Condensed Rd. 1 | 2024 Ford Championship presented by KCC

Watch the Round Highlights from Ford Championship presented by KCC Round 1, 03/28/2024
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Show you some of the action from earlier today and talk about Coors knowledge Karen the Civil member Elena sharp at 17 well that heart had to be in her mouth a little bit with the t-shot to end up there but all’s well that ends well the Dane Emily Pon she has shown flashes

Karen hasn’t she she has incredibly talented player great ball Striker the driveable 16th is Island Green at 17 and let’s see how Emily would play this part three 49 y day and that’s probably about as long as you’ll see it all week I mean that was a a

Feisty approach you could get into the water if you get a big hop there land it too deep back at that 16th aam mun another Arizona State sundevil watching some of the action from earlier world number one again Nelly Corda with a birdie at one a

Birdie at two and Karen this one at three well this third Hall is a long par for we saw on a graphic measuring 422 yard that’s no P Finelli with her length playing in the afternoon wave with another Superstar of the LPGA Tour Karen Seline boutier well this is on the on

The par three and these par 3es at Cal Golf and Country Club are not particularly easy so anytime you can make a birdie on one of these far threes the player Nelly supplanted at the top of the rooll rankings her fellow American Lil Vu at the fifth well and

It’s kind of a surprise to see her have that long of a part on that hole because L is still taking advantage there with the birdie the swed l Grant played at Arizona State not far away from here this for Eagle at five there you go and

That was one of those eagles with eight under from the morning wave setting the pace Lydia CO’s Hall of Fame Quest resumes this week this from off the green at six have we seen this before well I was going to say have you seen cach shipping him a few times couple

Times a couple or thousand maybe move a little bit from her left to right that little one had a bird’s eye view Karen what a great shot that was at the youngster watching Lily a Vu little teeny bit of Breeze just slightly hurting that look good from the

Tea oh it’s absolutely tremendous with a long AR on these tough parres won’t be too much of a problem though for her from there yoju Kim one of the best percentages to win among the pre-tournament favorites benan you could probably say that about any

Wig for y i I think when you when you try and do that if you just have One Singular shot in mind it’s very easy easy to pick the club and choose the shot that you want to play and then when all of a sudden you start to start to

Introduce more clubs and more options back to the eighth and Nelly for a fifth birdie in eight holes couple of players I’ve been talking to this week have said that about these greens that it’s very easy to read more into the pups than there actually is they tend to be a little bit

Flatter than your eyes see and certainly when I was out there walking around the golf course I was looking at the parts and for sure felt like it was going to break a lot and 155 yards just keep an eye on how much she can launch this relative to aaku who’s 20 yards

Behind her Lily view just a huge Advantage oh that’s lovely and and that is one of the factors of this golf course the longer players he nicely done there just patient part just letting the ball drip in the front edge of the hole oh nice extension on the follow

Through of that puck right there boutier also with a seven iron and again like Lydia good an angle to that back right hole location able to be really aggressive it’s been quite amazing K celine’s uh rise these past few years you know she’s all of a sudden found

What it takes to become a winner and she’s done it relentlessly this past year or so now NASA this also a seven iron oo that’s rather tasty nearly perfect yeah it rolls real nicely through this Fringe though little too much Place Pace it is nice though how well

Manicured this golf course is with those cringes uh that the players do have so many options with how they want to play it I mean that was a great call there with the putter NASA for birdie at 10 we’s already given this to her hadn’t

We it was just a yes farther and easier in the afternoon warmth than it does in the morning when it’s cool it’s almost a club k Temple that was magnificent got a little bit of that release on it because she did take some distance off of it this

But to get to four under just maybe a little movement left to right I actually had somebody ask me today if Fairways were painted in such a good condition how about that whoa well there you go Karen you said it take your medicine give yourself

A chance back we go to the 10th and he you Kim with her second this was a moment ago tracking yep play this aggressively see how close she can get looking to get this in a 5ft circle just lacking speed there always like a putt to roll you

Know a good speed of putt to me was always 12 to 18 in past the hole should be moving from right to left towards the back of the green a lot of subtle breaks in these greens nothing huge that’s a bonus sure is alum and a Quist from just off the green at

13 and guess what club she has that would be a p off the green and into the hole we’ve seen that a few dozens yes that’s a pretty good shot there I mean she she created a good angle for her just don’t do anything don’t try to get too cute

Here oh that was executed beautifully whoa she made that look so much easier than it was 112 yards she’s got room in front of this whole location eight Paces on anything just left to the flag would be the conservative play can take out a little less break and play the putt

Firmly she hit that exactly where she had it aimed M this would immediately erase the bogey she made at the last that took a little right swing off the that Downs slope from the bunker I think this whole location is really sneaky and it’s probably the toughest whole location that we’ve seen

Out in the golf course today and of course rosang was uh a junior not that long ago now here she is an PGA winner playing the par five 12th well in creating that really good angle to to attack this whole location everything around the hole kind of tilts left to

Right the wedge game relentlessly particularly inside 100 yards you’re expecting it to get within 5T that’s a sand wedge just an easy one it’s one thing to be a little bit off on the on the distance control but you don’t really expect it to be too much off on

The accustomed to playing with huge expectations pays off the birdie there she won back-to-back NCAA titles in the Phoenix area be a touch downhill back towards this hole all right now that’s how it’s done quickly the six under she’s been creating that little fade shot quite

Nicely with her teeing this ball up on the right side of the tea here that was suggest a fade here too good altitude on that shot and you could tell the difference of hitting that shot that spot that Seline was trying to hit and coming in with more

Altitude it paid off to 12 and the two-time US Women’s Amer champ Kristen Gilman with her third right back at 13 the second for Lyn Grant it’s aggressive that’s the first one that we’ve really seen kind of have to dig down deep for some of that creativity touch a helping wind 159 y

Whole location four Paces Above This Ridge and another Beauty from Lilia she’ll have that to get to Seven under which would be the best round of the afternoon y major Champion H Kim she’s come close at a couple of other Majors as well this is a [Applause]

13 she’s part of that group nine of the top 10 in the world are here this week after seven holes and now they’re collectively just 10 under par so really need to uh make a big push to the Finish Well these last few h k will give

Them the the opportunity to do that particularly 16 and 18 and up ahead Lilia for birdie and here is aim Kim at the 17th oh she takes on that back hole location and oh that duck couldn’t stand to watch here is Anna nordquist going to

Have a go at it you can go into the water if you’re not careful if you have dropped in off the back oh this has a Chance when the sun’s out the wind up a little everything gets really Firm with 61 half and doz the other K like it might it gets a little bit firmer but the ball flies farther you’re having shorter clubs into the green uh but maybe the softness is a good thing to have too just a small one this is the club

That set up the birdie on the playoff hole against rhino T she’s on that on the driving distance hole and you can see that a t-shot went just over 300 yards that’s not too shabby all right second shot at this short par 4 for Lilia straightforward it

Was just a matter of deciding what type of shot but this one getting a little away from her brilliant approach from Seline bouier at 15 and pays it off with the birdie at the 15th mentioned she’s not one of the longer hitters you can have some long approaches into some of these par

Fours what’ you say not much can go wrong with that swing no it’s just so simple like the the lines and the planes they’re absolutely textbook not much again that you that you don’t like really about her her putting I think she just looks particularly solid I think

That was a bit unlucky just catching the edge there and just spinning out but you could see it was a a confidence stroke yo Kim at the 15th for birdie aha that was worth the [Applause] wait she just never got it hit firmly enough through that first

Part of being off the green you know Benton has aunti Nelly you know to help out as well all right here’s Lilia at 17 oh goodness oh we’re seeing some crazy putting on this uh back nine today that that was a bit of a stabby stroke K it uh was not her smoothest

Effort and she’s been terrific this year yeah statistically it’s a glorious day here temperatures in the upper 70s just a little bit of Breeze we were expecting the chance of some stiffer winds haven’t really felt it Lilia coming back for par gives a r smile to where catty cul and

Santi birdie attempt for Seline boutier at 17 okay boom little bit of an UPS slope between her in the hole she takes it in low yep you can see it kind of stopped it up a little bit on that up slope not much remaining has put good

Roll on two putts and gotten robbed the last couple [Applause] holes not robbed there up and down for birdie at a 64 a couple of times today 177 yards to the hole seven iron in hand aggressive line what well I mean with a seven IR in your hands you you can be more

Aggressive couple of weeks ago came out and got a sneak preview of here is Kristen Gilman on the T at the 17th so I mean there’s still obviously a lot of lot of goal to be played but I with talk about you know making cuts and things the lowest cut in lpj history

Is 500 it’s been done a couple of times very nice Selen has added a bit of strength and uh she feels refreshed and we’re seeing that form because of it here’s carota saganda finishing up on the 9th here’s an example of what you said earlier a lot of forgiveness at

Seville there is and you can you can miss the fairways and still be okay and get away from it match play in Vegas has moved it to 8 under carot Sanda this to get to n under flag stick in I think she was she was looking at

Getting to nine and she knew once she hit that approach shot that that it was going to be a little bit out of her reach but uh I think she’s going to be fairly satisfied with being tied for the lead after today tied for the lead paderia nanar rukan of Thailand second

Left in a good spot in the Fairway there long shot in but she’s going to set herself up for a chance to to take the Lead yes tajer ties her career low in this her sixth season on the LPGA Tour a 63 and how about that finish