Cristie Kerr, Brittany Lincicome, Lizette Salas Lead 2012 US Women’s Open After First Round; Lexi Thompson 1 Shot Back

Cristie Kerr

Following right on the heels of Independence Day, a trio of Americans, Cristie Kerr, Lizette Salas and Brittany Lincicome, lead the 2012 United States Women’s Open at 3-under. Young American phenom Lexi Thompson is 1 shot back at 2-under. Those are pretty impressive scores considering that not only is this a US Open set-up on a long course, but all the players are dealing with a smothering heat out there. For both the players and spectators, I wonder when even with staying hydrated, the conditions become unsafe.

Lizette Salas

Of course, leading any tournament after the 1st round is a nice achievement, but as they say you don’t win a tournament in the 1st round. But while Cristie Kerr and Brittany Lincicome have triumphed on the LPGA Major stage before, rookie Lizette Salas is trying to accomplish what her idol, Nancy Lopez, was unable to do, win the US Women’s Open. On the other hand, while Cristie has already won a USWO, Bam-Bam’s game seems built to inevitably win one…or two…or three…

Yani Tseng

World #1 Yani Tseng’s quest for the career Grand Slam launched with a shaky start at 2-over, but it’s early. We’ve seen the amazing Tseng chase the field down and pass them before. I expect the Taiwanese star to pull back to at least even par after round 2. Also tied with Lexi Thompson 1 shot back are the talented Ai Miyazato and Beatriz Recari, both of whom are seeking their first LPGA Major.

SO-YEON RYU

SHANSHAN FENG

CHEYENNE WOODS

AI MIYAZATO

PAULA CREAMER

MORGAN PRESSEL

YUKARI BABA

MEENA LEE

EUN-HEE JI

AZAHARA MUNOZ

TIFFANY JOH

SE RI PAK

JEONG JANG

LEXI THOMPSON

BEATRIZ RECARI

STACY LEWIS

SUN YOUNG YOO

VICKY HURST

JAYE MARIE GREEN

MELISSA REID

HEE YOUNG PARK

SAKURA YOKOMINE

NA YEON CHOI

SUZANN PETTERSEN

PAIGE MACKENZIE

MICHELLE WIE

JESSICA KORDA

SANDRA GAL

INBEE PARK

BRITTANY LINCICOME

Pos

Player

Ctry

Total

Hole

Today

Total

T1	SALAS, Lizette	-3	F	-3	69	69
T1	LINCICOME, Brittany	-3	F*	-3	69	69
T1	KERR, Cristie	-3	F*	-3	69	69
T4	RECARI, Beatriz	-2	F	-2	70	70
T4	MIYAZATO, Ai	-2	F*	-2	70	70
T4	THOMPSON, Lexi	-2	F	-2	70	70
T4	LEE, Jennie	-2	F*	-2	70	70
T8	LEE, Meena	-1	F*	-1	71	71
T8	GAL, Sandra	-1	F	-1	71	71
T8	PARK, Inbee	-1	F	-1	71	71
T8	MIYAZATO, Mika	-1	F	-1	71	71
T8	HURST, Vicky	-1	F*	-1	71	71
T8	CHOI, Na Yeon	-1	F	-1	71	71
T8	PETTERSEN, Suzann	-1	F	-1	71	71
T15	BURNETT, Katie	E	F*	E	72	72
T15	KANG, Jimin	E	F	E	72	72
T15	WARD, Wendy	E	F*	E	72	72
T15	PAK, Se Ri	E	F	E	72	72
T15	NORDQVIST, Anna	E	F	E	72	72
T15	LEE, Il Hee	E	F	E	72	72
T15	KIM, Mindy	E	F	E	72	72
T15	SEO, Hee Kyung	E	F*	E	72	72
T15	SONG, Jennifer	E	F	E	72	72
T24	GULYANAMITTA, Numa	+1	F	+1	73	73
T24	PILLER, Gerina	+1	F*	+1	73	73
T24	LACROSSE, Cindy	+1	F	+1	73	73
T24	CREAMER, Paula	+1	F*	+1	73	73
T24	MUNOZ, Azahara	+1	F	+1	73	73
T24	JANG, Jeong	+1	F	+1	73	73
T24	YANG, Amy	+1	F	+1	73	73
T24	FUTCHER, Katie	+1	F*	+1	73	73
T24	GLEASON, Jennifer	+1	F*	+1	73	73
T24	SCHREEFEL, Dewi Claire	+1	F	+1	73	73
T24	PAK, Jinyoung	+1	F*	+1	73	73
T24	LANG, Brittany	+1	F	+1	73	73
T24	TALLEY, Emma (a)	+1	F*	+1	73	73
T24	CASTRALE, Nicole	+1	F	+1	73	73
T38	WALSHE, Alison	+2	F	+2	74	74
T38	LEE, Mi Hyang	+2	F*	+2	74	74
T38	BERNABE, Elisabeth (a)	+2	F	+2	74	74
T38	RYU, So Yeon	+2	F*	+2	74	74
T38	KIM, I.K.	+2	F	+2	74	74
T38	PRESSEL, Morgan	+2	F*	+2	74	74
T38	FENG, Shanshan	+2	F*	+2	74	74
T38	KUNG, Candie	+2	F	+2	74	74
T38	PERRY, Katherine (a)	+2	F	+2	74	74
T38	SERGAS, Giulia	+2	F	+2	74	74
T38	DO, Brianna	+2	F	+2	74	74
T38	KO, Lydia (a)	+2	F	+2	74	74
T38	PARK, Hee Young	+2	F	+2	74	74
T38	KORDA, Jessica	+2	F	+2	74	74
T38	WIE, Michelle	+2	F	+2	74	74
T38	TSENG, Yani	+2	F	+2	74	74
T38	JUNG, Yeon Ju	+2	F	+2	74	74
T55	O’TOOLE, Ryann	+3	F	+3	75	75
T55	LEE, Alison (a)	+3	F	+3	75	75
T55	SUH, Jenny	+3	F*	+3	75	75
T55	KIM, Christina	+3	F	+3	75	75
T55	STANFORD, Angela	+3	F	+3	75	75
T55	JOH, Tiffany	+3	F*	+3	75	75
T55	MCPHERSON, Kristy	+3	F*	+3	75	75
T55	BOELJON, Christel	+3	F	+3	75	75
T55	WOODS, Cheyenne	+3	F*	+3	75	75
T55	KHANG, Megan (a)	+3	F*	+3	75	75
T55	TEACHMAN, Tessa	+3	F*	+3	75	75
T55	GREEN, Jaye Marie (a)	+3	F	+3	75	75
T55	YOUNG, Heather Bowie	+3	F*	+3	75	75
T55	BLUMENHERST, Amanda	+3	F	+3	75	75
T55	MACKENZIE, Paige	+3	F	+3	75	75
T55	MATTHEW, Catriona	+3	F*	+3	75	75
T55	HULL, Katherine	+3	F*	+3	75	75
T55	YOKOMINE, Sakura	+3	F	+3	75	75
T55	WEBB, Karrie	+3	F*	+3	75	75
T55	OH, Angela	+3	F*	+3	75	75
T55	KIM, Sue	+3	F*	+3	75	75
T55	NOMURA, Haru	+3	F*	+3	75	75
T77	KANE, Lorie	+4	F*	+4	76	76
T77	MOZO, Belen	+4	F*	+4	76	76
T77	PRAMMANASUDH, Stacy	+4	F*	+4	76	76
T77	GULBIS, Natalie	+4	F	+4	76	76
T77	JI, Eun-Hee	+4	F*	+4	76	76
T77	O’SULLIVAN, Hannah (a)	+4	F	+4	76	76
T77	AYADA, Hiroko	+4	F	+4	76	76
T77	PARK, Jisoo (a)	+4	F*	+4	76	76
T77	TAMULIS, Kris	+4	F	+4	76	76
T77	CHEN, Doris (a)	+4	F*	+4	76	76
T77	PHATLUM, Pornanong	+4	F*	+4	76	76
T77	STUPPLES, Karen	+4	F*	+4	76	76
T77	LUNA, Diana	+4	F*	+4	76	76
T77	SHIN, Jenny	+4	F*	+4	76	76
T77	YOO, Sun Young	+4	F*	+4	76	76
T77	JOHNSON, Jennifer	+4	F	+4	76	76
T77	CIGANDA, Carlota	+4	F	+4	76	76
T94	JACQUES, Kelly	+5	F*	+5	77	77
T94	MORENO, Paola	+5	F	+5	77	77
T94	YANG, Soo Jin	+5	F*	+5	77	77
T94	HJORTH, Maria	+5	F*	+5	77	77
T94	HAN, Hee Won	+5	F*	+5	77	77
T94	KIM, Kyung (a)	+5	F	+5	77	77
T94	UEDA, Momoko	+5	F*	+5	77	77
T94	HEDWALL, Caroline	+5	F*	+5	77	77
T94	LEWIS, Stacy	+5	F*	+5	77	77
T94	GUSTAFSON, Sophie	+5	F	+5	77	77
T94	HARIGAE, Mina	+5	F*	+5	77	77
T94	MEADOW, Stephanie (a)	+5	F	+5	77	77
T106	YIN, Angel (a)	+6	F	+6	78	78
T106	WILSON, Haley	+6	F	+6	78	78
T106	SHON, Kelly (a)	+6	F*	+6	78	78
T106	ALTOMARE, Brittany (a)	+6	F	+6	78	78
T106	KANG, Danielle	+6	F	+6	78	78
T106	PACE, Lee-Anne	+6	F	+6	78	78
T106	BABA, Yukari	+6	F*	+6	78	78
T106	HULLETT, Jamie	+6	F	+6	78	78
T106	LEE, Seon Hwa	+6	F	+6	78	78
T106	MARTIN, Mo	+6	F*	+6	78	78
T106	NAKAYAMA, Mina	+6	F*	+6	78	78
T106	BAE, Kyeong	+6	F*	+6	78	78
T118	INKSTER, Juli	+7	F	+7	79	79
T118	PANCAKE, Brooke	+7	F*	+7	79	79
T118	WEAVER, Lindsey (a)	+7	F*	+7	79	79
T118	FELIBERT, Veronica	+7	F	+7	79	79
T118	REID, Melissa	+7	F	+7	79	79
T118	LEE, Jihee	+7	F	+7	79	79
T118	CLANTON, Cydney	+7	F*	+7	79	79
T118	HUFFER, Becca	+7	F	+7	79	79
T126	MEIER, Christine (a)	+8	F	+8	80	80
T126	RAH, Jane	+8	F*	+8	80	80
T126	JUTANUGARN, Moriya (a)	+8	F	+8	80	80
T126	RANKIN, Reilley	+8	F*	+8	80	80
T126	LOPEZ, Gabriela (a)	+8	F*	+8	80	80
T126	ARMSTRONG, Ashley (a)	+8	F*	+8	80	80
T126	HUR, Mi Jung	+8	F	+8	80	80
T126	DOMINGUEZ, Gabriella (a)	+8	F*	+8	80	80
T134	PARK, Annie (a)	+9	F*	+9	81	81
T134	TANCO, Victoria	+9	F*	+9	81	81
T134	KIM, Birdie	+9	F	+9	81	81
T134	GRANADA, Julieta	+9	F	+9	81	81
T134	NEFF, Aimee	+9	F*	+9	81	81
T134	HURST, Pat	+9	F*	+9	81	81
T134	PULLEY, Kylene	+9	F*	+9	81	81
T134	KEEL, Jisoo (a)	+9	F*	+9	81	81
T134	MORGAN, Becky	+9	F*	+9	81	81
T134	CHOI, Chella	+9	F*	+9	81	81
T134	SIM, Hyun Hwa	+9	F*	+9	81	81
T134	BEISIEGEL, Isabelle	+9	F	+9	81	81
T146	HARRIS, Katy	+10	F	+10	82	82
T146	ALVAREZ, Anya Sarai	+10	F	+10	82	82
T146	HUNG, Amy	+10	F*	+10	82	82
T146	AUBERT, Shannon (a)	+10	F*	+10	82	82
T150	GRIMES, Lisa	+11	F	+11	83	83
T150	BRISTOW, Cathryn	+11	F	+11	83	83
152	ALVAREZ, Lili	+12	F*	+12	84	84
153	MAO, Briana (a)	+13	F*	+13	85	85
154	STOLL, Gigi (a)	+14	F	+14	86	86
T155	MITSUNAGA, Rinko (a)	+15	F*	+15	87	87
T155	MARKS, Samantha S. (a)	+15	F	+15	87	87