LPGA 2023, CPKC Women's Open, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 24-27 August
Yuka Saso leads in Vancouver; Hannah Green & Gabriela Ruffels T9
From LPGA News, by the AP:
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Yuka Saso had a big second nine to shoot a 6-under 66 and take the first-round lead Thursday in the CPKC Women’s Open, while Canadian star Brooke Henderson struggled while playing in glasses for the first time on the LPGA Tour.
Even par at the turn at tree-lined — and mosquito-infested — Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club, Saso birdied Nos. 1-4 and 6-7, playing her second nine in 6-under 30. The 22-year-old Japanese player won the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open for her lone LPGA Tour title.
“I don’t know what happened the back nine,” Saso said. “I started hitting some good second shots and having short putts for birdies, giving myself a lot of chances.” Read more
From Sportsnet.ca, by Canadian Press:
VANCOUVER — The biggest challenge Japan's Yuka Saso faced at the CPKC Women's Open were the bugs at Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club.
Saso fired a 6-under 66 in the morning wave on Thursday in the first round of the Canadian women's golf championship, for a three-stroke clubhouse lead. The course played tougher in the afternoon with Sweden's Linn Grant shooting a 5-under 67 to sit alone in second. Read more
Gabriela Ruffels on top of her game
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