Even the legendary Annika Sorenstam admits that after winning the 2005 Kraft Nabisco Championship and LPGA Championship she felt tremendous pressure going for 3 for 3 at the 2005 US Open. It proved too much weight as Annika finished tied for 23rd at 12-over par. If Inbee Park is feeling similar pressure going for an historic Major trifecta she isn’t showing it. On a day when the course conditions beat up the best women’s golfers in the world, only one player was under par. Guess who. Inbee used a 1-under round to push her overall score to 10-under, 4 shots better than 2nd place In Kyung Kim and a whopping 7 shots clear of 3rd place Jodi Ewart Shadoff. The most impressive part of the day for Inbee was her incredible birdie putt on 14, which followed 3 straight bogeys. For a moment it looked like Inbee would let the field back in until she bombed in a long tricky putt on the 14th. She righted the ship with another birdie on 15 and a close out birdie on 18. If the course plays tough again, I can’t see anybody making up enough ground to catch Inbee unless she starts to crumble under the pressure. If I were the USGA, what I might do to add some level of competition on Sunday is move the tees up again and have favorable pin placements. In other words, I’d turn it into a shooting gallery on Sunday so that some players behind Inbee can post some low scores. Of course, that could also give Inbee a chance to go low. Still, I think that’s the only way short of an Inbee collapse for anybody to catch her. As it stands, I’d put my money on Inbee and history.
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INBEE PARK
IN KYUNG KIM
JODI EWART SHADOFF
JESSICA KORDA
LIZETTE SALAS
ANNA NORDQVIST
HA NEUL KIM
HAEJI KANG
BRITTANY LANG
NELLY KORDA
STACY LEWIS
AI MIYAZATO
MIKA MIYAZATO
LYDIA KO
SO YEON RYU
PAULA CREAMER
JENNIFER ROSALES
Pos | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Today | Thru | Total | Strokes |
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1 | Inbee Park | 67 | 68 | 71 | 1:25 pm | -1 | F | -10 | 206 |
2 | I.K. Kim | 68 | 69 | 73 | 1:25 pm | +1 | F | -6 | 210 |
3 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 70 | 69 | 74 | 1:14 pm | +2 | F | -3 | 213 |
T4 | So Yeon Ryu | 73 | 69 | 73 | 1:14 pm | +1 | F | -1 | 215 |
T4 | Angela Stanford | 73 | 68 | 74 | 1:03 pm | +2 | F | -1 | 215 |
T6 | Paula Creamer | 72 | 73 | 72 | 1:03 pm | E | F | +1 | 217 |
T6 | Jessica Korda | 70 | 71 | 76 | 12:52 pm | +4 | F | +1 | 217 |
T8 | Ai Miyazato | 76 | 70 | 72 | 12:52 pm | E | F | +2 | 218 |
T8 | Brittany Lang | 76 | 69 | 73 | 12:41 pm | +1 | F | +2 | 218 |
T8 | Brittany Lincicome | 72 | 72 | 74 | 12:41 pm | +2 | F | +2 | 218 |
T8 | Cristie Kerr | 72 | 72 | 74 | 12:30 pm | +2 | F | +2 | 218 |
T12 | Karrie Webb | 73 | 73 | 73 | 12:30 pm | +1 | F | +3 | 219 |
T12 | Catriona Matthew | 70 | 75 | 74 | 12:19 pm | +2 | F | +3 | 219 |
T12 | Lindy Duncan | 71 | 73 | 75 | 12:19 pm | +3 | F | +3 | 219 |
T12 | Karine Icher | 70 | 72 | 77 | 12:08 pm | +5 | F | +3 | 219 |
T12 | Anna Nordqvist | 68 | 74 | 77 | 12:08 pm | +5 | F | +3 | 219 |
T17 | Azahara Munoz | 73 | 74 | 73 | 11:57 am | +1 | F | +4 | 220 |
T17 | Na Yeon Choi | 71 | 77 | 72 | 11:57 am | E | F | +4 | 220 |
T17 | Lexi Thompson | 75 | 69 | 76 | 11:46 am | +4 | F | +4 | 220 |
T20 | M.J. Hur | 75 | 71 | 75 | 11:46 am | +3 | F | +5 | 221 |
T20 | Shanshan Feng | 71 | 75 | 75 | 11:35 am | +3 | F | +5 | 221 |
T20 | Haeji Kang | 71 | 73 | 77 | 11:35 am | +5 | F | +5 | 221 |
T20 | Kristy McPherson | 74 | 75 | 72 | 11:24 am | E | F | +5 | 221 |
T20 | Ha-Neul Kim | 66 | 77 | 78 | 11:24 am | +6 | F | +5 | 221 |
T25 | Stacy Lewis | 71 | 76 | 75 | 11:13 am | +3 | F | +6 | 222 |
T25 | Morgan Pressel | 73 | 74 | 75 | 11:13 am | +3 | F | +6 | 222 |
T25 | Jennifer Rosales | 70 | 76 | 76 | 11:02 am | +4 | F | +6 | 222 |
T25 | Mariajo Uribe | 70 | 76 | 76 | 11:02 am | +4 | F | +6 | 222 |
T25 | Thidapa Suwannapura | 75 | 74 | 73 | 10:51 am | +1 | F | +6 | 222 |
T25 | Caroline Hedwall | 68 | 75 | 79 | 10:51 am | +7 | F | +6 | 222 |
T25 | Lizette Salas | 68 | 72 | 82 | 10:40 am | +10 | F | +6 | 222 |
T32 | Sarah Jane Smith | 71 | 76 | 76 | 10:40 am | +4 | F | +7 | 223 |
T32 | Maude-Aimee Leblanc | 69 | 77 | 77 | 10:29 am | +5 | F | +7 | 223 |
T32 | Ryann O’Toole | 72 | 73 | 78 | 10:29 am | +6 | F | +7 | 223 |
T32 | Mika Miyazato | 72 | 77 | 74 | 10:18 am | +2 | F | +7 | 223 |
T32 | Soo-Jin Yang | 72 | 72 | 79 | 10:18 am | +7 | F | +7 | 223 |
T32 | Julieta Granada | 74 | 76 | 73 | 10:07 am | +1 | F | +7 | 223 |
T32 | Ayako Uehara | 75 | 75 | 73 | 10:07 am | +1 | F | +7 | 223 |
T39 | Dewi Claire Schreefel | 76 | 71 | 77 | 9:56 am | +5 | F | +8 | 224 |
T39 | Chella Choi | 73 | 75 | 76 | 9:56 am | +4 | F | +8 | 224 |
T39 | Pornanong Phatlum | 71 | 77 | 76 | 9:45 am | +4 | F | +8 | 224 |
T39 | Natalie Gulbis | 70 | 78 | 76 | 9:34 am | +4 | F | +8 | 224 |
T39 | Amy Yang | 74 | 72 | 78 | 9:45 am | +6 | F | +8 | 224 |
T39 | Hee Kyung Seo | 75 | 74 | 75 | 9:34 am | +3 | F | +8 | 224 |
T39 | Christina Kim | 75 | 75 | 74 | 9:23 am | +2 | F | +8 | 224 |
T46 | Mo Martin | 74 | 74 | 77 | 9:23 am | +5 | F | +9 | 225 |
T46 | Gerina Piller | 73 | 76 | 76 | 9:12 am | +4 | F | +9 | 225 |
T46 | Jane Park | 73 | 76 | 76 | 9:12 am | +4 | F | +9 | 225 |
T49 | Caroline Masson | 71 | 74 | 81 | 9:01 am | +9 | F | +10 | 226 |
T49 | Laura Diaz | 76 | 74 | 76 | 9:01 am | +4 | F | +10 | 226 |
T51 | Casie Cathrea | 75 | 73 | 79 | 8:50 am | +7 | F | +11 | 227 |
T51 | Doris Chen | 74 | 74 | 79 | 8:50 am | +7 | F | +11 | 227 |
T51 | Lydia Ko | 72 | 76 | 79 | 8:39 am | +7 | F | +11 | 227 |
T51 | Becky Morgan | 75 | 73 | 79 | 8:39 am | +7 | F | +11 | 227 |
T51 | Jenny Shin | 78 | 71 | 78 | 8:28 am | +6 | F | +11 | 227 |
T51 | Moira Dunn | 78 | 72 | 77 | 8:28 am | +5 | F | +11 | 227 |
T51 | Meena Lee | 71 | 79 | 77 | 8:17 am | +5 | F | +11 | 227 |
T58 | Amy Meier | 74 | 72 | 82 | 8:17 am | +10 | F | +12 | 228 |
T58 | Yueer Cindy Feng | 72 | 77 | 79 | 8:06 am | +7 | F | +12 | 228 |
T58 | Caroline Westrup | 74 | 76 | 78 | 8:06 am | +6 | F | +12 | 228 |
T61 | Danah Bordner | 73 | 74 | 82 | 7:55 am | +10 | F | +13 | 229 |
T61 | Nelly Korda | 73 | 77 | 79 | 7:55 am | +7 | F | +13 | 229 |
T63 | Brooke Henderson | 71 | 76 | 83 | 7:44 am | +11 | F | +14 | 230 |
T63 | Cindy LaCrosse | 74 | 74 | 82 | 7:44 am | +10 | F | +14 | 230 |
T63 | Carlota Ciganda | 76 | 72 | 82 | 7:33 am | +10 | F | +14 | 230 |
T66 | Austin Ernst | 75 | 74 | 82 | 7:33 am | +10 | F | +15 | 231 |
T66 | Jackie Barenborg Stoel | 75 | 74 | 82 | 7:22 am | +10 | F | +15 | 231 |
68 | Eun-Hee Ji | 73 | 77 | 83 | 7:22 am | +11 | F | +17 | 233 |
T69 | Christel Boeljon | 77 | 74 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
T69 | Paz Echeverria | 69 | 82 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
T69 | Sandra Gal | 76 | 75 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
T69 | Juli Inkster | 72 | 79 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
T69 | Char Young Kim | 75 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
T69 | Rachel Rohanna | 74 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
T69 | Kris Tamulis | 75 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
T69 | Yani Tseng | 76 | 75 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
T69 | Alison Walshe | 77 | 74 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
T69 | Lindsey Wright | 73 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
T69 | Je-Yoon Yang | 70 | 81 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
T69 | Sun Young Yoo | 77 | 74 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 151 |
T81 | Christi Cano | 74 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 152 |
T81 | Katie Futcher | 78 | 74 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 152 |
T81 | Megan Grehan | 78 | 74 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 152 |
T81 | Vicky Hurst | 79 | 73 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 152 |
T81 | Nicole Jeray | 75 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 152 |
T81 | Lorie Kane | 77 | 75 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 152 |
T81 | Pernilla Lindberg | 76 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 152 |
T81 | Beatriz Recari | 81 | 71 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 152 |
T81 | Emily Tubert | 74 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 152 |
T81 | Momoko Ueda | 73 | 79 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 152 |
T91 | Nicole Castrale | 78 | 75 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 153 |
T91 | Sophie Gustafson | 78 | 75 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 153 |
T91 | Mina Harigae | 77 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 153 |
T91 | Katherine Hull-Kirk | 73 | 80 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 153 |
T91 | Kyung Kim | 71 | 82 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 153 |
T91 | Sydnee Michaels | 78 | 75 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 153 |
T91 | Ji Young Oh | 79 | 74 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 153 |
T91 | Hee Young Park | 76 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 153 |
T91 | Caroline Powers | 73 | 80 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 153 |
T100 | Chie Arimura | 76 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 154 |
T100 | Jamie Hullett | 78 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 154 |
T100 | Ilhee Lee | 76 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 154 |
T100 | Annie Park | 79 | 75 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 154 |
T100 | Suzann Pettersen | 76 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 154 |
T100 | Giulia Sergas | 79 | 75 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 154 |
T100 | Jiyai Shin | 76 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 154 |
T100 | Karen Stupples | 75 | 79 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 154 |
T108 | Irene Cho | 77 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 155 |
T108 | Birdie Kim | 78 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 155 |
T108 | Tiffany Lua | 76 | 79 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 155 |
T108 | Brooke Pancake | 74 | 81 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 155 |
T108 | Miki Saiki | 75 | 80 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 155 |
T108 | Gabriella Then | 77 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 155 |
T114 | Carly Booth | 78 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 156 |
T114 | Hee-Won Han | 80 | 76 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 156 |
T114 | Tiffany Joh | 75 | 81 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 156 |
T114 | Danielle Kang | 74 | 82 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 156 |
T114 | P.K. Kongkraphan | 76 | 80 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 156 |
T114 | Belen Mozo | 78 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 156 |
T114 | Stephanie Sherlock | 78 | 78 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 156 |
T121 | Katy Harris | 78 | 79 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 157 |
T121 | Jennifer Johnson | 76 | 81 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 157 |
T121 | Stacey Keating | 76 | 81 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 157 |
T121 | Jessica Shepley | 77 | 80 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 157 |
T121 | Mariah Stackhouse | 78 | 79 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 157 |
T121 | Nicole Zhang | 77 | 80 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 157 |
T127 | Emily Childs | 77 | 81 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 158 |
T127 | Kirby Dreher | 77 | 81 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 158 |
T127 | Felicity Johnson | 83 | 75 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 158 |
T130 | Alexandra Kaui | 78 | 81 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 159 |
T130 | Se Ri Pak | 78 | 81 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 159 |
T130 | Macarena Silva | 79 | 80 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 159 |
T130 | Hannah Suh | 80 | 79 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 159 |
T134 | Aimee Cho | 81 | 79 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 160 |
T134 | Mariel Galdiano | 80 | 80 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 160 |
T134 | Taylore Karle | 78 | 82 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 160 |
T137 | Shannon Aubert | 81 | 80 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 161 |
T137 | Chelsea Harris | 81 | 80 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 161 |
T137 | Amelia Lewis | 78 | 83 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 161 |
140 | Erica Herr | 77 | 85 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 162 |
T141 | Kelli Bowers | 84 | 79 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 163 |
T141 | Mikayla Harmon | 79 | 84 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 163 |
T141 | Catherine Matranga | 78 | 85 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 163 |
T141 | Janice Moodie | 84 | 79 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 163 |
145 | Sally Watson | 82 | 82 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 164 |
T146 | Kendra Little | 77 | 88 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 165 |
T146 | Elena Robles | 77 | 88 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 165 |
T148 | Alice H. Kim | 89 | 77 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 166 |
T148 | Tiffany Tavee | 85 | 81 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 166 |
150 | Christine Song | 78 | 89 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 167 |
151 | Karinn Dickinson | 86 | 82 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 168 |
152 | Elizabeth Schultz | 78 | 91 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 169 |
153 | Izzy Beisiegel | 84 | 86 | MC | MC | – | – | – | 170 |
T154 | Yoon-Kyung Heo | 79 | WD | WD | WD | – | – | – | 79 |
T154 | Candie Kung | 79 | WD | WD | WD | – | – | – | 79 |
156 | Michelle Wie | 80 | WD | WD | WD | – | – | – | 80 |
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