 behind, and Mikan, Miki Saiki, and Erina Hara 3 off her pace. Forgot to mention yesterday that Ayaka Watanabe also made the cut. After a 75 she's now +7.]
[Update 41 (10:33 am): Ahn side-doors her par save to stay at -3, but Inbee birdied 17 to take the lead at -4. Martin had earlier bogeyed 12.]
[Update 42 (10:34 am): Awesome to see Julieta Granada playing well. She birdied 15 to get to -2.]
[Update 43 (10:36 am): Nice eagle-birdie finish by Pettersen to move to -3! And Eun-Hee Ji joins Hull and Lewis at -1 with a walkoff birdie.]
[Update 44 (10:37 am): That's a 68 by Pettersen. I didn't think she'd be a contender this week, but she may well be the 54-hole leader when today's done!]
[Update 45 (10:38 am): Well, that may be an overstatement. Inbee's -4 and 18 is one of the easiest holes on the course....]
[Update 46 (10:42 am): Shanshan got her pace down on her last eagle try. Tap-in birdie for bogey-free 69!]
[Update 47 (10:44 am): Nice birdie by Ryu on 15!]
[Update 48 (10:45 am): Martin made a great out from a tough spot in the trap short of 13 green, but couldn't sink the par putt and goes +4 over her last 3 holes. Meanwhile, Ahn birdies 15 to tie Park for the lead at -4!]
[Update 49 (10:49 am): Amelia Lewis birdies 17 to get to -3!]
[Update 50 (10:50 am): Inbee had a great lag from the back of the 18th green and has 2 feet to get to -5. She hit the right edge and missed!]
[Update 51 (10:51 am): Another good approach shot from Ahn on 16. She has a great chance to take the solo lead over the last 3 holes!]
[Update 52 (10:53 am): Ouch, Ariya doubled 16!]
[Update 53 (10:56 am): Ouch, 3-putt bogey from Martin on 14 after hitting front of green in regulation. She's -1 for the week still and still right in this thing if she can come back on the last 4 holes!]
[Update 54 (10:57 am): Ryu is in trouble on 16. Needs to make a toughie to save bogey. Great par save by Recari on 14 to stay at E for the week.]
[Update 55 (10:58 am): Ahn slam dunks birdie putt from 20 feet on 16. That makes up for those earlier missed short ones! She's your solo leader at -5!]
[Update 56 (11:01 am): Check out Elizabeth Bethel on Charley Hull!]
[Update 57 (11:03 am): Ryu made both doubles on the back with wedges in her hand. Now down to -1 for the week.]
[Update 58 (11:05 am): Wow, Inbee's 68 could have been much lower! She's tied with Morita, Alex, and Pettersen for 2nd-low round of the day, though.]
[Update 59 (11:06 am): Tough walkoff bogey by Amelia Lewis, but she's the only golfer in the field at -2 right now.]
[Update 60 (11:07 am): Ryu found the bunker off the right side on 17 and had to pop it out, even as Recari and Martin hit good approaches on 15.]
[Update 61 (11:08 am): Ahn finds the greenside bunker on 17.]
[Update 62 (11:11 am): Jessica Korda finished birdie-birdie to fight back to +1 for the week.]
[Update 63 (11:12 am): Recari couldn't keep her birdie try high enough.]
[Update 64 (11:13 am): Great break for Ryu on 17, giving her an unexpected birdie chance! Martin missed her short birdie try on 15.]
[Update 65 (11:15 am): Ahn ended up on top of the shelf past the pin on 17; her bunker shot just squirted out a bit too hard to catch the slope and roll back toward the pin.]
[Update 66 (11:17 am): Back at +2 are Jenny Shin, Azahara Munoz, and Ariya Jutanugarn. They're all T20.]
[Update 67 (11:19 am): Ahn and Ryu both par 17. Recari well over on 16.]
[Update 68 (11:20 am): Gwladys Nocera doubled 15 but finished birdie-birdie to claw back to E.]
[Update 69 (11:24 am): Yes! Martin's par save on 16 falls on last rotation!]
[Update 70 (11:25 am): Nice up-and-down for Recari, too!]
[Update 71 (11:27 am): Great drive by Martin on 17!]
[Update 72 (11:30 am): Announcers wondering if Ahn built her stance in greenside bunker on 18. She caught the shot clean and went well past pin. She's been -11 over her last 39 holes!]
[Update 73 (11:33 am): Amy Yang birdied 18 to get to -1. 6 birdies and 6 bogeys!]
[Update 74 (11:36 am): Good pars by Ryu and Ahn. Hope Ahn isn't penalized. BTW, Granada had earlier birdied 18 to get back to -2, tied with Amelia Lewis. Ryu's 40 on the back leaves her at -1 for the week.]
[Update 75 (11:37 am): I would say nobody in the top 20 is out of this thing, especially if the weather turns tougher on Sunday.]
[Update 76 (11:39 am): Good little wedge by Martin on 17. She can get right back in this thing with a birdie! Recari just missed that eagle putt from the left side off the green.]
[Update 77 (11:41 am): Misread by Martin on 7-footer. But it's still a par.]
[Update 78 (11:42 am): Nice birdie by Recari to join Martin & Co. at -1.]
[Update 79 (11:47 am): Emma Talley 2-up on Georgia Hall in race for low amateur.]
[Update 80 (11:50 am): Recari and Martin getting punished for their slow play. Only players to get rained on at this year's WBO!]
[Update 81 (11:52 am): Park and Morita hit every green today!]
[Update 82 (11:59 am): Pars for Martin and Recari on 18. Great comeback for Martin; missed opportunity for Recari. 2 shot penalty on Ahn for building stance on 18. Now -3 and 1 back of Park.]
[Update 83 (12:00 pm): Ko, Ai Miyazato, and Korda now only 5 off lead.]
[Update 84 (1:45 pm): Hottest golfers heading into final round? Ahn -9 over last 41 holes, Hull -8 over last 16, Park -6 over last 27, Pettersen and Feng -5 over last 32, Morita -5 over last 24, Mika Miyazato -4 over last 34, Ji -4 over last 23, Alex and Meena Lee -4 over last 22, Ko -4 over last 19.]
[Update 1 (7:26 am): Add Stacy Lewis to the under-par crowd! She birdied 5 to join Alex at E. Meanwhile, Hull birdied 18 for a 66, the low round of the week!]
[Update 2 (7:31 am): Nice 70 by Mika Miyazato! She's +4 on the week now.]
[Update 3 (8:21 am): Got a call from the lovely ladies in Chiba! Watching the coverage on DVR, so won't update until I catch up to live. Hope what happened to Ayako Uehara on the back yesterday when she started missing fairways doesn't happen to Mo Martin today after she missed the 1st 2 fairways of her round....]
[Update 4 (9:30 am): Glad to see Martin steadying the ship! If Ahn were putting better, she'd be in the lead! Ryu is looking like a champion!]
[Update 5 (9:31 am): Ko parred out on the back for a fine 69. Good to see Paula Creamer shooting a 71 and moving back to +3.]
[Update 6 (9:32 am): Wish we were seeing more of Inbee Park's round. It would also be nice to see how Stacy Lewis's hot start cooled off. Clear that ESPN has a limited budget for today's coverage.]
[Update 7 (9:33 am): Another player we should be seeing more of is Suzann Pettersen. After just missing her 4th birdie in a row, she hasn't been on tv at all.]
[Update 8 (9:34 am): Ah, seeing her now getting into trouble on 15!]
[Update 9 (9:36 am): Very impressed by the way Amelia Lewis is playing the last 2 weeks.]
[Update 10 (9:38 am): Love how Ryu has been aggressive off the tee the last several holes!]
[Update 11 (9:41 am): There have been no bogey-free rounds in the 1st 2 days, but Shanshan Feng is -1 and bogey-free heading into 15-18!]
[Update 12 (9:45 am): Nice 70 from Meena Lee and 71 from Ji-Yai Shin to join Morita at +2.]
[Update 13 (9:50 am): Great closing birdie from Laura Davies! Back to +3!]
[Update 14 (9:52 am): Love how Beatriz Recari is turning around her year this week! Great approach shot on 10!]
[Update 15 (9:53 am): Angela Stanford just birdied 17 to fight back to +1 for the week.]
[Update 16 (9:54 am): Still no mention that Feng is bogey-free. Is this like a pitcher in the midst of a no-hitter?]
[Update 17 (9:55 am): Sweet birdie putt from Mo on 10! Bad miss from short range for birdie by Feng, but keeps bogey-free run going.]
[Update 18 (9:56 am): Nice birdie by Recari!]
[Update 19 (9:58 am): Chella Choi's 72 keeps her at +2. Nice birdie from Ai Miyazato on 16 to get back to +2, too!]
[Update 20 (10:00 am): By the way, Marina Alex ended up with a great 68 and is E through 54!]
[Update 21 (10:04 am): Eun-Hee Ji bounced back from her lone bogey of the day with a birdie on 16 to fight back to E.]
[Update 22 (10:05 am): Stanford finished birdie-birdie to get back to E!]
[Update 23 (10:06 am): Amy Yang is having a roller-coaster round, but she has just birdied 2 holes in a row to fight back to E for the week with 5 holes left to play today.]
[Update 24 (10:08 am): OMG. Recari's shot went backwards on 11 right after Ryu went from left to way left on 13!]
[Update 25 (10:09 am): Great comebacker by Recari. Hope she makes the 10-footer! Oooh--great approach by Ahn on 13!]
[Update 26 (10:11 am): Nice that Ayako Uehara birdied 18 to post a 72 and stay at +4. Even nicer that I don't have to listen to Terry Gannon finding a way to mispronounce her name every single try!]
[Update 27 (10:12 am): Dammit, how did Ryu find that tiny creek?!]
[Update 28 (10:12 am): Fantastic bogey save by Recari!]
[Update 29 (10:12 am): Whoops, Yang just bogeyed the par-3 14th like Park before her.]
[Update 30 (10:16 am): Ouch, Martin just 4-putted 12 for a double!]
[Update 31 (10:17 am): Ryu just missed her bogey save, a 35-footer that looked in until the final 6 inches.]
[Update 32 (10:18 am): Nice birdie by Ahn. She's -3 with Park!]
[Update 33 (10:19 am): Eagle on 17 by Suzann Pettersen! -2 and right in this thing!]
[Update 34 (10:21 am): Another smart approach shot on 14 by Ahn!]
[Update 35 (10:22 am): Ryu safely on the green, too.]
[Update 36 (10:23 am): Lewis birdies 18 to join Hull at -1.]
[Update 37 (10:25 am): BTW, Sophie Giquel-Bettan had made an 8 on 15 but bounced back with a birdie on 18 for a 73 that leaves her at +2 for the week. Jenny Shin's 73 was less volatile, but she's also at +2.]
[Update 38 (10:27 am): Ariya Jutanugarn birdies 15 to claw back to E on a roller-coaster day and week!]
[Update 39 (10:29 am): Another terrible long eagle try from Shanshan. Barely made it to the ledge halfway there. But she calmly sinks the 8-foot birdie putt to get to -2 on her day and for the week! Finally Terry Gannon mentioned that she's bogey-free!]
[Update 40 (10:31 am): Ai-sama birdied 18 to get to +1 for the week and remain low Japanese golfer. Morita's 1 back of her, Uehara 2 behind, and Mikan, Miki Saiki, and Erina Hara 3 off her pace. Forgot to mention yesterday that Ayaka Watanabe also made the cut. After a 75 she's now +7.]
[Update 41 (10:33 am): Ahn side-doors her par save to stay at -3, but Inbee birdied 17 to take the lead at -4. Martin had earlier bogeyed 12.]
[Update 42 (10:34 am): Awesome to see Julieta Granada playing well. She birdied 15 to get to -2.]
[Update 43 (10:36 am): Nice eagle-birdie finish by Pettersen to move to -3! And Eun-Hee Ji joins Hull and Lewis at -1 with a walkoff birdie.]
[Update 44 (10:37 am): That's a 68 by Pettersen. I didn't think she'd be a contender this week, but she may well be the 54-hole leader when today's done!]
[Update 45 (10:38 am): Well, that may be an overstatement. Inbee's -4 and 18 is one of the easiest holes on the course....]
[Update 46 (10:42 am): Shanshan got her pace down on her last eagle try. Tap-in birdie for bogey-free 69!]
[Update 47 (10:44 am): Nice birdie by Ryu on 15!]
[Update 48 (10:45 am): Martin made a great out from a tough spot in the trap short of 13 green, but couldn't sink the par putt and goes +4 over her last 3 holes. Meanwhile, Ahn birdies 15 to tie Park for the lead at -4!]
[Update 49 (10:49 am): Amelia Lewis birdies 17 to get to -3!]
[Update 50 (10:50 am): Inbee had a great lag from the back of the 18th green and has 2 feet to get to -5. She hit the right edge and missed!]
[Update 51 (10:51 am): Another good approach shot from Ahn on 16. She has a great chance to take the solo lead over the last 3 holes!]
[Update 52 (10:53 am): Ouch, Ariya doubled 16!]
[Update 53 (10:56 am): Ouch, 3-putt bogey from Martin on 14 after hitting front of green in regulation. She's -1 for the week still and still right in this thing if she can come back on the last 4 holes!]
[Update 54 (10:57 am): Ryu is in trouble on 16. Needs to make a toughie to save bogey. Great par save by Recari on 14 to stay at E for the week.]
[Update 55 (10:58 am): Ahn slam dunks birdie putt from 20 feet on 16. That makes up for those earlier missed short ones! She's your solo leader at -5!]
[Update 56 (11:01 am): Check out Elizabeth Bethel on Charley Hull!]
[Update 57 (11:03 am): Ryu made both doubles on the back with wedges in her hand. Now down to -1 for the week.]
[Update 58 (11:05 am): Wow, Inbee's 68 could have been much lower! She's tied with Morita, Alex, and Pettersen for 2nd-low round of the day, though.]
[Update 59 (11:06 am): Tough walkoff bogey by Amelia Lewis, but she's the only golfer in the field at -2 right now.]
[Update 60 (11:07 am): Ryu found the bunker off the right side on 17 and had to pop it out, even as Recari and Martin hit good approaches on 15.]
[Update 61 (11:08 am): Ahn finds the greenside bunker on 17.]
[Update 62 (11:11 am): Jessica Korda finished birdie-birdie to fight back to +1 for the week.]
[Update 63 (11:12 am): Recari couldn't keep her birdie try high enough.]
[Update 64 (11:13 am): Great break for Ryu on 17, giving her an unexpected birdie chance! Martin missed her short birdie try on 15.]
[Update 65 (11:15 am): Ahn ended up on top of the shelf past the pin on 17; her bunker shot just squirted out a bit too hard to catch the slope and roll back toward the pin.]
[Update 66 (11:17 am): Back at +2 are Jenny Shin, Azahara Munoz, and Ariya Jutanugarn. They're all T20.]
[Update 67 (11:19 am): Ahn and Ryu both par 17. Recari well over on 16.]
[Update 68 (11:20 am): Gwladys Nocera doubled 15 but finished birdie-birdie to claw back to E.]
[Update 69 (11:24 am): Yes! Martin's par save on 16 falls on last rotation!]
[Update 70 (11:25 am): Nice up-and-down for Recari, too!]
[Update 71 (11:27 am): Great drive by Martin on 17!]
[Update 72 (11:30 am): Announcers wondering if Ahn built her stance in greenside bunker on 18. She caught the shot clean and went well past pin. She's been -11 over her last 39 holes!]
[Update 73 (11:33 am): Amy Yang birdied 18 to get to -1. 6 birdies and 6 bogeys!]
[Update 74 (11:36 am): Good pars by Ryu and Ahn. Hope Ahn isn't penalized. BTW, Granada had earlier birdied 18 to get back to -2, tied with Amelia Lewis. Ryu's 40 on the back leaves her at -1 for the week.]
[Update 75 (11:37 am): I would say nobody in the top 20 is out of this thing, especially if the weather turns tougher on Sunday.]
[Update 76 (11:39 am): Good little wedge by Martin on 17. She can get right back in this thing with a birdie! Recari just missed that eagle putt from the left side off the green.]
[Update 77 (11:41 am): Misread by Martin on 7-footer. But it's still a par.]
[Update 78 (11:42 am): Nice birdie by Recari to join Martin & Co. at -1.]
[Update 79 (11:47 am): Emma Talley 2-up on Georgia Hall in race for low amateur.]
[Update 80 (11:50 am): Recari and Martin getting punished for their slow play. Only players to get rained on at this year's WBO!]
[Update 81 (11:52 am): Park and Morita hit every green today!]
[Update 82 (11:59 am): Pars for Martin and Recari on 18. Great comeback for Martin; missed opportunity for Recari. 2 shot penalty on Ahn for building stance on 18. Now -3 and 1 back of Park.]
[Update 83 (12:00 pm): Ko, Ai Miyazato, and Korda now only 5 off lead.]
[Update 84 (1:45 pm): Hottest golfers heading into final round? Ahn -9 over last 41 holes, Hull -8 over last 16, Park -6 over last 27, Pettersen and Feng -5 over last 32, Morita -5 over last 24, Mika Miyazato -4 over last 34, Ji -4 over last 23, Alex and Meena Lee -4 over last 22, Ko -4 over last 19.]
5 comments:
If you were to take away just the worst hole from many of the leaders you would see a completely different scoreboard. This course can be cruel if you get it wrong. With that said and the fact depending on the weather a -9 could be possible there are plenty of players still in it. Bruce BBC2 is doing the live broadcast and ESPN is doing a makeover of sorts and also cutting a lot of the coverage out due to commercials. Lots of continuous and completely commercial free live streams of BBC2 on the net or you can check out a couple here for the final round...
http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=265825&part=sports
Ahn got penalized two strokes in the end. IMHO she did violate the rules.
Colin, was BBC as focused on last few groups as EPN was? Daniel, I agree with you.
I have been watching the BBC2 stream because Sky my pay TV was taking the ESPN feed and had commercials. I checked out both at the same time and ESPN was also slightly delayed by a few minutes. BBC2 showed a lot more of Ko, Park, Pettersen and others and did a great recap of the morning starters ie Hull before going live. I know because I had both live streams(BBC2/ESPN) and my TV(Sky)going at the same time at the start of coverage for a while before settling with just the BBC2. That's how I also worked out ESPN was using the BBC2 feed and because of the commercials they could not show the coverage of other players the BBC2 showed while they were on.
For anyone wanting to watch next week's Open Championship at Royal Liverpool the BBC2 will have full live commercial free coverage as well 11 hours/day.
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