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Hello. We are back at Woburn Golf Club in Bedfordshire and it feels a

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bit like we've come home. This may be the 40th anniversary of the Ricoh

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Women's British Open Championship but this place on one of its three

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places, the Duke's course was so influential on helping to grow this

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great Championship in its early years. Thoughtfully nine years in

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the 80s and 90s this place was hugely influential and attracted an

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evermore international field and producing some wonderful champions,

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the likes of America's Patty Sheehan, Swedes Helen Alfredsson and

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a feisty fiery Australian Karrie Webb, who won the first of her three

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British Open titles right here two decades ago. She, of course, has

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gone on to become one of the true greats of the winning's game. So,

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Woburn was in effect the launch pad for her career, as indeed it has

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been for this great event. Because, it was given major status in 2001,

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and has since travelled around the country to some of the most storeyed

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courses. The likes of St Andrews and Turnberry, Carnoustie and Royal

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Birkdale. And now, after 17 years, we are back. Only this time, we are

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going to tackle the newest of Woburn's three courses, the Marquess

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Course offer what is the fourth of the world's top 50

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players, although our defending champion Inbee Park, is sadly not

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amongst them. After completing the career Grand Slam at Turnberry last

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year, the South Korean has been troubled by a hand injury for most

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of this season and will instead be at a tempting to be ready for the

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real Olympics in a couple of weeks' time. So without Inbee the focus of

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attention is on golf's new generation. Youth is trending in

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women's golf and how. The world number one Lydia Ko is only 19 years

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old. The latest teenage major sensation Brooke Henderson of Canada

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is only 18, and Brittany Lang, the newly crowned US Open champion is a

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relatively ancient 30 years of age. But there is one young woman in this

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field who perhaps knows this layout and this place better than anyone. A

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lot of attention this week on Woburn's own Charley Hull.

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I do feel a lot of pressure, but at the end of the day it's something

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you've got to deal with. So, tell us about your so far. You

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had a great finish. Does that give you the confidence in Majors to

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think you belong here, you can do this? It does, definitely. I've

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actually played quite well in a couple of the other Majors,

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especially that one, it gives me a good feeling and lets me know how to

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do with the pressure coming down the stretch.

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You know, I still wake up some mornings and can't believe I'm the

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US Open women's champion. It's definitely something all Americans

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dream of winning. I know not only Americans but it is a dream come

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true to have my family there. It was so special and sometimes I can't

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believe it, I have to see the pictures to believe it really

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happened. It is a huge turning point in my career. I've always liked

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Dunne lacked a bit of confidence and it gives me lots of confidence and I

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just have to keep remembering it. Sometimes if you say, I want to win

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ten tournaments this season, it can become, I'm realistic. If somebody

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plays better it is out of my hands. I like to set minor goals and goals

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that I can work on, and eventually because I'm better I've got more

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chances of winning Championships. It's amazing here. The landscape is

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so beautiful, the old buildings, the churches, the history, it's all

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incredible and I love this golf course. It's a little bit more

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traditional than growing up in Canada, it's like a lot of the

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courses they there so I look forward to the week and having four solid

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days. I've never really been a long hitter, I've always had the mindset

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that when I do have an irony in my hand, try and go for it, take it as

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an advantage -- iron in my hand. And take it from there. It's the club I

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feel most comfortable with. The long game is my strength and the short

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game I've been working on, so I have to make sure I hit lots of good

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shots this week and get on a good place to give myself an opportunity

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to hit it into the green. The greens can be tricky, early on you have to

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hit some good iron shots and figure out the brakes because the greens

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are undulating. Around the greens is where everybody will score, or not

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score. Being a good pace putter, hitting it to the right spots, into

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the bowls or the slopes to get it closest will be the key. These

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greens are sneakily undulating. You can't really see them when you are

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far away but when you are close up you are able to see the subtle

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slopes. I feel like it breaks a bit more than what it looks like, so the

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plotting is going to be the key for this week.

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And, guess who is number one in the putting stats on the American Tour

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right now? Lydia Ko, the world number one, and she leads the way in

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so many respects in this game right now. Now, as you may know, South

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Korean golfers have donated the rankings in the upper echelons of

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those rankings for the last ten, 15 years, there are five in the top ten

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and 30 in the top 50. Leading everyone and flying the flag for New

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Zealand is Lydia Ko, the kiwi is the youngest man or woman ever to ascend

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to the world number one spot and she is celebrating her 40th week there.

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Another teenage phenomenon Brooke Henderson is hot on her heels after

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landing the year's second major in Washington in June.

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So, this year's conditions are a contrast to the links conditions and

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wind and rain that these players experienced at Turnberry and other

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causes over the last few years. It is parkland and heathland all the

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way over the next four days as we bring you live coverage of this

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great event. Let me show you who amongst Dunne where those first out

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on the opening morning. Dame Laura Davies, with Norway's Suzann

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Pettersen and her Solheim Cup partner Alison Lee. This is the

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first time they played together since the controversial incident at

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the Ryder Cup last year in Germany which has become a notorious talking

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point in the history of the Europe versus America rivalry. Early start

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for Canada's Brooke Henderson, making her second appearance in the

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event, Anna Nordqvist and Spain's Azahara Munoz. Momoko Ueda for the

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seventh time here from Japan, playing with former world number one

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Stacy Lewis of America and one of the inform players of the year,

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Harrier jet Anna Gunn of Thailand. She made the early running today.

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She was already 3-under when she came to the ninth. This is the start

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of a great run for the first Thai player ever to win on the LPGA Tour

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earlier in the season. Good things come in threes for her right now.

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This approach to the 10th enabled her to dive down to 5-under for

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around. The 20-year-old won three titles in a row in Alabama, Virginia

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and Michigan in May and June earlier this season. That was a stone dead

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birdie on the making. And a third would follow in succession at the

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11th. The world number six in enjoying a really dominant start to

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her round. Just as she is enjoying a quite stunning breakthrough season.

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So, it is Jutanugarn, her older sister is also in the field and this

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is a look at things on a bright sunny morning 50 miles north of

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London at Woburn on the opening day of the women's major Championship.

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It is Ariya by a shot from Azahara Munoz and Beatriz Recari, the fellow

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Spaniard, in the group on 4-under par. Sei Young Kim having a good

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season and Stacy Lewis, a two-time major winner, and another major

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winner, So Yeon Ryu, at 4-under as well. It is stacking up quite

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nicely. The big names are congregating near the top and Ken

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Brown is on the course and in the commentary box we have Andrew

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Cotter, Rory Madel and Peter Alice watching it unfold.

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COMMENTATOR: Thank you, Hazel, and welcome on this beautiful day to

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Woburn Abbey and the Marquess Course. Many years ago the great

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Henry Longhurst, who wrote for many years for the Sunday Times, used to

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say aren't we lucky? Those of us involved in the game of golf, it

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takes us to so many beautiful places. And by Jove he was right,

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for this is absolutely magnificent. We're here for four days, and I'm

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sure if the weather is kind you are going to enjoy it almost as much as

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we are. Azahara Munoz has started with a lot of birdies. 5-under par,

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no dropped shots so far today. Sit down, sit down. Speaking to it in

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English but it is not obeying. Peter, this is a real feature of

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this golf course, which you had more than a small hand in designing. The

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greens tend to throw the ball off quite a lot, don't they? They do. It

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was Clive Clark and myself. Clive Platt predominantly, who designed

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this golf course. And it was an absolute jungle of rhododendrons and

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ferns. Seeing him cutting his way through with a machete he found some

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wonderful locations. It's a delightful course. Our first look at

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Brooke Henderson, the world number two, young 18-year-old Canadian. The

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first Canadian player to win a major since Mike Weir won the Masters in

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2004. She doesn't usually hold back. Strong, strong swing there. She's

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already annexed a major into her CV this year, beating Lydia Ko in a

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play-off in the second major of the year. Women's golf is in fine shape.

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Here's another young player, one of the Jutanugarn's, this is Ariya,

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thankfully she prefers to be known as May. How about that. Into the

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13th and that is setting up a really good birdie chance for her.

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Recari at the 17th, the last of the short holes. Quite a big green, wide

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and narrows. That is a nice, generous flag position today. In the

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middle of the new Forest. Absolutely fabulous. Alison Lee, American

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Solheim Cup player. There was a little bit of mischief making going

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on, I think, in this grouping because it's Alison Lee, Suzann

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Pettersen, remember they had a bit of a kerfuffle last year at the

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Solheim Cup over whether it was a conceded putt. But they are old pals

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again. Recari now, second shot, on the edge of the bunker. Stabs it out

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and up. A number of good Spaniards in the field. We have Recari and

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Munoz out early doors and Carlota Ciganda coming later. They are all

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here with the coach. It must have been fun carving the holes out of

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this dense terrain. Clive lost about four inches and three stone! Now,

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from one Spaniard to another. We get a good view, she is walking quite

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severely downhill here. The greens tend to be on quite a tilt. This

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will be a fairly slow chip up the green. Just toppled over the back of

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the green. On the bank. It is super loud. I can hear everything. The

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days of chipping... Good job you can't see everything.

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Interesting, you hardly ever see anyone chipping now with a 7-iron,

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it's always a 9-iron or a wage. Interesting change of tactics.

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Floaty one coming down the slope from there, Peter. It is pretty

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quick if you get above the cup. Nicely played. -- 9-iron or a wedge.

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Nice crisp sound there of the chip shot, the course is beautifully

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prepared. Stacy Lewis at the 13th. She has allowed a lot of swing on

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that. Round she comes. Round, just not quite high enough. Good effort.

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Susan Simpson of the LG you was telling us earlier in the week that

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the green speeds are running at 11 but with these severe slopes, when

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you get a putt like that down the hill it is pretty slippery.

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Sei Young Kim, now, one of the very long hitters on the women's Tour.

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This is for birdie on 17. She has won twice already in

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America. That one's tracking. Downhill, superfast, uphill, you

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need a bit of hitting. Now, putt for a birdie. What about

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this one, Ken? It's a bit from the right and a little bit slower than

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you think. Striking pair of trousers on, aren't they? Recari for a par at

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the 17th, in the bunker from the tee shot, and it may be... How could

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that Miss? Dropped shot. Yes, and the par threes have not been kind to

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her. That's her third dropped shot on the par-3s. Azahara Munoz. Saving

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her par-3 on 14, very nice up and down. She keeps the momentum going,

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remains at 5-under. And there is a look at the leaderboard. Aintree up

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at the front on 6-under par closely followed by Munoz, and then you can

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see how good the scoring is, a raft of fours and threes.

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Stacy Lewis. Tee shot at the 14th. Across the valley, up the slope, it

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kicks away a bit. Not pleased. I bet she can give you a nasty drive --

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dry Burnham dot-mac The tee shot across the valley,

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quite a long shot. Here is our leader.

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The heart of the green, it has gone to the back of it, but OK.

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Nordqvist, Anna Nordqvist. The runner-up in the US women's open.

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Beaten in the play-off by Brittany Lang. She accidentally grounded her

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club and had a two shot penalty. She's played really well this year.

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Delightful looking back at the 15th, and on many of these holes you drive

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across the little valley. This is a long snaking par-5 of a hole.

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Heavily bunkered down here, you have to plot your way. You feel there is

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a wee bit more room because the trees are slightly further apart

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than they are on the front nine. But you can see the clever bunkering.

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Here is a swing you will enjoy, Peter. It is aggressive. It is. It

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is a good old welly. She looks like she can play. Quick -ish rhythm.

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Boom. I love it. A good old spank. It is skippering away up the

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fairway. Well done. -- skipping. Laura Davies, one of

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the stalwarts of women's golf, Dame Laura. What a great character and

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talent she has been in this game for, well, we won't say how many

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years, it is not gallant. She is 1-over par. She still seems to enjoy

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the game as much as ever. Perhaps not quite as much when you miss a

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few of those dodgy putts. But from long range, here she goes. I say, I

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say, Laura, Laura. Well, a little bit on the upslope

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for Lewis at 14. She just has to be very careful she doesn't take it a

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trifle heavy. Well. A tiny bit heavy. Pretty special that. Great

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technique. Sei Young Kim. Putting together a

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fine round. Well, that's outside the commentary

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box. Fairly wide of the green. Henderson on the left, Munoz Anna

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Nordqvist, three good drives. Ken. A lot of debating what to do. Munoz is

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going to lay up, 296 yards left, 200 leaves 96 with the breeze in her

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face. Will not reach the rather deep left traps. Good swing. Good hit.

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Good position. Back to our leader on 14. Birdie

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attempt here, rolling, undulating greens, they take a bit of reading.

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A little bit of me left on the bone in her. -- on the bone there.

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Henderson's second to the 15th. Well down the shaft. The shot is towards

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the right-hand bunker. Swinging around a bit, chasing towards the

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gap, that's OK, good position. This has certainly got her

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attention. I don't think it's outside the hole.

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Well, it was. It was a very good putt indeed. Good par saving 34

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Jutanugarn. -- three, for Jutanugarn. Ideal playing

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conditions, is it a little cool? It is warming up, the sun is coming

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out, the sunshine is pleasant, libraries. Couldn't have been a

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better layer for Munoz, 104 yards, the green holding. -- layup. Too

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much zip on that. Aske Nordqvist to put the divot back in, will you,

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Ken? Henderson is the third member of this party. What sort of shot is

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it? 80, 90, 70? 75. A good lie. You have to pitch it up to the flag

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otherwise it will come trickling back. It will have a little bit of

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zip on it. She is thinking birdie. Gripping well down the club. That

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could spin. Yes, it does, and stops. Well done, good shot, that's an

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excellent result. Well, I really feel these players have to make the

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most of good conditions. There is a little bit of rain forecast later in

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the day. Up to the 18th for Kim. Third shot, four under. Chip and a

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putt here would do her proud. This was the first group out this

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morning. At the ungodly hour of 6:30am. Tennis players don't do

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that, you know. Cricket players start at 10:30am, 11am, football is

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even. But not golfers. Here is our Championship leader on 15 command

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despite the length of the hole you can see she is going with a 3-wood.

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Placement is everything. Great take away there. Classically

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on plain, very strong in the lower body, look at the strength in the

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legs. Good wind-up. With most of these modern players, no holding

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back. I'm delighted to see the course in

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such a wonderful condition. When the camera goes in tight on the green,

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you can see the quality of the grass. Its magnificent. From below

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the cup this will be one of the slower putts she's had today. She's

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holed a couple of nice ones on the back nine to save pars. This is for

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a birdie. Good effort.

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The final green for Sei Young Kim, final shot, we hope. No, up out of

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it. That's annoying, but it's a 69. A couple of dropped shots in there,

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but very fine play. The world number five well up on top of the

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leaderboard. Might have learned a little bit from

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her playing partner. Nordqvist. There is a nice crowd out here,

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lovely day for watching golf. Woburn has always been a good place for

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spectators and I'm sure they will role in in their thousands over the

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weekend. Brooke having a glimpse of this one. She will have learned a

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little bit from her playing partners. It's not particularly

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fast, it has a little bit of left to right movement. Imagine, 18 years of

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age, ranked number two in the world behind Lydia Ko. Pretty impressive

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for a short pro career. Lydia Ko is only 19, not even 20. Young

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superstars. It is great to see. Just got to keep the pace on this one,

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otherwise it will duck to the right. Beatriz Recari. Well played. Really

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nice round by the 20-year-old Spaniard.

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Laura Davies, another longish putt. Here she is, 2-over par, at the

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17th. The last of the short holes. Left she comes, left she comes, and

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hello! APPLAUSE

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Well done, Laura, back to 1-over. With Jutanugarn out in front, a

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couple of chances of birdies coming in. But there you can see Beatriz

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Recari, Sei Young Kim, first in posting scores of 69.

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Nordqvist on the 16th. One under par. Don't go over there too far.

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She's safe. Anxious moments. 5-under par. A beauty. Side by side.

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Henderson safely on the fairway. One of the things I noticed when I walk

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the course is there are a lot of holes in the front nine where from

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the tee you consider green, but these final holes, you see what is

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in front of you, it is scary sometimes. The fairway is generous,

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though, there's no crimping on the fairway. You will notice the women

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gripped down the shaft abets, whether they feel it gives them a

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little bit stronger grip, better leveraged. This is Stacey, Stacy

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Lewis. She's had a wonderful career. Still going strong.

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AJ, 282 out of reach, must be out of reach. She doesn't hold back,

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though, my God, is a big gap the left, is it OK? Through the gap and

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nearly on the green, the nearest we've seen today.

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Yes, lovely to see people out in shirt sleeves, the opening

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Championship is a great Championship, on the last day,

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everyone with anoraks and dark clothing, lovely to see

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short-sleeved order and lovely to see this, a shot like that blasted

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away, good balance. Perfect position for a chip and a putt and a birdie.

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Anna Nordqvist, the rough is very light. She's got to get over the

:32:54.:33:07.

little tree in front, keep it under the bow of the larger oak tree,

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which shouldn't be difficult, it's a natural trajectory that any club she

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fancies. Would favour a bit right of the flag. Oh, my. That wasn't a very

:33:22.:33:33.

good, well directed shot, it kicked back into the bunker, may be OK,

:33:34.:33:39.

maybe we'll either a simple shot. The lie looked good, the shot didn't

:33:40.:33:43.

look all that difficult, she could get the four. You think she will

:33:44.:33:54.

head the drop, but she is accurate, perfect shot, 137 yards. The breeze

:33:55.:34:10.

is slightly against her. Get up. It has done very well indeed, wasn't

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the crispest of strikes, but it has got the job done, got a good look at

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birdie. Now, Henderson. A nice lie, one or two balls picking up the mud.

:34:27.:34:40.

Setting up the drawer shot. Lewis's approach into 15. Oh,

:34:41.:35:32.

excellent shot. Excellent shot indeed by Stacy Lewis. A little

:35:33.:35:39.

frustrated these days because it is over two years since she has won a

:35:40.:35:42.

golf tournament, believe it or not. Everything beautifully presented by

:35:43.:36:01.

Ricoh, since they came into golf, anything oozes class. On a setting

:36:02.:36:07.

such as this, it all marries in so perfectly. It really is a delight to

:36:08.:36:11.

come to a tournament like this and see something different. First

:36:12.:36:19.

round, good so far, early of course, although play started at 6:30am, it

:36:20.:36:25.

is getting towards 11:30am, so they've been out there for five

:36:26.:36:29.

hours. The weather forecast is maybe a little bit Shari this afternoon.

:36:30.:36:40.

There is a better breeze, a bit of wind -- showery. Ideal conditions. A

:36:41.:36:46.

good score of players in red numbers already. I think a lot of these

:36:47.:36:56.

players who are coming over to play in a British Open for the first time

:36:57.:37:01.

were pleasantly surprised to find a course that does much more, it that

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I'd better. Van links courses? Yes, van links courses. -- than. I think

:37:10.:37:24.

the links courses can be too severe. There is our leader, and what a nice

:37:25.:37:29.

little pitch she played there. Two cracking shots on a good pitch. She

:37:30.:37:35.

is 6-under par at the moment, leading by one. Quite a fanciable

:37:36.:37:51.

putt this one uphill, gradually from left to right. Not particularly

:37:52.:37:55.

quick, this will be a good birdie. Oh, unlucky, what a beautiful

:37:56.:38:05.

strike. For one so young, she plays

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remarkably well, started young, liked the game, enjoyed practising,

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a joy to see, Kent. It is lovely to see youth out watching, plenty of

:38:34.:38:39.

youngsters. It is a fabulous game, there's no doubt about it. This to

:38:40.:38:54.

join the leader. That turned a lot. It did, it looked pretty good when

:38:55.:38:59.

it was a few feet short and then really turned very quickly.

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And this for birdie. The putting has been the bedrock of Anna Nordqvist's

:39:11.:39:25.

game for a number of years now. I'm sure she'll be looking forward to

:39:26.:39:31.

the Olympics. She can't wait, she so excited for it. A lot of the players

:39:32.:39:35.

are just receiving their kit, makes it a reality. Right age, or just

:39:36.:39:44.

outside if you are going to dribble it. Good read, Ken. Our leader

:39:45.:40:01.

pounds one end, another birdie, 7-under. Look at that for a card,

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not one drop shot, seven birdies, two shots clear of the field, four

:40:11.:40:21.

holes to play... Three holes to play, in fact.

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Well, after that the light delightful third shot from Lewis,

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Bishop be a formality but -- surely this should be a formality. She has

:40:55.:41:03.

got the first time. Never looked comfortable. No, didn't. If you're

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going to hit them that firmly on fast greens, you need to keep it

:41:14.:41:18.

within the confines of the hole. Here is Katrina Matthews, the pride

:41:19.:41:24.

of Scotland and Britain, birdie hole, a long way away, but this

:41:25.:41:33.

doesn't look too bad. What an effort. Well done. Remarkable lady.

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She's at the Olympics. She's perked up in the last six

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holes, just one drop shot and then bingo, came to live, came alive,

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Laura finishing off here at the 18th.

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Laura has never had great success on the courses here at Woburn.

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APPLAUSE 74. Well, disappointing par-4 Lewis

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there are three beautiful third shot. It can only be put down to

:42:52.:43:01.

lack of concentration. But it is a tidy looking card, nonetheless. I do

:43:02.:43:08.

like watching this swing, it's brisk, it's a good one goal, it

:43:09.:43:11.

looks like somebody who's going to give the ball a good tonk. She has

:43:12.:43:21.

good firm hand on the shaft, quick river, zips it through the ball,

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head still. Henderson of Canada, nips one away, just do the right of

:43:34.:43:51.

the flag. Nicely done. Sweet shot. That is her sister on the bike, she

:43:52.:44:02.

plays in the United States -- the bag. After much debate with the

:44:03.:44:12.

caddy, she has decided on the club, she's playing 155.

:44:13.:44:35.

Heart of the green, but you see the ball easing down on that steep

:44:36.:44:44.

slope. Always tricky to really commit to your decision when it is

:44:45.:44:49.

taking you so long to arrive at that decision. But Nordqvist little

:44:50.:44:59.

brisket to the tee. She might be able to carry it, she's pushed it,

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mind. A loose one, to loose ones in a row.

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Back to our leader, Jutanugarn, trying to draw it to that fairway,

:45:19.:45:41.

as she overcooked it eight had? -- a tad. Driving after the 16th, three

:45:42.:45:53.

holes to negotiate, and Azahara Munoz, three tournaments on the

:45:54.:45:58.

bounce, the first you have that in a road, as their initial success.

:45:59.:46:04.

Great stuff from the tie and she is our two shot lead in the early

:46:05.:46:09.

stages of the women's British Open at Woburn. Katrina Matthews knows

:46:10.:46:14.

what it takes to win, she did in 2009 and also featuring in the early

:46:15.:46:23.

part of our transmission. Some of the big names in women's golf are

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mustering at the head, with many more to come. Stacy Lewis in debate

:46:28.:46:36.

with her caddy. Just in the first cut, lose a bit of

:46:37.:46:54.

control here. 2013 champion, coming into good form, three top tens,

:46:55.:46:58.

seventh in the US Open, so hitting his stride. Can she control this?

:46:59.:47:10.

This will run a bit when it lands. The price is paid for missing the

:47:11.:47:21.

fairway off the tee. Yes, it is a slightly easier shot coming in from

:47:22.:47:25.

the right-hand side on the 16th because you can come of the axis of

:47:26.:47:29.

the green, but just missing the fairway cost her DV as we going to

:47:30.:47:42.

Katrina Matthew -- cost her dearly. Asking the wind to hit it. That has

:47:43.:47:51.

done well, that is quite a hefty finishing hole, 388 yards, par-4

:47:52.:47:54.

year. On the top of the tee, there is a

:47:55.:48:09.

slope and this is going downhill from where she is standing, so quite

:48:10.:48:14.

a testing putt. It goes over the hill and turns to her left. Once it

:48:15.:48:20.

gets over the hill, it is quite quick.

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It is one of these putts you will be happy to take to from here. She is

:48:30.:48:45.

taking a long time, went with the six eventually. Came up here, and

:48:46.:48:53.

there is the slope Ken was talking about. Down it comes. No, something

:48:54.:48:56.

still left for a par. Back to 16. Just coming out of the

:48:57.:49:17.

semi-rough but she zips through the ball quickly, so she might get some

:49:18.:49:24.

action on it. Oh, and that is hit down nicely.

:49:25.:49:40.

Anna Nordqvist was in the sand. It was a loose tee shot, said this now

:49:41.:49:49.

to save for par. Nearly, but a shot goes at a gentle

:49:50.:50:19.

par-3, it was a wild two shot -- tee shot. A couple of bogeys it will be

:50:20.:50:26.

in a row, after dropping a shot on the 16th as well. Unsettled by

:50:27.:50:31.

something. Possibly two bogeys in a row.

:50:32.:50:40.

And now over par for her round, losing a lot of ground. Henderson

:50:41.:50:54.

has had a good luck while the others were putting, taken too much time,

:50:55.:51:03.

they were putting the clock on the last hole. It is a little slippery

:51:04.:51:05.

down there. It is interesting, the clock Court

:51:06.:51:31.

of, that tee was slow, but also an eye on this pitch for Stacy Lewis.

:51:32.:51:40.

You can hear the sound of it coming out of there.

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Now Azahara Munoz trying to keep her card clear of bogeys. She got there

:52:05.:52:19.

in the end. A player who thrives very much on confidence, tends to

:52:20.:52:21.

get good streaks going. Good to see Yani Tseng featuring,

:52:22.:52:48.

she's had a rough time in the last three years with form. But two shot

:52:49.:52:54.

clear at the moment for the leader, it is a family business with her

:52:55.:53:02.

sister, Maria, but their parents travelled with them and handle their

:53:03.:53:07.

affairs, in charge, so the family trots around the globe with much

:53:08.:53:10.

success on the golf course. Oh, great camera angle, showed you

:53:11.:53:24.

how much swing there was on that putt, good pace from May, as she

:53:25.:53:34.

likes to be called. Heading back to Thailand next week for a week off,

:53:35.:53:44.

really looking forward to it. There is no spin initially, there you go,

:53:45.:53:50.

and there it rolls, the idea is to get it rolling forward with topspin

:53:51.:53:52.

as soon as possible. It lost its true line. Anyway...

:53:53.:54:13.

Black magic. Stacy Lewis, a former world number one, she's coming back

:54:14.:54:18.

into a bit of form. She's heading to the Olympics as well. There's only

:54:19.:54:25.

one, of all the men who pulled out of the Olympics, only the South

:54:26.:54:30.

African he was pulled out over fears of the virus, so the women seem more

:54:31.:54:38.

robust than the men. Well, that is a great par. One bad

:54:39.:54:58.

shot can always be repaired by one good putt. Part of the winning USA

:54:59.:55:10.

team last week. Katrina Matthew, let's see if she can close with a

:55:11.:55:15.

birdie. It's been a very good back nine.

:55:16.:55:22.

It was cracked down there, it was trying for her, but a timid putt for

:55:23.:55:31.

the 2009 champion, but fall birdies on her back nine. Back on the tee.

:55:32.:55:50.

That is bound to be blocked out, there's a stand of oak trees down

:55:51.:55:57.

there halfway down the right side. And I think she's going to be

:55:58.:56:03.

tangling with them. So, Katrina Matthew to finish out. Lovely back

:56:04.:56:11.

nine from Katrina Matthew. Out in 38, back in 32, four birdies, no

:56:12.:56:17.

drop shot, after a round of 70, and nicely placed. A good look at the

:56:18.:56:26.

17th. A fairly straightforward par 155 for the leader. All the way up

:56:27.:56:31.

the back. Just pokes that in there. APPLAUSE

:56:32.:56:47.

Get it all the way back at least, you can see the back level on the

:56:48.:56:49.

pin there. Well, the three tee-shots straddling

:56:50.:57:06.

the fairway, and Henderson has definitely got the best angle into

:57:07.:57:13.

this flag. Just avoided the bunker, 158 yards. The flag is on the right

:57:14.:57:21.

of the green, otherwise these horsemen at -- horse chestnut trees

:57:22.:57:29.

would be in the way. Look how far down in the grip she goes. We can

:57:30.:57:37.

see a few drops of rain, and just thereby Henderson. A beautiful shot,

:57:38.:57:42.

again just loses a bit of control but birdie opportunity. There is

:57:43.:57:51.

Brittany's sister on the back, Brooke, Brittany and brolly.

:57:52.:58:01.

Nordqvist is nearer, she has got 139, she has made a little valley.

:58:02.:58:06.

She can pitch at five or six yards short.

:58:07.:58:19.

Great shot by Nordqvist. I walked up this hole with her and practice, and

:58:20.:58:30.

she was dialled in then as she is today. This is a testing one. Can't

:58:31.:58:36.

go over the oak, has to go and delivered, it will be a tricky one.

:58:37.:58:47.

It has made live tricky for himself, you're better missing on the side of

:58:48.:58:54.

the fairway -- like tricky for herself.

:58:55.:59:04.

Looking down on the 17th tee, and Stacy Lewis... This rain has come

:59:05.:59:18.

from nowhere. Looks to be lying, and good distance, what about this for a

:59:19.:59:22.

shot from Stacy Lewis. That'll do nicely.

:59:23.:59:30.

Super slow Mo rain, nothing quite like it. Look at the swing of Stacy

:59:31.:59:47.

Lewis, high hands at the top. Suffered from back problems as a

:59:48.:59:58.

youngster, perfect impact position. So Having to draw this on the 13th.

:59:59.:00:13.

Oh, nasty bouncer there, could have carried another yard she wouldn't

:00:14.:00:19.

have hit it on that slight slope. She has to watch it, because it gets

:00:20.:00:29.

swept away, but that is OK. Having driven in to the right rough, it is

:00:30.:00:39.

not too bad, it is lying OK. She just has to get it high in the air.

:00:40.:00:50.

Could be dandy. Go on, down the slope. Merely very good. -- nearly.

:00:51.:01:06.

Like Phil Mickelson and Paul Casey, graduate of the same college. Being

:01:07.:01:12.

on the LPGA Tour for a few years. She is from Malaga, southern Spain

:01:13.:01:15.

and she will go to the Olympics with Carlota Ciganda, the two Spanish

:01:16.:01:23.

representatives. A little down the slope for Brooke Henderson. A little

:01:24.:01:30.

from the right. Bit of moisture on the green. Is it going to run out?

:01:31.:01:32.

It is trying. Go on, baby. Jutanugarn from the back of 17. Big

:01:33.:01:46.

slope here now, moving the ball left to right. Good for pace.

:01:47.:02:00.

Yani Tseng. Her caddy keeping player and ball dry. Until the very last

:02:01.:02:14.

moment. There we go. Yani Tseng gets to three under par. With all the

:02:15.:02:20.

problems she's had with her form, five Majors in three years she won

:02:21.:02:26.

by the age of 22, 23. She's had real problems since.

:02:27.:02:33.

Now, this would be one of the great escapes if Munoz can get away with a

:02:34.:02:47.

four at 18. No. That's her first dropped shot of the day. It is a

:02:48.:02:55.

very fine 68, full of good play. She has been coming into a bit of form,

:02:56.:02:59.

and the confidence should be seeping back through her.

:03:00.:03:09.

Jutanugarn, just to tap in for her par on the 17th. Confident strike.

:03:10.:03:22.

She heads for the file hole still two shots clear.

:03:23.:03:32.

-- final hole. Two shots clear of Surrey and who, but also perhaps two

:03:33.:03:40.

shots clear of this young woman, this is for a lovely two on the

:03:41.:03:49.

17th. Beautiful tee shot and Stacy Lewis rips the reward, moves to five

:03:50.:03:51.

under par. Now, so you knew, 2011 US Open

:03:52.:04:14.

champion. So a player with some degree of pedigree. It's not going

:04:15.:04:19.

to make the crest of the hill. A little shower has slowed things up

:04:20.:04:21.

fractionally. It's still Ariya Jutanugarn, the

:04:22.:04:46.

youngest of the Jutanugarns sisters. Leading the way by two shots. Stacy

:04:47.:04:50.

Lewis, the gritty Texan has had a bit of a drought in terms of

:04:51.:04:54.

victories over the last couple of years. This is event numbers 56

:04:55.:05:00.

without a win for a person in Stacy Lewis who love to win. Former world

:05:01.:05:05.

number one, of course. There is Beth Allen leading the standings now on

:05:06.:05:09.

the Ladies European Tour. The American leading the way and a good

:05:10.:05:16.

season. Advocates Madsen, one of several very good games in the hunt

:05:17.:05:28.

as well. Stacy Lewis on the 18th tee. -- Nanna Koerstz Madsen.

:05:29.:05:37.

Ideally down the left half of the fairway. Further left than that. A

:05:38.:05:52.

groan from Lewis. The tree is in the way. Tree's on the way indeed.

:05:53.:06:06.

It's all about visualisation. See the shot you want to hit.

:06:07.:06:26.

Now, back to this 407 yard par-4 13th. This is for a four, a bit of

:06:27.:07:03.

the left. Hurry. Perfect, dead centre for So Yeon Ryu. That keeps

:07:04.:07:13.

her at 5-under. Very tidy looking card. Just the one blemish on the

:07:14.:07:21.

fourth. A look at the tee shots on the 18th of the group containing the

:07:22.:07:24.

leader, Jutanugarn, Stacy Lewis command off to the left, might just

:07:25.:07:27.

be a little blocked out by the trees. Jutanugarn in fine fettle. On

:07:28.:07:39.

the right-hand side today, the pin. You want to be on the left-hand

:07:40.:07:43.

side, it feeds down over the initial reached towards the hole. What do

:07:44.:07:50.

you think? Just a few places left of the flag and let it come down? Yes

:07:51.:07:55.

and it can't be much more than an 8-iron for her. The prevailing wind

:07:56.:08:00.

is a westerly, so they are just checking out that it's coming into

:08:01.:08:04.

them just a little bit on the left-hand side. So the terrain and

:08:05.:08:07.

the breeze are possibly helpful for them here.

:08:08.:08:19.

Just coming up a fraction short. And by her high standards, not good

:08:20.:08:27.

enough. Stacy Lewis feared the worst on the

:08:28.:08:47.

tee, she said she'd be blocked out by trees. But she might be able to

:08:48.:08:51.

sneak it down to the opening of the green.

:08:52.:09:02.

Sit, sit. Sitcom set. Doing a lot of talking, the ball is not listening.

:09:03.:09:08.

That is a good result from there. -- sit, sit.

:09:09.:09:20.

Sharon Woods on 17, Long Cross green putt. Come on, nearly as good as her

:09:21.:09:32.

uncle, tipping in the last roll. I thought she was going to do a little

:09:33.:09:36.

bit of her uncle Tiger on the 16th at Augusta back in 2005. She is the

:09:37.:09:41.

niece of Tiger Woods. Tiger's half brother is her father. She's

:09:42.:09:47.

beginning to make her own name on the Tour. She's a very talented

:09:48.:09:58.

player. The world number six has got this putt for an opening round of

:09:59.:10:00.

64. Quite a slow one up the hill. Aiming well left to allow for that

:10:01.:10:22.

break. Fine effort, though. Well, it's been a very stress-free

:10:23.:10:51.

round of golf for her, hasn't it? For Jutanugarn and Stacy Lewis, both

:10:52.:10:57.

keeping bogeys off their card. Stacy Lewis sizing up her birdie putt now.

:10:58.:11:03.

A little bit ragged off the tee, but managed to chase it out of the

:11:04.:11:07.

rough, flirting with the trees down the left-hand side. This will go

:11:08.:11:11.

down the slope. It is a quick putt. Again, though, the shower that has

:11:12.:11:14.

come through in the last ten minutes, 15 minutes, might have

:11:15.:11:20.

taken a little bit of the fire out of the greens. You can't afford to

:11:21.:11:29.

be too bowled with this one, though. -- bold. That is something of a

:11:30.:11:34.

miscalculation. Do you know, that was a very similar strike off the

:11:35.:11:38.

blade to the very short one that she missed two or three holes ago. It

:11:39.:11:43.

just seemed to decelerate slightly, flirted the Blade open and she sent

:11:44.:11:47.

it right off the line that she intended to. If you get the wrong

:11:48.:11:51.

side of one of these slopes it just looks even worse. That is not the

:11:52.:11:56.

distance you want to leave yourself on the last. This could make or

:11:57.:11:59.

break her mood for the afternoon. We talked about her coming back to

:12:00.:12:16.

some form. She was the world number one back in 2013 and 2014. She's

:12:17.:12:22.

just started to find a few results of late, a few top tens. This is to

:12:23.:12:28.

close with a par to keep bogey off her card and for a round of 67.

:12:29.:12:35.

Nicely done by Stacy Lewis. The 2013 win at St Andrews is off to a bright

:12:36.:12:39.

start at the Marquess Course at Woburn.

:12:40.:12:52.

And a small one for Jutanugarn to finish off. That's an opening round

:12:53.:13:04.

of 65 for very much the form horse. And she sits atop the leaderboard at

:13:05.:13:10.

this moment. So it is the 20-year-old from

:13:11.:13:17.

Thailand, Jutanugarn, who leads, Ariya Jutanugarn and her sister

:13:18.:13:21.

going well with 65, never finished better than tied 45th in two British

:13:22.:13:26.

Women's Open events, so a flying start, two clear of the 2013

:13:27.:13:31.

champion Stacy Lewis. So Yeon Ryu also out on the course at 5-under

:13:32.:13:36.

par. So, Let's hear from the leaders with Hazel.

:13:37.:13:43.

Ariya, super start at the Ricoh British Women's Open champion. Tell

:13:44.:13:50.

me how much you like this course at Woburn. I think it suits my game, I

:13:51.:13:55.

like the course so much. Wonderful season for you, not least

:13:56.:13:59.

three wins in a row. Can you tell me why you have had so much success and

:14:00.:14:04.

what has been the major spark in your career this season?

:14:05.:14:08.

I think this year I have so much fun when I play golf and I really want

:14:09.:14:13.

to have fun with every single round. Rain now I'm really happy, and I

:14:14.:14:16.

just focused on what is under my control.

:14:17.:14:20.

You came so close in the first major of the year and I wonder how much

:14:21.:14:32.

momentum the ANA Inspiration has given you. I'm feeling really

:14:33.:14:36.

confident after the ANA. You've made a really good start, well done.

:14:37.:14:41.

Stacy Lewis, the winner of this Championship three years ago, how do

:14:42.:14:44.

you assess your performance after this round?

:14:45.:14:47.

It was good, I played a really solid round, I only had one putt for par

:14:48.:14:53.

and I made it and playing with Ariya was a good motivation, she got off

:14:54.:14:57.

to such a good start and she was making birdies and firing at flags

:14:58.:15:00.

and she got me focused on making birdies to keep up. It helps to play

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with her today within striking distance for the next few days. I

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was going to say, it is a contrast to the conditions you won with at St

:15:10.:15:15.

Andrews, the rough, the weather, all of these things. Do you prefer this

:15:16.:15:18.

contrast, or is it something you have to get to grips with at the

:15:19.:15:20.

British Open Championship? It just doesn't feel like a British

:15:21.:15:24.

Open at all. It is more like I would say Canadian open than British Open.

:15:25.:15:28.

It is just different, I prefer the links because I love links style

:15:29.:15:32.

golf so I look forward to this Championship every year because of

:15:33.:15:35.

the style of golf, but that's not to say you can't win on this too.

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This is quite a summer for you, week eight of nine in a row on the

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course. Next week there is the small matter of a

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wedding for you and then you go on honeymoon to Rio.

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You don't do things by halves, do you? No, it seemed a little better

:16:05.:16:07.

when we planned it at the time. But it kind of is what it is and I know

:16:08.:16:11.

next week I will not play much golf anyway so I was like let's just do

:16:12.:16:13.

the wedding and getting Dunne it over with and do the honeymoon and

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go to Rio, that's what I want to do, just go and enjoy Rio, I don't want

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to stress about it, I just wanted to go and have fun. It's the most

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unusual wedding preparations I've heard of the we wish you the best

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for this week and next week, of course. Thank you. Yes, a winner's

:16:26.:16:28.

cheque would help pay for the fee is. No doubt one of the favourites

:16:29.:16:31.

for the title is local girl Charley Hull of Kettering. Charley Hull is

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one of the latest starters in amongst some very big names in the

:16:36.:16:41.

women's game. Her fellow Englishwoman Melissa Reid headed out

:16:42.:16:43.

with the seven time major winner Karrie Webb and Asuka Kashiwabara of

:16:44.:16:52.

Japan. The newly crowned open champ, Brittany Lang, and Charley Hull is

:16:53.:16:59.

out at 11:50am with world number one Lydia Ko. Hull finished tied second

:17:00.:17:03.

to the kiwi in the season's first major in California in April.

:17:04.:17:07.

Charley Hull, who is from Kettering, knows that a lot is expected of her

:17:08.:17:13.

this week. In fact, she's been giving a few tips to Naga Munchetty

:17:14.:17:14.

around these parts. Jelinek I've been here since I was

:17:15.:17:27.

nine years old. I play the Duke and Duchess. They are much tighter. I

:17:28.:17:30.

have not played this one in years. It is a good golf course. It is fun.

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Right, we are at the 12th, we're going to get going. You've brought

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the wind with you. I haven't picked the best of days!

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I'm seeing water, should I be scared? Let me try. That was better

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than mine. Underworld's worst caddy. -- I'm the world's worst caddy.

:18:03.:18:07.

Definitely going into the water. Tell me about Woburn and what it

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means to you. It's my home course and I've been here since I was nine

:18:13.:18:16.

years old. It's nice to be home. Does it feel like home? Yes. For the

:18:17.:18:22.

open to be here it must be an advantage? Yes, I like the home

:18:23.:18:28.

crowd. Do you feel you will have an advantage? Not necessarily an

:18:29.:18:31.

advantage, it can be a disadvantage in some ways because of the pressure

:18:32.:18:35.

but I just have to forget it. Is it stupid to ask if you are going for

:18:36.:18:39.

the win? Of course I want to win on my home course, that would be

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wicked. I'm going to hit a baby wedge. I would go and help you look

:18:43.:18:50.

for it but... I don't want to get wet. Don't worry! So, you are one up

:18:51.:18:57.

after one, I didn't give you the most difficult challenge on that

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hole but we have a couple more to go. How are you looking forward to

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the Olympics? I'm really looking forward to it, it's going to be a

:19:05.:19:08.

lot of fun, it's going to be a great experience, especially in the

:19:09.:19:13.

Olympic Village, it will be fun meeting athletes and go and watch

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some other sports as well. And the idea of a Gold Medal is something

:19:17.:19:20.

completely different, isn't it? That would be really cool, wicked,

:19:21.:19:24.

amazing. To stand on the podium with a Gold Medal, can you imagine the

:19:25.:19:29.

atmosphere? I think it would be brilliant. I don't want to think too

:19:30.:19:33.

far ahead but the thought of it is exciting.

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It is a fantastically exciting couple of weeks for women's golf,

:19:39.:19:42.

Rio on the horizon, they play after the men in the second week of the

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Olympics in Rio and Charley Hull will be accompanied by Katrina

:19:46.:19:48.

Matthew in the women's event and the two of them could go very well, you

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would imagine. There is a field of 60 in Rio and 41 players contending

:19:53.:19:57.

for the Gold Medal in Rio are at Woburn this week so it is a stellar

:19:58.:20:00.

field in preparation not just for that but of course for the great

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title itself. And we saw the rain earlier with Charley Hull and Naga

:20:06.:20:08.

Munchetty and the rain has been falling a little bit. It is pretty

:20:09.:20:12.

gentle stuff and it's not cold so we are thankful for small mercies. We

:20:13.:20:17.

were all in Troon where it was cold and wet for much of the time so it

:20:18.:20:21.

is nothing really. This is the situation as we look down at the

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midway point of the opening day of the Ricoh Women's British Open

:20:26.:20:30.

Championship. It was Ariya Jutanugarn setting the pace and

:20:31.:20:34.

Shanshan Feng has made inroads into the lead. She is 6-under through 12

:20:35.:20:39.

holes. The woman who became the first Chinese player in history,

:20:40.:20:43.

male or female, to win a major title, is very much in the hunt for

:20:44.:20:48.

this one. Stacy Lewis, never to time major champion, some top names up

:20:49.:20:52.

there. Also in contention, 5-under par. There is an yours, two-time

:20:53.:20:58.

winner on the LPGA Tour. Ha Na Jang. And Sarah Jane Smith making inroads

:20:59.:21:04.

too. Alena Sharp will accompany Brooke Henderson in the Canadian

:21:05.:21:07.

team at Rio, the two of them representing and flying the Maple

:21:08.:21:11.

Leaf in Brazil. Looking further down, Sei Young Kim going well.

:21:12.:21:14.

Teresa Lu had a top ten finish at Turnberry last year. In-Kyung Kim is

:21:15.:21:23.

in there at 3-under par. Maria Jutanugarn, our leader's older

:21:24.:21:28.

sister by 18 months -- Moriya Jutanugarn. She's posted 69 today.

:21:29.:21:31.

Karrie Webb, 3-under for the three-time winner of this great

:21:32.:21:37.

event after 11 holes. Mirim Lee of Korea. Catriona Matthew. Minjee Lee

:21:38.:21:46.

has pinched Karrie Webb's place for the Rio Olympics. Karrie Webb mental

:21:47.:21:52.

Minjee Lee. She will take part for the Aussies in a few weeks' time.

:21:53.:21:56.

Charley Hull featuring on the fourth page of the leaderboard in the big

:21:57.:22:00.

group at 1-under par. Charley Hull was two under through three holes

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and dropped one at the 8th, 1-under. So, off we go for the afternoon's

:22:05.:22:09.

play. We see Emily Kristine Pedersen, last year's winner on the

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LET. We have 38 players, indeed we have 43 players all under par right

:22:18.:22:22.

now. So, let's get out onto the golf course, the beautiful Marquess

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Course again and return you to the great company of Ken Brown, Andres

:22:26.:22:36.

-- Andrew Cotter, Peter Alliss and Maureen Milind. COMMENTATOR: Isn't

:22:37.:22:41.

that a grand view across the dip to the other side. Charley Hull not

:22:42.:22:45.

quite in full flow, Maureen, but not doing too badly on the opening

:22:46.:22:49.

round. No, and I'm sure she's glad to get underway because there is

:22:50.:22:54.

lots of pressure for the home favourite. This is a beautiful golf

:22:55.:22:58.

course. She has hit it down to the launch pad. The green is sitting way

:22:59.:23:07.

below her. That plummets to Earth. The caddy's right, pretty good.

:23:08.:23:14.

Looking into that green, it reminds me of the 3rd hole on the Dukes

:23:15.:23:20.

course, the way the green sits below you and the beautiful backdrop. Yes,

:23:21.:23:26.

well, everywhere you look here you get beautiful views, magnificent

:23:27.:23:30.

trees, a mixture of fine trees, rhododendrons. It's a stunning bit

:23:31.:23:38.

of ground. Welcome our first look at our world number one, Lydia Ko.

:23:39.:23:43.

She's got an interesting swing, it's not for the purists, she has a

:23:44.:23:47.

quirky bit on the back swing but the rhythm is good. She just gets the

:23:48.:23:51.

job done. I hope she doesn't have too many lessons or try to change

:23:52.:23:56.

too many things because Dominic and keep Donaghy keeps going the way she

:23:57.:24:00.

is because she is doing quite nicely. Leave her alone. Making up

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the trio is Linda Wessberg, the Swedish player. Currently eighth in

:24:11.:24:17.

the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit. Lightly raced this year

:24:18.:24:24.

because she became the man last year so a few other things on her mind.

:24:25.:24:33.

-- she became a mum last year so a few other things on her mind.

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Good shot. The wind has died down. We've had

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some light rain, a bit of drizzle, something a little bit harder, a

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little bit of sharpish wind blowing through the course, but nothing too

:24:56.:24:59.

serious. As we seek Thompson at the 8th, 2-over par, long birdie putt,

:25:00.:25:06.

won't be far away. There you are, I told you so. I thought it was going

:25:07.:25:09.

to topple in. No, stays two over. The familiar figure of Karrie Webb.

:25:10.:25:38.

What a good player she's been for 15 years or more, Maureen. She started

:25:39.:25:43.

very young. And she's kept that rhythm going for umpteen Victor

:25:44.:25:51.

Ruiz. Seven time major winner. The first time I saw her was here in

:25:52.:25:58.

1995 when she arrived at the Duke's Course and properly won this title

:25:59.:26:03.

three times. -- victories. That's the familiar Crouch of Michelle Wie.

:26:04.:26:08.

As if she is auditioning for the female role of the hunchback of

:26:09.:26:16.

Notre Dame. I'm sure there is an easier way to do it. But she reckons

:26:17.:26:25.

that's the way. It don't matter what you do, as long as you get it in the

:26:26.:26:27.

hole, boy. Very good scoring on this

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opening-day. Play started around 6am this morning. It is a long day. The

:26:46.:26:51.

last game goes off at 4:30pm. It's a long day for the officials, players

:26:52.:26:54.

and caddies. Mostly the officials and all the ones who busy themselves

:26:55.:26:59.

with scoring, marshalling and one thing and another. First to putt is

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Wessberg. Little movement from the left. They are having to get a

:27:10.:27:19.

wriggle on. The official out with the old watch.

:27:20.:27:26.

Well, we've had a little bit of a shower in the last hour, so, Ken,

:27:27.:27:30.

has that slowed up the cause markedly or not? -- the course.

:27:31.:27:38.

Karrie Webb pitching over to the 12th green, over the water. This

:27:39.:27:44.

hole can be played a number of ways depending on which tee is used and

:27:45.:27:49.

that is a cracking shot. It needed a bit of stop. Still a very nice shot

:27:50.:27:51.

from Karrie Webb. Well, if anybody should know these

:27:52.:28:09.

greens, its Charley Hull, Ken. A nice crowd out watching. Absolutely

:28:10.:28:12.

right, there is a bit of moisture, quite a heavy shower came down about

:28:13.:28:17.

15 minutes ago. It has stopped. There is a big slap on the greens,

:28:18.:28:21.

lots of movement from right to left. -- big slope on the green.

:28:22.:28:31.

That was a beautiful effort. Very nice indeed by Charley Hull. Got off

:28:32.:28:39.

to a hot start with a couple of birdies on the first three holes,

:28:40.:28:43.

dropped one at the last. Tidy nine of 36. This is going to be. I was

:28:44.:28:52.

with Lydia Ko when she heard that she was playing with Charley and she

:28:53.:28:59.

said "I knew I would get Charley in the draw. She was delighted. These

:29:00.:29:05.

two had a big tussle for the first major title of the year with Charley

:29:06.:29:10.

being edged out. Lydia Ko should have got a bit of help from her

:29:11.:29:15.

playing partner, a bit of movement from the left and a reasonable

:29:16.:29:24.

amount of pace. Amassed six feet down the slope, into the little

:29:25.:29:27.

valley. She has a gorgeous touch, she really has. -- the last six

:29:28.:29:33.

feet. A bit feeble. All that build-up,

:29:34.:29:40.

Ken, and they let you down. I know the feeling. It's a long race. She

:29:41.:29:48.

has got a nice touch. Nice, nice touch.

:29:49.:29:54.

Up ahead to the 13th, Shanshan Feng. I think this woman's one of the most

:29:55.:30:02.

remarkable players I've ever seen in my life in the world of golf. She

:30:03.:30:08.

doesn't look very exciting at all. She just quietly plots, keeps the

:30:09.:30:14.

same rhythm, she's almost relentless in finding the greens, holing the

:30:15.:30:18.

putts, not making any mistakes. Quite remarkable.

:30:19.:30:26.

Back to nine for Wessberg. What you would call a little tester. In her

:30:27.:30:43.

last two tournaments she has been fourth and second. Choosing a good

:30:44.:30:44.

time to run into form. A little bit of marking going on.

:30:45.:31:15.

You see Lydia standing astride the putt. Using the aim point method of

:31:16.:31:28.

having a look at the greens. Using the feet to determine the amount of

:31:29.:31:33.

slope, and all sorts of wizardry goes on after that. Might be a

:31:34.:31:39.

little bit of movement in this one. Well done. Outward nine of 37,

:31:40.:31:53.

1-over par. Charley Hull just a little tap in.

:31:54.:32:15.

And in she goes, and on they go. This is a look at the 9th from the

:32:16.:32:43.

air. The following three ball, most players playing a 3-wood or 5-wood

:32:44.:32:47.

for the longer hitters to the launch pad. Michelle Wie has gone something

:32:48.:32:53.

longer and has had a mis-judgement because she has gone down into the

:32:54.:32:58.

valley. You don't want to go down there, you can get some scrappy lies

:32:59.:33:03.

down there. That tree to the left. They have the tee up so they can

:33:04.:33:08.

drive to the end of the fairway. 450 yards from the back tee. They are

:33:09.:33:14.

playing this very short and second shot, which looks inviting across

:33:15.:33:15.

the valley. This is one of the things I love

:33:16.:34:00.

about this game. You have Lexi Thompson, almost six feet tall. And

:34:01.:34:05.

Marie Miyazato, much shorter. But they

:34:06.:34:18.

both play extraordinarily successfully.

:34:19.:34:29.

Pushed it. That's not good. Saved by the bunker. Interesting to me to see

:34:30.:34:43.

how the women's game has changed. A fewer years ago, more of them were

:34:44.:34:49.

swingers, did it with balance and timing. But over the last ten years

:34:50.:34:54.

or so a few players waggle it. They are more aggressive with the

:34:55.:34:59.

clubhead. She has found a good spot. They trimmed all this down. This

:35:00.:35:05.

used to be rough ground down here. It has all been cleaned up, tidied

:35:06.:35:08.

up. She could almost throw it on. It doesn't look like quite such a

:35:09.:35:24.

good decision now. But you weigh up the percentages, and she thought the

:35:25.:35:32.

possibility of getting a good lie was high. She's found a way of

:35:33.:35:38.

getting down in two possibly. Charley Hull, watch this for

:35:39.:35:41.

somebody who actually attacks the ball. Boom. You didn't see many

:35:42.:35:51.

women play that way years ago. She really gets her hands on the

:35:52.:35:57.

clubhead, gives it a good old smack. She's fun to watch.

:35:58.:36:06.

Just a placement tee shot required at the 10th, 344 yards, straight

:36:07.:36:16.

ahead par-4. 240 might be the widest part of the fairway. Two bunkers up

:36:17.:36:20.

the right. Certainly a birdie opportunity. This is a real... Some

:36:21.:36:30.

of these girls are only tiny little tots and they have to swing slowly.

:36:31.:36:34.

And the slower you swing the more careful you have to be coming you

:36:35.:36:39.

have to keep the rhythm going. Wide and slow and sweeping the ball away

:36:40.:36:42.

instead of hitting the ball. Sweeping right through. I always

:36:43.:36:50.

enjoyed watching... I said to many men, you learn far more watching

:36:51.:36:55.

good women play golf than you would watching the likes of Tiger Woods,

:36:56.:36:58.

Spieth and McIlroy, because you'll never play like that. You can get

:36:59.:37:08.

the art of timing from these women. Feng on 13. Birdie at six of seven

:37:09.:37:20.

of the last holes. She started off in a rather pedestrian manner with a

:37:21.:37:24.

handful of pars, after she was very nearly late on to the first tee.

:37:25.:37:30.

Then she really put the afterburners on. Here is an awkward one. Right

:37:31.:37:37.

foot up, left foot down. Hand and arm s swing it through. Good result.

:37:38.:37:57.

Little tiny one for Feng. Nicely done. She remains one behind.

:37:58.:38:14.

Jutanugarn shooting a very good 65 this morning in ideal conditions.

:38:15.:38:24.

Michelle Wie. Big, wide stance for long putts. Sniffing at the ball.

:38:25.:38:29.

Look where she is aiming, up to the bank on the right. A huge swing.

:38:30.:38:37.

Very low, steady, good pace. STUDIO: That's the scene as we look

:38:38.:38:53.

over the Bedfordshire countryside. Very close to Milton Keynes, about

:38:54.:39:00.

50 miles north of London. Jutanugarn safely in the clubhouse, waiting to

:39:01.:39:05.

see if Shanshan Feng of China can match the 7-under par, going very

:39:06.:39:09.

well. The woman who will be 27 the day of The Open ceremony next week

:39:10.:39:18.

in Rio. Very excited, as many of these women are, about going to

:39:19.:39:21.

represent their country in the Olympic Games. Teresa Lu in that

:39:22.:39:27.

group at 3-under. Karrie Webb also going very well. Can't believe it's

:39:28.:39:31.

21 years since she took this place by storm on the Duke's course. This

:39:32.:39:39.

fearless young woman coming through from Australia. This is the place

:39:40.:39:43.

that launched her career all those years ago. It seems like yesterday.

:39:44.:39:54.

Perfect position for Wessberg off the 10th tee. Slap bang in the

:39:55.:40:04.

middle. Ken, flag pretty central today. Essential at the back, yes.

:40:05.:40:10.

Played a long way back. -- Central at the back. Hardly a breath of wind

:40:11.:40:16.

at the moment. Remember watching Vesper gapped the

:40:17.:40:39.

Championship in Saint Andrews. She finished seventh there. -- watching

:40:40.:40:42.

Vesper -- Wessberg at. She really is as calm as she looks,

:40:43.:41:24.

Peter. It's interesting. A fascinating story. Her family taking

:41:25.:41:29.

the opportunity to have the teaching scholarship in New Zealand. Taking

:41:30.:41:35.

citizenship, learning to play golf, entering the New Zealand. It's just

:41:36.:41:39.

a great story. Now Charley Hull. Get inside that one. 114. Good cuff,

:41:40.:41:49.

coming in high. The line looks not bad. Oh, Kenny. The adrenaline was

:41:50.:41:59.

flowing there, Kenneth, I think. Yes, over aggressive, I think. Calm

:42:00.:42:09.

it down a bit. Looking at the contact here. You see the divot fly

:42:10.:42:21.

after the ball was taken. Quite a lot of turf taken. Green keepers

:42:22.:42:27.

must cry themselves to sleep at night after preparing it for years

:42:28.:42:32.

and years, to be ripped to pieces. But they do a great job. Miyazato

:42:33.:42:40.

with a par putt at the 9th. She remains 1-over.

:42:41.:42:48.

Always looks busy, like she has somewhere to go, a bus to catch or

:42:49.:42:53.

something. Karrie Webb. Hardly any divot at all. It clipped

:42:54.:43:04.

off the top. Might stop a bit too quick. Interesting.

:43:05.:43:10.

Michelle Wie, Jack Nicklaus style of putting, works. I walked a couple of

:43:11.:43:27.

holes with her in practice and she was doing the table top ironing

:43:28.:43:30.

board style. Looking at her today, she's mostly doing this, she seems

:43:31.:43:35.

to change between the two depending on her mood. If it works, putting is

:43:36.:43:44.

a game within a game. But we are. -- but there we are. From the back of

:43:45.:43:52.

the green. A little bit too enthusiastic with the short pitch

:43:53.:43:59.

in. Just settled down in the grass. It's awkward with the green running

:44:00.:44:03.

away. It's hard to get the right contact on the ball. Decide what you

:44:04.:44:10.

want to play and commit to it. You could sort of scuff it out and let

:44:11.:44:15.

it run. Awkward. The grass is just an inch long but it has settled

:44:16.:44:21.

down. You don't want to be dropping a shot after a good tee shot like

:44:22.:44:27.

that, Ken. A shortish iron in. She's opening the face. It's a bold shot,

:44:28.:44:35.

I fancy. It's looking quite cavalier to me at the moment. Cavalier! Lots

:44:36.:44:42.

of swishing. This is awkward. Anything within four feet is a

:44:43.:44:51.

beauty. Quick stab. She's got away with it. APPLAUSE

:44:52.:44:55.

Very unlucky there. The ball nestling down. A little

:44:56.:45:15.

break of the wrist and you can see the ball almost going straight up.

:45:16.:45:22.

Still only level with the club face. Extraordinary that, this very slow

:45:23.:45:26.

motion. You wonder how the club doesn't hit the ball two or three

:45:27.:45:28.

times. Just a little film of moisture on

:45:29.:45:38.

the greens at the moment. It slows it down a fraction meaning the ball

:45:39.:45:42.

doesn't break as much, but it's actually a little bit easier to get

:45:43.:45:50.

the ball to roll more smoothly. Should have a little bit of movement

:45:51.:45:52.

from the right. She has left herself one of those

:45:53.:46:26.

you really don't like all that much. Karrie Webb after a very nice

:46:27.:46:32.

approach shot in here at 13. Down the slope. A couple of little

:46:33.:46:42.

switchbacks. That was a good putt. Left it below the hole.

:46:43.:46:55.

Isn't that lovely? Magnificent selection of trees, all sorts.

:46:56.:47:03.

Wildlife, a few brown squirrels about. All sorts of stuff. Lydia Ko.

:47:04.:47:12.

Birdie putts, this to get back to level par.

:47:13.:47:26.

Dribbled away. So a chance missed really. I thought she might pot that

:47:27.:47:35.

one. In search of her third major title.

:47:36.:47:53.

As won one already this year. As we go quickly to Karrie Webb.

:47:54.:47:58.

Well holed. Karrie Webb unfortunately has just missed out on

:47:59.:48:09.

the Olympic trip. Very sad news to a lot of us. It was very much her

:48:10.:48:18.

dream to be there. But Minjee Lee just edged out Karrie Webb and

:48:19.:48:23.

Rebecca Artis at the death. This is the tester that Wessberg has left

:48:24.:48:30.

herself. Putts with the shaft of the putter almost vertical. Dead centre.

:48:31.:48:45.

Over the years her putter has had some wonderful shapes and sizes. All

:48:46.:48:51.

sorts of blade putters, lumpy ones, round ones, flat ones. Anything to

:48:52.:48:59.

try to get the ball in the hole. Long putter, short putter. I

:49:00.:49:03.

remember a fellow called Eduardo Blasi from Argentina who had a

:49:04.:49:10.

putter around 14 inches long, a wide stance, putting one-handed. Didn't

:49:11.:49:17.

last long, ended up quietly in a home somewhere. I don't think any of

:49:18.:49:24.

these young nerves will be in a home for quite some time. It's a funny

:49:25.:49:30.

old game. It can strike you down, this dam game of golf. It's so

:49:31.:49:35.

pedestrian, you get so much time to think. You ponder and wonder, can I

:49:36.:49:40.

get better? Inevitably you get worse. Charley Hull finishing off

:49:41.:49:46.

nicely. Good chip and putt from the back of the green. 1-under.

:49:47.:49:57.

Peter, you must have had some fun when you were building this golf

:49:58.:50:05.

course. Did you discover anything of interest when you were moving trees

:50:06.:50:10.

must not a few old Army dug outs. I think I'm correct in saying they

:50:11.:50:16.

used to store ammunition here. It was absolute dense forest,

:50:17.:50:22.

rhododendrons, ferns and trees. I still see Clive Clarke hacking his

:50:23.:50:25.

way through. It was amazing to be asked by the family to come and do

:50:26.:50:29.

the third course here. Very proud of it. It's lovely. Mind you, you would

:50:30.:50:36.

have to be a complete fool to make a mess of a course in land like this.

:50:37.:50:42.

You can just see a couple of amateur names on that scoreboard as the

:50:43.:50:46.

scores roll through. Seven amateurs playing this week for the Smith

:50:47.:50:56.

salver. The third of the par threes. Easy to come up short on this one.

:50:57.:51:03.

It has boxed a few players today. -- it has foxed. It's a big green that

:51:04.:51:11.

tilts from back to front. You can throw the ball in there like playing

:51:12.:51:14.

darts, with bunkers on either side. You have to be up. If you go to the

:51:15.:51:20.

back of the green, when they are running fast, it's not easy to two

:51:21.:51:22.

putt. We don't know what they all played

:51:23.:51:42.

off the tee there, but Michelle Wie has a bit of a low rookie one to try

:51:43.:51:49.

and execute. She hits into the canopy of the tree but gets away

:51:50.:52:02.

with it. -- low hooking one. Miyazato's ball already on the

:52:03.:52:10.

green. She was a wunderkinder at 14 or 15 years of age, pushed on by her

:52:11.:52:16.

parents. A little bit too early really, but settling down into the

:52:17.:52:19.

world of golf for the last seven or eight years. The caddies in women's

:52:20.:52:31.

golf, do you think they take more of an interest... Not interest, that's

:52:32.:52:35.

the wrong word. But do you think they get involved more than the

:52:36.:52:39.

caddies on the men's Tour? I think they may be do, Peter. Seem to be

:52:40.:52:45.

more of them lining up the players and being part of it. They seem to

:52:46.:52:54.

be more actively engaged. Trying to keep the clubface open, keep the

:52:55.:52:58.

ball on line and she has done it very well indeed. Cracking shot.

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APPLAUSE Lexi Thompson is fun to watch. She

:53:03.:53:06.

really manoeuvres the ball and does stuff you don't see many of them

:53:07.:53:07.

doing. Lydia Ko, just watch this backswing.

:53:08.:53:25.

See the little too early bit, pushing it down, and it might go off

:53:26.:53:38.

the fairway. -- the little too twirly bit. It's mindful of Inbee

:53:39.:53:47.

Park's swing. She's injured this week. Not textbook stuff from Lydia

:53:48.:53:53.

Ko, but neither was Lee Trevino and they are both geniuses in their way

:53:54.:53:57.

in their own life span and area in the world of golf. Don't change it.

:53:58.:54:02.

Stick with what you do best. Learn how to use it. Some very good

:54:03.:54:13.

scoring today. Ideal weather. We've had a little drop of rain but it has

:54:14.:54:20.

been a slight stirring in the trees. Only a light breeze that hasn't

:54:21.:54:24.

developed into any sort of wind. Charley Hull at the 11th, the par-5.

:54:25.:54:32.

That is a fizzer, right down the middle. Good job there is some

:54:33.:54:45.

wetness in the ground otherwise it was in the bunker. Otherwise good.

:54:46.:54:54.

Back a hole to the 10th. The flag is 25 yards on today.

:54:55.:55:05.

The greens here on the Marquess course are quite segmented. To get

:55:06.:55:15.

really close to the flight you have to have pinpoint accuracy with your

:55:16.:55:20.

irons. Very easy to get on the wrong side of the slope and be swept away

:55:21.:55:26.

into 3-putt distance. -- to get really close to the flag.

:55:27.:55:45.

Michelle Wie's putt is on the way. Oh no.

:55:46.:55:59.

This is awkward. But I think she can get it up and forward OK. A bit

:56:00.:56:06.

close to the bank. Stamp it out and she has played it well. It's a

:56:07.:56:17.

runner. Awkward shot. Nice to see a few amateurs playing, Maureen. It

:56:18.:56:21.

has always been a great tradition in this Championship, but they have

:56:22.:56:24.

earned their way into it. They are not here just because we like them.

:56:25.:56:28.

I think there are seven in the field. The Smith salver will be very

:56:29.:56:36.

keenly contested. Lydia Ko has run behind the trees. She can create a

:56:37.:56:45.

shot if she has a good lie. She could squirt one round. Looks like

:56:46.:56:50.

she will play out to the left and then pitch up. She just has to keep

:56:51.:56:55.

it under the branches. The lie is pretty good considering the poor

:56:56.:57:07.

lies around. She's 295, so if she moves out 95, she has 200 to the

:57:08.:57:13.

flight. That's what you want to do. She could shunt it out, and could

:57:14.:57:17.

get further if she could be ambitious. Looks like she could be

:57:18.:57:21.

ambitious. Oh no she's not. They punched to the left side. Not too

:57:22.:57:27.

much! The thing is, the great players seemed to make smallish

:57:28.:57:34.

errors, misses the fairway, but it's a par-5. It's not always the great

:57:35.:57:40.

shots that win things. It's those who make the fewest mistakes.

:57:41.:57:47.

Everybody talks about flamboyant two irons, fizzing to the hole. But it's

:57:48.:57:53.

the silly mistakes. When you add it up on Sunday night you might have

:57:54.:57:58.

missed out by two or three. Charley Hull to thump it close. 264. That's

:57:59.:58:06.

a shame, just clipped a branch. It was motoring, but not a bad layup.

:58:07.:58:15.

Excellent layup as it happens. We are looking at the course from on

:58:16.:58:19.

high and it looks like a treat. You are down there walking through the

:58:20.:58:23.

trees. Wonderful to have character on either side of the fairways. It's

:58:24.:58:28.

absolutely exquisite. You couldn't find a nicer inland course.

:58:29.:58:33.

Everything you need. I was about Blairgowrie Rosemont last week. It

:58:34.:58:40.

was another course like this, oozing class and charm. -- I was up at.

:58:41.:58:52.

Another good tee shot from Wessberg. Deciding not to go for it. Not the

:58:53.:58:58.

most accurate of layups. Stayed on the fairway but only just, Ken.

:58:59.:59:10.

Beautifully presented, the wavy sides of the fairways. At the end

:59:11.:59:16.

you find a green like this, beautifully prepared. Miyazato for

:59:17.:59:21.

birdie, long dish and slowish putt. It's got the speed. Oh! Up a drain

:59:22.:59:29.

pipe, could have gone a few feet past, but it disappeared. The little

:59:30.:59:35.

totty goes on smiling. Can Karrie Webb rescue a par from

:59:36.:59:47.

that lie in the bunker? It's downhill. It's got a turn but it's

:59:48.:59:53.

too high. Slightly mis-hit tee shot, slightly

:59:54.:00:10.

under club, one or t'other has cost the shot there. Lydia Ko, still a

:00:11.:00:16.

few yards to go. Not the widest of targets. Going around the oak tree.

:00:17.:00:26.

These rescues are very handy. Looked good, Ken, looked online. She

:00:27.:00:31.

doesn't want it again, I can tell you that, Peter. It's a dandy! What

:00:32.:00:38.

a shot. Wonderful. Go back 100 years and that thing is called a baffy.

:00:39.:00:47.

The forward, 5-wood, a baffler. Then the rescue clubs that do the job.

:00:48.:00:56.

Lexi, birdiey, well done, had putting issues over the years and

:00:57.:01:10.

has done work with Dave Stockton. Meanwhile, at the 11th. See how you

:01:11.:01:15.

cut fair away, you go into the rough and you come out to give it, it is

:01:16.:01:21.

so easy to make a straight line, which makes it very boring, make a

:01:22.:01:25.

little manoeuvre with the tractor and trailers and the cutters and you

:01:26.:01:30.

can make a dull bit of ground look attractive. Plant a bit of gorse, a

:01:31.:01:41.

few bumps. You old romantic Peter. It is, I

:01:42.:01:47.

think, as I said at the beginning Henry Longhurst said aren't we lucky

:01:48.:01:51.

golf takes us to so many beautiful places? You can have fine stadiums

:01:52.:01:56.

and arenas and the rest of it, but there is only a limited view here,

:01:57.:01:59.

everywhere you look there is is a bit of magic, a bit of wildlife,

:02:00.:02:06.

colour, noise, sounds, birdie, it is glorious.

:02:07.:02:14.

-- birds. That style. 844 yards left. Bit of a little ridge.

:02:15.:02:21.

Is that, did that sound OK? Yes, perfect distance.

:02:22.:02:32.

The flag cut a little cape that comes into the green, a little short

:02:33.:02:36.

and it will dig in the bank and long and it will skid on, a good break

:02:37.:02:40.

here for Charlie, having clipped the pine trees it could have gone

:02:41.:02:51.

anywhere. 80 yards. And a good lay out yard damage. You can get the

:02:52.:02:59.

grip on the second bounce. Nips it up, she is a great divot

:03:00.:03:04.

taker. Stop. Oh, it didn't, didn't just, ran on

:03:05.:03:17.

an extra eight feet. What is that ghen look at the size of the divot.

:03:18.:03:21.

She crunches down on the back of the club. It looks as if she must

:03:22.:03:27.

generate spin. You know people talk about controlling the spin, you

:03:28.:03:31.

can't always, the ball doesn't always do what you hope it is going

:03:32.:03:36.

to do. Those that pretend, oh great control, the spin. No, you hit it

:03:37.:03:39.

the best you could and you hope for the best.

:03:40.:03:44.

Sometimes it spins too much and sometimes it stops beautifully. And

:03:45.:03:53.

sometimes it doesn't stop at all. Back on the tee, Thompson. Now this

:03:54.:03:58.

is certainly within her compass to get up here in two.

:03:59.:04:07.

She didn't look after it. She didn't need to. Big leap forward there,

:04:08.:04:14.

Maureen that, got a good chase on. Just hurrying the camera crew out of

:04:15.:04:27.

the way. Carr I Webb at the is ath. -- Carrie Webb at the is ath. --

:04:28.:04:33.

15th. Big headed driver. Sweeps it off the top of the tee peg. Away it

:04:34.:04:38.

goes. See that one-stops done dead, the

:04:39.:04:42.

other went on 40 yards. Luck of the draw.

:04:43.:04:50.

Karrie Webb at the is ath. -- 15th. Big headed driver. Sweeps it off the

:04:51.:04:53.

top of the tee peg. Away it goes. See that one-stops done dead, the

:04:54.:04:56.

other went on 40 yards. Luck of the draw.

:04:57.:04:57.

Good crowds. Loads of buses and Sharia banks whatever you called

:04:58.:05:00.

them. We have had the ladies group up from Surrey, bus loads of them

:05:01.:05:07.

coming up to enjoy this great event. Great view there of the high hands

:05:08.:05:14.

and the vertical putter shaft. The idea of that is to headache the

:05:15.:05:19.

putter shaft an extension of your arm, just not quite reading the

:05:20.:05:24.

break in there, fors we burring, but that will be a safe par O --

:05:25.:05:38.

Wessberg. One birdie. 12th hole in front of them is clear,

:05:39.:05:44.

there is known on it, so they will have to get a gallop on. They are

:05:45.:05:48.

backing up. I can see them waiting to play up. Yes, this group are on

:05:49.:05:54.

the slow side, they will have to kick on or they might get a nasty

:05:55.:05:58.

fright at the end of the round. That is the plague of golf these days.

:05:59.:06:02.

You watch over the next three days it is easy to see why they take so

:06:03.:06:11.

long. Well, the Championship organisersers

:06:12.:06:15.

have stated they will be hot on the timings here, and when a group loses

:06:16.:06:20.

the their starting time difference, which is 11 minute, they lose that,

:06:21.:06:25.

they will be put on the clock, they will be told, and when they get a

:06:26.:06:30.

bad time, a second bad time that is it. It is a shot penalty. They have

:06:31.:06:33.

been saying that for 50 years Maureen. Yes, but... They only been

:06:34.:06:39.

please the poor young assistant from Rochdale. Not strictly true Peter.

:06:40.:06:45.

It is totally true. Dear old pernard Langer he should have been penalised

:06:46.:06:50.

for 25 years, eight shots a round. But no, he puts bums on seats.

:06:51.:06:53.

-- Bernard. These these yardage charts and

:06:54.:07:10.

books, they look, they throw bits of stuff in the air strike and they

:07:11.:07:16.

consult. Do you think it is too much of a a science rather then an art.

:07:17.:07:21.

Some of the greatest players in the world young by eye and feel and

:07:22.:07:28.

touch. Touch. Another birdie opportunity for Ko. Ko: A good angle

:07:29.:07:37.

Peter, up the slope. No.

:07:38.:07:41.

Not got the range just yet. Well, after the errant tee shot it

:07:42.:07:52.

would have been a bit of a steal to mark a birdie down, but I suppose

:07:53.:07:57.

this is what world number ones tend to do more often than anybody else.

:07:58.:08:06.

Now Karrie, Charlie I should say. Yes. Well done.

:08:07.:08:27.

So Lexi Thompson has the been waiting behind that group for the

:08:28.:08:33.

green to clear. That is a huge drive, Maureen isn't it. We saw it

:08:34.:08:41.

leap down the fairway. Thompson has got the three wood out.

:08:42.:08:45.

It don't even look like a three wood actually.

:08:46.:08:47.

Straight at the sign behind the green, just to the right of the

:08:48.:08:52.

flag. Only what, 15 yards gap? That sort of thing.

:08:53.:08:57.

So one good clean very straight hit is needed here.

:08:58.:09:04.

Looked good. Left, was good when it left here, and it is good when it

:09:05.:09:08.

has arrived. That is a cracking shot.

:09:09.:09:11.

Oh wunderbar. Superb. Cracking shot from the former US

:09:12.:09:25.

Open champion, Lexi Thompson, she is making her way not quite on the

:09:26.:09:29.

front-page of this leaderboard as yet. It is Shanshan Feng that has

:09:30.:09:34.

been making the best progress, 6-under through 14 and the other

:09:35.:09:40.

player making progress on the first page, 4-under through seven, Mirim o

:09:41.:09:46.

Lee of South Korea, one of 30 South Korean players in the top 50.

:09:47.:09:51.

Extraordinary success over the last 15 years or so since the the amazing

:09:52.:09:59.

Siri Pak came on the scene, so many have tried to follow and have

:10:00.:10:05.

succeeded in their following her into professional ranks. There is

:10:06.:10:10.

mow Martin. Good to see her featuring, she won at royal berk

:10:11.:10:14.

dale with that stunning eagle at the 72nd hole to nick it.

:10:15.:10:20.

And there is Melissa Reid. 1-under through 14. Eventual ghul that

:10:21.:10:24.

group. -- Charley Hull in that group. Leona Maguire one of the

:10:25.:10:32.

amateur, she is one of the victorious Curtis Cup players from

:10:33.:10:36.

Great Britain and Ireland. They won the cup back for only the eighth

:10:37.:10:41.

time since the 1930s, great stuff against the Americans last month. So

:10:42.:10:49.

that is how it looks on day one. At the moment, 55 women-under par. It

:10:50.:10:56.

is a leavely setting here, Woburn Abbey.

:10:57.:11:00.

-- lovely setting here. Fabulous setting.

:11:01.:11:06.

And so many lovely sights and sounds round this lovely part of the

:11:07.:11:10.

country. Just north of London. And Peter, I know this is place you know

:11:11.:11:18.

very well. Our dear old colleague Alex was part and parcel of this

:11:19.:11:23.

wonderful landscape. It is a lovely setting here, Woburn Abbey.

:11:24.:11:31.

Fabulous setting. And so many lovely sights and sounds

:11:32.:11:34.

round, this lovely part of the country. Just north of London. And

:11:35.:11:40.

Peter, I know this is a place that you know very well. Charley

:11:41.:11:51.

Hull unleashing one at this 12th hole, trying to find the island

:11:52.:11:57.

fairway. You are aiming to get your tee shot

:11:58.:12:07.

to finish between 20-240 yards. Michelle Wie 4-over par, won the US

:12:08.:12:11.

Open a couple of years ago, since then, all sorts of problems injury

:12:12.:12:17.

again, has played its part. A struggle today, he seems to have

:12:18.:12:18.

lost her way again. It is entirely in Bedfordshire. A

:12:19.:12:51.

bit of exciting chat for you there. I think the border is probably on

:12:52.:12:58.

the A a 5, just to the east of here. Sometimes I bore mice, actually.

:12:59.:13:05.

-- myself actually. Well, here we are back on 11 and those two mighty

:13:06.:13:09.

blows from Lexi Thompson are shortly going to give her a very makeable

:13:10.:13:16.

eagle putt. You are right, Michelle Wie has had

:13:17.:13:20.

really, you know a disappointing career for one with so much promise

:13:21.:13:26.

and talent. But, A lot is down to injury, she had knee problems then

:13:27.:13:31.

she came through and had that renaissance and delivered the major

:13:32.:13:34.

Championship but everything thought she was going to, in 2014, she had

:13:35.:13:39.

neck problems since then, it has been a bit of a struggle. This one

:13:40.:13:46.

low. Again, she is sort of systematic of

:13:47.:13:50.

a lot of very young talents, come on the scene very young and perhaps

:13:51.:13:54.

don't stay the course, some of them have great careers but are retired

:13:55.:13:59.

by the age of 30. Karrie Webb is different. 41 now. She has been

:14:00.:14:05.

competing at the highest level for a long, long time.

:14:06.:14:16.

Talking early about seven and Cho who retired after winning major

:14:17.:14:23.

after major. Three tee shots in decent position on this 12th hole,

:14:24.:14:27.

sometimes the tee is moved up and you can have a pop at the green.

:14:28.:14:31.

Even getting it on to this little almost an island fairway.

:14:32.:14:39.

Peninsula sticks out. A very tricky pin. Seven on seven from the right,

:14:40.:14:43.

but awkward spot tieded to a ridge that runs through the green. 73

:14:44.:14:49.

yards left for Linda. A bang behind it she could use, a breeze helping.

:14:50.:14:55.

This slightly soggy fairway doesn't make the pitches anyisier. Over the

:14:56.:14:57.

water. -- any easier. Use the slope behind,

:14:58.:15:01.

it is tricky. Not much landing area. Well I am not sure that was as

:15:02.:15:22.

intended, but it has worked out extremely well. I may be be doing

:15:23.:15:34.

her a disservice. Hard to tell. It is 66 yards. Wanting the lady, they

:15:35.:15:43.

can't hit it as hard as a man so they tend to get that firmer first

:15:44.:15:47.

bounce. So going straight at this, the pin

:15:48.:15:54.

is on about five yards. 66 yards, almost a little close.

:15:55.:16:13.

Nicely judged. Snuffling away. Hay fever or a cold. Cold? A yard short

:16:14.:16:24.

and that was struggling to get over the water.

:16:25.:16:33.

As Peter says she gouges out an enormous divot. She has 65 and this

:16:34.:16:39.

is a soggy old fairway. Does that make you nervous? Makes

:16:40.:16:43.

you a little nervous. Come on Charlie.

:16:44.:16:53.

Three good tee shot, three good second shots.

:16:54.:17:00.

She said she was feeling the pressure, you get the home support,

:17:01.:17:05.

it can lift you, she was filing more pressure than usual, wasn't

:17:06.:17:09.

necessarily looking forward to all the home support. Eagle chance for

:17:10.:17:19.

Lexi Thompson. Stay up, stay up. That was comfortable, easy as birdie

:17:20.:17:25.

as you would want to see. Two mighty blow, two putts and Lexi Thompson

:17:26.:17:28.

gets it back to level par. Back to back birdies now.

:17:29.:17:40.

And here is Liz Young. Expecting a baby in a couple of months. Telling

:17:41.:17:45.

me this morning she usually gets tired after about 15. Holes. She is

:17:46.:17:54.

a couple more to do. She hasn't played 18 holes yet this week.

:17:55.:18:12.

Miyazato. Nicely judged. Couple of birdie, couple of bogeys today.

:18:13.:18:18.

No-one in this group setting things alight. Michelle Wie 4-over,

:18:19.:18:29.

Thompson, Miyazato level par. Not much break in that, and with

:18:30.:18:34.

eyes it finds the bottom of the hole.

:18:35.:18:40.

3-under. Good round if progress from the Australian. Remained competitive

:18:41.:18:47.

over so many years. They are waiting for the local hero

:18:48.:19:12.

to nudge this in for a birdie three. Little down the slope.

:19:13.:19:17.

Oh no. No. She is never a player accused of

:19:18.:19:38.

slow play eventual. She gets on with things briskly. A confused face

:19:39.:19:49.

there though. Shanshan Feng, won the European ladies Order of Merit last

:19:50.:19:51.

year. First Chinese player to do so. Very good. Using what they call aim

:19:52.:20:20.

point where you read it with your feet and hold the fingers up. You

:20:21.:20:24.

would have thought had a hair of movement from the right.

:20:25.:20:40.

Right to middle it goes for Lydia Ko. Not too many birdies for her

:20:41.:20:47.

today, only her second. A couple of bogeys.

:20:48.:20:57.

This is the young amateur, the Swedish amateur, 15 years of age.

:20:58.:21:04.

The youngest competitor in the field she is here because she is the

:21:05.:21:11.

British amateur champion, she won that Championship in June. Youngest

:21:12.:21:28.

winner, only turned 15 in March. Fellow country woman for birdie

:21:29.:21:29.

here. Well, disappointing there for the

:21:30.:22:32.

Swede, only a four. Got to take your chances when you can. Because on a

:22:33.:22:39.

course this tree lined, you face a few crises along the way, somewhere

:22:40.:22:44.

or other, dale Reed said she used to like to get a few birdies and tuck

:22:45.:22:50.

them in her back pocket and consider them like a bank account.

:22:51.:23:00.

Most of the really good scores seem to be coming from the morning wave.

:23:01.:23:07.

That was an impressive lily pad. You could put a small dog on them. When

:23:08.:23:11.

they were impored the person showed how impressive they were by standing

:23:12.:23:15.

on them. You can get the huge ones that can take the full weight of a

:23:16.:23:21.

human being or perhaps small child, if you are not feeling particularly

:23:22.:23:25.

brave yourself. Big thick things. Peter is staring

:23:26.:23:31.

at me in a quizzical fashion. He is right to do so.

:23:32.:23:46.

Early days yet but there are 65 plus ties make the weekend. Those numbers

:23:47.:23:55.

include the amateur players so we have 35 or so in red figures at the

:23:56.:24:00.

moment. And there is the spread of the tee

:24:01.:24:04.

shots on this teasing par-4. 12th hole.

:24:05.:24:15.

Never a good idea to miss the prepared surface when you have a

:24:16.:24:18.

short iron in your hand and the flag at the front.

:24:19.:24:29.

Not player that generates a huge amount of spin in any case, so

:24:30.:24:33.

chances are this will be beyond the flag.

:24:34.:24:51.

Plenty of height. Down, down, down... Well, has it stuck? Has it

:24:52.:25:02.

Fred couples ass they said in the business? It has. It has not quite

:25:03.:25:06.

moan down there but has got away with it. I think they probably

:25:07.:25:09.

should have cut that down, that bank, it is just clinging on there

:25:10.:25:11.

for dear life. Go, she say, what has Michelle Wie

:25:12.:25:42.

down? Got away with it. Looks a bit troubled at the moment She looks out

:25:43.:25:44.

of sorts. So Lexi Thompson, again, it is going

:25:45.:26:01.

to be, she is much sharper through the ball but it is going to be

:26:02.:26:05.

difficult to generate the control when the ball lands, because she is

:26:06.:26:09.

just coming out of this longerer grass, the second cut.

:26:10.:26:14.

-- longer grass. There is plenty of green behind the

:26:15.:26:16.

flag. Well, I have to say there were three

:26:17.:26:48.

rather indifferent shots by three top class players. And nothing gets

:26:49.:26:53.

the blood boiling like making a mess of an easy hole. This is Julia

:26:54.:27:04.

Engstrom. A couple of bogeys in a row now. Or

:27:05.:27:12.

will be. We will go back to Lydia Ko, if she can get it out there.

:27:13.:27:20.

David is working on her, she has been a fader, but she is able to get

:27:21.:27:27.

a bit more right-to-left on her now. Little shoot forward. Still doesn't

:27:28.:27:30.

have the distance of the biggest hitters though, but that is not her

:27:31.:27:32.

game. This to join Jutanugarn in the lead.

:27:33.:27:52.

At 7-under. Not enough pace. Feng is playing

:27:53.:28:05.

with the young am Stuening Strom so what an experience for the young we

:28:06.:28:11.

see dish player. Watching golf at the highest calibre at close

:28:12.:28:14.

quarters. -- Swedish. Ai Miyazato did get away

:28:15.:28:21.

with it: A little pitch up, and might even have a birdie.

:28:22.:28:26.

Very nearly did. That would be one against the head. In it will go for

:28:27.:28:33.

a par. I thought they might cut down the

:28:34.:28:36.

grass on that bank so any short, it is only a short hole any way, you

:28:37.:28:41.

shouldn't be punished if you are missing the fairway or missing the

:28:42.:28:43.

green, Miyazato escapes unscathed. Well, that shows the positions of

:28:44.:29:06.

the tee shots there on 13. There was almost a Little Mix up.

:29:07.:29:28.

They thought the ball was theirs. Ko spotted it. That was a fantastic

:29:29.:29:44.

flight. First to play has 163. Been on the front of the green. I have

:29:45.:29:48.

not seen this hollow that is tricky. If you pitch short of the green it

:29:49.:29:52.

will come trickling back to you. Not easy, you can pitch it long and

:29:53.:29:59.

right and it will gather up. 163, probably about six direct. Not

:30:00.:30:01.

much room to land the ball on. You could pitch it eight or nine

:30:02.:30:17.

yard in to right and it should leak all the way to the left.

:30:18.:30:46.

Just midway between the camera tower and the flag would be a good place

:30:47.:30:55.

to land. Chased down. Beautifully played by Wessberg. Wonderful shot.

:30:56.:31:02.

If Lydia Ko had played the wrong ball that it would have been a two

:31:03.:31:09.

shot penalty. Lexi Thompson. Going with the putter from just off the

:31:10.:31:11.

back. This one surely has to go. Thought it was a broken club there,

:31:12.:31:37.

the shaft thrashed into the tree. It has done extremely well. Stay there.

:31:38.:31:43.

Curtailed, followed through from the tree trunk, but nae bad. A little

:31:44.:31:58.

downhill. Shorter than that. Trying to follow her playing partner.

:31:59.:32:09.

One last sniff and then fire it towards the target. Hop down.

:32:10.:32:23.

Just as Ken suggested, slightly more difficult putt she has left them

:32:24.:32:29.

Wessberg's. Tester for Thompson. She is a

:32:30.:32:47.

dangerous woman when she is holing putts. That will really help her

:32:48.:32:53.

momentum. I know it's only a par putt but sometimes those are the

:32:54.:32:58.

biggest in the round. She's one who keeps her glove on while putting.

:32:59.:33:05.

It's not particularly rare. Karrie Webb. Going along very nicely

:33:06.:33:09.

indeed. Slightly out of position here. Urging it on. To no avail.

:33:10.:33:20.

Down to where Juli Inkster was not that long ago.

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-- Julia Engstrom. Looking down on Shanshan Feng. We welcome to the

:33:29.:33:41.

commentary box, the former winner of the women's open here. Was that the

:33:42.:33:54.

Duke's corset was played it was, in 1990. We have seen some good golf

:33:55.:34:04.

today, Helen. I love the way Shanshan Feng plays. She just gets

:34:05.:34:08.

on with it. With her emotions, you never know what she is shooting.

:34:09.:34:16.

Always a smile on her face and very simple. A little upslope.

:34:17.:34:24.

Considering whether tee shot was, she has every chance of getting down

:34:25.:34:27.

in two. This should just run out. Pretty well played. Talking about

:34:28.:34:44.

players who just get up and get on with it, Charley Hull is one of

:34:45.:34:49.

those. I love it. I think it takes a lot of mental energy to just make a

:34:50.:34:56.

decision and go. One thing we have talked about quite a lot, a lot of

:34:57.:35:00.

discussion between caddies and players in the women's game. It

:35:01.:35:05.

takes a lot of time. When you talk about a spectacle, something you

:35:06.:35:10.

want to watch, perhaps it's not the best. I agree with you. That was one

:35:11.:35:16.

of my big problems when I played, it was taking so long. If you play with

:35:17.:35:21.

more of an instinct, not being so precise. Mental coaches would say,

:35:22.:35:27.

don't hit until you are ready, but I said to one bill, today would be

:35:28.:35:35.

great. A lot of things its field. You need to know what clubs to hit.

:35:36.:35:42.

Let's see if Lydia Ko can feel this one in. Hasn't really got into the

:35:43.:35:56.

run today. Has had a few missed shots, which is very

:35:57.:36:02.

uncharacteristic for her. Perhaps not having quite the feel of these

:36:03.:36:06.

greens yet. Perhaps not quite as quick as some of the surfaces in the

:36:07.:36:12.

US on the LPGA Tour. But she has missed a few that ordinarily she

:36:13.:36:19.

would get in. But she wouldn't ordinarily come out shooting on the

:36:20.:36:23.

first day, she'd normally climbs up and finds herself somewhere at the

:36:24.:36:27.

top on Sunday afternoon. Biding her time. The correct pronunciation,"

:36:28.:36:53.

Vessberg" or Wessberg? Wessberg. I went all Germanic with the V. We

:36:54.:37:03.

were talking about her. A lot of players start looking at the hole.

:37:04.:37:08.

It's a great help, but you have to be firm when you do it. Modelled by

:37:09.:37:18.

Jordan Spieth, looking at the hole when putting. In it goes. Not quite

:37:19.:37:26.

finishing off that beautiful second shot. Nine pars in a row. Just not

:37:27.:37:34.

happening on the greens at the moment. It's quite frustrating

:37:35.:37:38.

sometimes. You give yourself chances, particularly when you see a

:37:39.:37:41.

lot of the field is making some birdies and you are just hanging on,

:37:42.:37:52.

even or 1-over. It's never not that exciting. It's never not that

:37:53.:37:54.

exciting. We had to Lexi Thompson again. Going

:37:55.:38:08.

with the driver here. He doesn't really need the driver, does she? --

:38:09.:38:11.

she doesn't. Again, getting a big shoot forward.

:38:12.:38:25.

It's another 40 yards or so there. Her father Scott is on the bag. It

:38:26.:38:35.

must be an interesting dynamic, having a father caddy for you. We

:38:36.:38:41.

see it quite a lot in women's golf, and sometimes in women's sport,

:38:42.:38:45.

fathers can be dominant figures, parents can. You have to have a

:38:46.:38:50.

close relationship with your caddy. At times the relationship can strain

:38:51.:38:53.

so it be interesting if your father is there. They have grown up with

:38:54.:38:57.

two brothers so they have done a lot of golf together. He has been around

:38:58.:39:01.

as long as I have known her. I don't think he's one of those parents. He

:39:02.:39:10.

has been very supportive. She's the one who's the toughest on herself.

:39:11.:39:18.

It has just gone for Michelle Wie at the moment. Fighting with herself

:39:19.:39:24.

and her swing. We have talked about her injuries. Lydia Ko at the 14th.

:39:25.:39:33.

Playing at 173 yards over the valley.

:39:34.:39:40.

Just got to favour the left of the pin. If you drift to the right it

:39:41.:39:46.

can carry along over the front of the green. The pin is on 11, nine

:39:47.:40:01.

from the left. It's so interesting to watch this group, Kent, don't you

:40:02.:40:08.

think, with Charley Hull being more active and Libya is so calm and

:40:09.:40:15.

cool. That's right. -- and Lydia. She's definitely a cucumber, and the

:40:16.:40:22.

other is more zesty orange. Wessberg is next, has hit a lot of nice shots

:40:23.:40:25.

today but hasn't holed that much. Time for the zesty one. Hit six and

:40:26.:41:09.

it has to be just on the four, cranked up behind it. -- just under

:41:10.:41:25.

four. It would be a massive hit with a 7-iron. I know the wind is across.

:41:26.:41:43.

Asking it to go for her. Oh dear. It's lying OK in there. It's not the

:41:44.:41:55.

worst. Looks as if she was trying to give it that bit extra.

:41:56.:42:06.

Back to the 13th and the tee shots of Michelle Wie and Lexi Thompson.

:42:07.:42:38.

Always going to struggle out of the rough. It's quite noisy at Woburn

:42:39.:42:44.

but they are providing wonderful overhead pictures, the aircraft.

:42:45.:42:47.

Shanshan Feng to get to 7-under par. A great thing for that little

:42:48.:43:03.

Swedish girl to play with Shanshan Feng because she makes it look so

:43:04.:43:09.

easy. A great learning experience, I think. Like you say, 6-under, and

:43:10.:43:17.

it's been a very comfortable 6-under as well.

:43:18.:43:36.

I was so pleased. I read in an interview that she is not very

:43:37.:43:42.

technical, not working too much on her golf swing, more on the shots.

:43:43.:43:47.

So nice to hear that when you hear of so many other players being

:43:48.:43:53.

extremely technical. Doing it by numbers. Lexi Thompson, you can

:43:54.:43:57.

see... You know your swing is basically sound anyway. Beyond that,

:43:58.:44:03.

the feel will bring you good scores. Michelle Wie, you see her with her

:44:04.:44:07.

little set before and you know there is a lot of thought going on at the

:44:08.:44:15.

moment. I thought when she won the US Open, which I love to watch, I

:44:16.:44:19.

thought she played exactly the way she should be playing. Very focused,

:44:20.:44:25.

target oriented. I thought that she was finally getting into it. I don't

:44:26.:44:29.

know if it's all the injuries she's had, but she always seems to be

:44:30.:44:33.

working on something. Like you say, a little too quirky, not the way she

:44:34.:44:36.

should be swinging it. Wessberg, the first to play. Over

:44:37.:44:51.

the back of the green. It will turn a corner a bit from right-to-left

:44:52.:44:53.

and it's downhill. That's so-so. Working hard after her

:44:54.:45:10.

loose tee shot. Long run-off pars might be coming to an end. She could

:45:11.:45:16.

still knock that in. Three pretty wide tee shots here, one short, one

:45:17.:45:22.

left, one long and right. How's it lying in the bunk for Charley Hull,

:45:23.:45:30.

Ken? It's lying pretty nicely. The green is running away from her on a

:45:31.:45:35.

big tilt from left-to-right. Whether caddy is standing, she might have to

:45:36.:45:39.

go a long way left. It's one of those who have to flip in the air

:45:40.:45:43.

and get it to land softly, never easy when the green is above you.

:45:44.:45:51.

She is at that stage in her around where if she could have a nice, tidy

:45:52.:45:55.

finish she would be happy, but with a couple of errors coming in, there

:45:56.:46:02.

is no recovery time today. You see how far left she went. It will feed

:46:03.:46:07.

around. And it runs away on the slope.

:46:08.:46:26.

A stab of the upslope for Karrie Webb. As tidy as always. A little

:46:27.:46:49.

bit uphill. Strong acceleration. Seems to be on an even keel, Lydia

:46:50.:46:54.

Ko. Nothing fazes her too much. One of her great strengths.

:46:55.:47:09.

Very nicely done by Karrie Webb. Keeps a good round going. Remains

:47:10.:47:17.

3-under. A couple of holes from home. She's still one of the most

:47:18.:47:21.

impressive ball strikers I saw when I was out there. She had a shot from

:47:22.:47:26.

pretty much anywhere. I loved to play with her, to learn every single

:47:27.:47:30.

time. Even though she's a lot younger. As we have talked about,

:47:31.:47:39.

she will not be going to the Olympics for Australia. Minjee Lee

:47:40.:47:49.

and sick on how. Justin Rose and Danny Willett will be going for

:47:50.:48:00.

Great Britain along with Charley Hull. What a great thing it would be

:48:01.:48:06.

to call yourself an Olympian. To be in the Olympic village, with all

:48:07.:48:11.

those other athletes. What a save from Charley Hull. That's the way to

:48:12.:48:16.

keep your round going. Things just in danger of getting away from her.

:48:17.:48:21.

A bright start, a couple of birdies in the first three holes, but

:48:22.:48:27.

remains under par despite nonsense. -- despite none since.

:48:28.:48:35.

Maybe now she needs her friends to come out. She says she doesn't want

:48:36.:48:49.

her friend watching. One friend is a golfer and she doesn't mind him

:48:50.:48:53.

watching because he gets it, but the others don't really get it. She

:48:54.:48:59.

doesn't particularly like them watching, but she has plenty of

:49:00.:49:06.

support anyway. Bit of movement from the right. I suppose level but not

:49:07.:49:12.

as fast as it perhaps looks. All the fault of that tee shot which

:49:13.:49:29.

was a real misjudgement. Nine pars in a row comes to an end with a

:49:30.:49:31.

bogey four at the 14th. Cross, how do you say that in

:49:32.:50:00.

Swedish? Cross. That's the same? Yeah, she is cross. Swedish is a

:50:01.:50:05.

very easy language. Not even an accent. Have you tried this aim

:50:06.:50:14.

point, Helen? Henni Zuel was trying to explain it to me but it didn't

:50:15.:50:17.

really make much sense after she did so. It is a little tricky. Don't you

:50:18.:50:25.

think a lot of it is taking wavy instincts. Everything is numbers. I

:50:26.:50:31.

think you feel a lot of it when you putt. -- taking away instincts.

:50:32.:50:38.

Beautiful, just enough pace to hold its line. I'm just always aware that

:50:39.:50:47.

I don't like things that make you take even longer to play than it

:50:48.:50:55.

already does. No, and it certainly does that. Lexi Thompson, a little

:50:56.:51:00.

more swift about things and write in the middle it goes. It's a good run

:51:01.:51:07.

now, three birdies in the last four, it has really turned her around for

:51:08.:51:09.

the better. Having said that, a slight

:51:10.:51:46.

misjudgement, coming up a bit shy. Arie Jutanugarn at the top.

:51:47.:52:07.

It's an international leader to say the least. Good to see Yani Tseng on

:52:08.:52:19.

the leaderboard, former major champion, has been struggling for

:52:20.:52:24.

form recently. Catriona Matthew, 2009 winner got it together on the

:52:25.:52:30.

backline with four birdies to get in decent position.

:52:31.:52:42.

Tee shot a little pill. Don't get too much run pitching into the face

:52:43.:52:46.

of the hill. -- little uphill. Just so solid, isn't she? You would

:52:47.:53:19.

have to be a massive hitter to hit this five in two. The breeze is

:53:20.:53:23.

slightly into them as well. But Charley Hull can give it a mighty

:53:24.:53:29.

tonk if she happens to get a hard bounce. Aiming very low, Ken. Maybe

:53:30.:53:44.

she's going for a cautionary heely, fadey one. Goodness, the glasses

:53:45.:53:50.

came off with the recoil. Gave it everything. Soft bouts. -- soft

:53:51.:53:59.

bounce. If you can't reach for two on the par-5 then you can afford a

:54:00.:54:05.

much more commercial tee shot. We will head back to the 14th and Lexi

:54:06.:54:14.

Thompson. Trying to save it with her hands a little bit. That's good, a

:54:15.:54:19.

feed down the slope, the one Charley Hull was on coming out of the

:54:20.:54:23.

bunker. Has found a good vein of form in this round, Lexi Thompson.

:54:24.:54:46.

Shanshan Feng, she could get a share of the lead going into tomorrow.

:54:47.:55:04.

Otherwise a very easy 66. She's just been going about her business.

:55:05.:55:25.

That's the next wave coming up, the Chinese girls. We talked about the

:55:26.:55:34.

Koreans, 37 in the top 100 is extraordinary. But there will be

:55:35.:55:39.

another wave of Chinese women, inspired by Shanshan Feng. Karrie

:55:40.:55:46.

Webb has judged this beautifully. Such a great role model for so many

:55:47.:55:56.

girls. Took a great chance on many of these girls. It's seen as a real

:55:57.:56:06.

opportunity, becoming a lawyer or doctor, and becoming a golfer for

:56:07.:56:12.

Korean women is an option. Going to the Korean Tour, the Japanese Tour,

:56:13.:56:16.

graduating to the LPGA Tour, and you can make a very good living. Karrie

:56:17.:56:25.

Webb taps in. That's what's so ironic. One of the girls she has

:56:26.:56:35.

helped is one of the girls who took her out of the Olympics! It's not

:56:36.:56:47.

just the Korean golfers, it's the Korean diaspora as well. Many go to

:56:48.:57:00.

Australia, Lydia Ko for example. But native Koreans and Korean exiles all

:57:01.:57:03.

seem to have a really strong work ethic. Talking of which, Michelle

:57:04.:57:12.

Wie. She has been amazing. I'm not really surprised she has had so many

:57:13.:57:17.

injuries. The way she has practised from such a young age.

:57:18.:57:33.

Measured that pretty well. Some swings will last a lifetime, but the

:57:34.:57:41.

strength and clubhead speed Michelle Wie generated when she was younger

:57:42.:57:48.

puts a lot of stress on the body. Engstrom. It's been a rather sad

:57:49.:57:53.

finish to the round for Julia Engstrom. Out in 35, four birdies on

:57:54.:58:05.

the way out, but closing with five bogeys, back in 71. Learning a lot

:58:06.:58:09.

from watching Shanshan Feng. From being in this company. That live

:58:10.:58:16.

experience, there is nothing that compares. People can tell you what

:58:17.:58:19.

to do but when you get the chance to play with some of the best players

:58:20.:58:21.

in the world, there's nothing better. The jersey is on for Lydia

:58:22.:58:28.

Ko. Second longest hole on the course. You realise they don't do

:58:29.:58:34.

many things that much different, they just do it a lot more. I

:58:35.:58:39.

remember playing the first Solheim Cup, I was so scared to play with

:58:40.:58:43.

the Americans, but when you are out there, you realise they are just try

:58:44.:58:47.

to hit on the fairway, get it on the green, and there isn't much more to

:58:48.:58:56.

it. Looking for position here. Charley Hull gives it a smash. You

:58:57.:59:00.

want to leave yourself with your favourite yardage. She fancied she

:59:01.:59:06.

could get pretty close, forget the yardage. On a slight downslope.

:59:07.:59:12.

Sometimes it's the tougher shot of the two, to be closer when the pin

:59:13.:59:20.

is on the edge, a short pin. Leave yourself 100 yards or something like

:59:21.:59:26.

that. Shanshan Feng to hole out. Easy 66, as we have been saying.

:59:27.:59:34.

Bogey free, stress free. And tucked in just one behind the leaders. You

:59:35.:59:51.

could see a little bit of awe in Julia's face. There is an art in the

:59:52.:59:56.

handshake. Perhaps decided she wasn't going to hug people, going

:59:57.:00:00.

for the handshake. You have to remember to hit it. The

:00:01.:00:40.

problem is you have the line covered, but, to hit it on top of

:00:41.:00:46.

it. That is her Achilles heel. He is such a great ball striker, she

:00:47.:00:49.

spends most of the time on her short game.

:00:50.:00:59.

Trying to improve. Lexi Thompson feels like she has been round for a

:01:00.:01:07.

long time. Won the craft Nabisco as it was. Again, it is another example

:01:08.:01:12.

of so many talents come out so young and win big as well. Then it's the

:01:13.:01:16.

case of trying to keep that going. Lee has moved up to 7-under par,

:01:17.:01:20.

after ten holes, what a round she is putting together so far.

:01:21.:01:27.

Alongside Jutanugarn of Thailand who finished with her 65 and Shanshan

:01:28.:01:33.

Feng closing out her 66. A bit further down, you can see Karrie

:01:34.:01:38.

web. Mow Martin, a good start to her round. 3-under par. Again, so many

:01:39.:01:46.

flags of Korea there. Lincicome, 2-under after 15.

:01:47.:01:53.

And Catriona Matthew we mentioned with a round of 70, one of the

:01:54.:01:57.

morning starterser so much good scoring this morning. The wind

:01:58.:02:01.

hasn't got up and there hasn't been the promised rain, just a few

:02:02.:02:06.

showers, perhaps. Melissa Reid alongside Charley Hull, so the

:02:07.:02:11.

English flag being flown there, both 1-under par, Melissa Reid on her

:02:12.:02:22.

final hole. Shadoff just outside the top one00

:02:23.:02:31.

in the world. McBride there as well. And the Irish amateur, 1-under after

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11 holes. Got 66 yards, green, just above her.

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That is facing her. Just about far enough back to put a bit of spin on

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it. By her standards there is a

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smattering of applause, but she will not be pleased with that.

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Could you mark it please. It is interesting when you play this golf

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course, this is not really changed, if you had a morning shift or the

:03:15.:03:17.

afternoon shift because the weather has been similar la, we will see the

:03:18.:03:22.

score, in a links it can be different if you get the morning run

:03:23.:03:27.

or the afternoon run, so it is more fair on the playerses What a run

:03:28.:03:35.

from Mirim Lee. Birdies in the second, fourth, eighth, ninth,

:03:36.:03:49.

tenth. Showing off! Off!? Pig tail problems for a moment, out of the

:03:50.:03:53.

way. Club face open, a little nearer than I would like, particularly

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difficult with the greens above eye level. You can't see the pin.

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With the slope behind it is awkward. Looks down with some scorn at the

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line, and yes, leaving Herr above the hole there. Helen has departed.

:04:19.:04:32.

A puff of Swedish smoke replaced by Maureen. Moo here is is a player we

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played with many time, Karrie Webb. Final hole.

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And fine shot, flag up on the right-hand side, and tuck over bun

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score the player isn't able to see the bottom of the flag when they are

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sizing up their shot. Lexi Thompson. Can players get close

:04:58.:05:05.

to this green? Lexi Thompson, if she finds the fairway, might be able to

:05:06.:05:11.

get home in two. Gets a good shoot forward. She will be from there

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Earlier in the year she did a photo shoot for the Olympics in the old

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garb that the women used to wear 100 years ago, she wasn't able to let

:05:22.:05:27.

rip like that. Whale bone corsets. Mirim Lee, a couple of top five

:05:28.:05:31.

finishes this year, plays in the LPG Tour. A chance here to lead. Well,

:05:32.:05:40.

it is an astonishing round for her, she leads the Women's British Open

:05:41.:05:45.

on her own, and look at that card. Eight birdie, no drop shots, in 11

:05:46.:05:47.

holes. It wasn't the best third shot from

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Charley Hull. Charley as left herself a bit a

:06:14.:06:31.

slippery one down here. Not one you want to take a bolt at.

:06:32.:06:38.

A birdie, but pretty quick. Well it is freshing to see an

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attacking player but if you are a supporter it jangle the never ends a

:06:57.:07:03.

bit. -- nerve ends a bit. She has a character testing putt back up the

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slope to save par. A you get to the end of this golf course the birdie

:07:08.:07:16.

opportunities are fewer and farther between. Lid away seems to take her

:07:17.:07:22.

strokes with a conventional grip and never sure which she going to use

:07:23.:07:32.

for the actual stroke, so back with a conventional grip. Up the slope,

:07:33.:07:38.

slow, slow, slow. Great effort. APPLAUSE

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I was talking to David, her coach yesterday, I asked him about out of

:07:45.:07:50.

all the players you know, who is the complete package and unerringly he

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said Lydia. He said she is very very special.

:07:54.:08:09.

It is in your genes when you have such a calm demeanour. Lydia seems

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to be like that. Never rushes. Wessberger across the slope.

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In the sob open, she comes in with -- she has had no luck on the greens

:08:36.:08:37.

at all. She will remain 2-over par,

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Wessberger. So Mirim Lee out in front, 8-under

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after 11 holes, astonishing round she has got going at the momentment

:09:19.:09:24.

very good run from Jutanugarn on 65 and Stacy Lewis 67, in between them

:09:25.:09:27.

Shanshan Feng has finished with her 66 and Hazel has caught up with her.

:09:28.:09:33.

I have indeed. Congratulations, that 66 looked remarkably simple today.

:09:34.:09:37.

You made it look easy. Especially with the run of four birdies coming

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in from what the fifth hole there, how would you describe and rate that

:09:42.:09:47.

round for us today? Well, I was overall I did really well, today,

:09:48.:09:50.

and I made four birdies in a row, I think I worked really hard today,

:09:51.:09:55.

because I got a green book, it was my first time to get a green book

:09:56.:09:59.

with the slopes and the numbers on them, I think, this golf course is

:10:00.:10:04.

set up a bit shorter than the normal British Opens, I think it's a birdie

:10:05.:10:07.

challenge, and I really want to read the greens right, and that is why I

:10:08.:10:12.

got the green book, and it was great, I mean it helped me to read a

:10:13.:10:18.

lot more better, so I made the putts and I feel comfortable with the

:10:19.:10:22.

score. It's a different challenge to the links courses that have been

:10:23.:10:24.

thrown at you over the last couple of year, you were close to winning

:10:25.:10:28.

this title a couple of years back at royal berk dale. How high up on your

:10:29.:10:36.

list is this Championship? Well, I have got one major in the pocket so

:10:37.:10:41.

far, but British Open, it is a major of all the Majors, of course, I

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never mind one more major, and you know, I got really close two years

:10:48.:10:50.

ago and almost thought that maybe I had it, but somebody else played

:10:51.:10:55.

even better, so I missed that. It was kind of a pity, so, you know, I

:10:56.:10:59.

had a very good first round today and I want to maybe have three more

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days, stick on the same plan, do the same thing and we will see. You are

:11:06.:11:08.

building up to something I know you and the others are excited about.

:11:09.:11:13.

The Olympic game, can you sum up how important and how special it will be

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to play for your country and become an Olympian in a couple of weeks'

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time? Well, I mean, when they first announced it golf was back in the

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Olympics I was, it was 2009 so seven years a and I think time really

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flied. I still think I don't, I don't think I am even ready for the

:11:32.:11:35.

Olympics to come yet. It is only two more weeks to go. Last week we were

:11:36.:11:40.

playing in the international crown and that was team event. I thought

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that was great warm up for the Olympics, and this week, also, even

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though it is not a links-style course this week, but I think we are

:11:49.:11:54.

playing like a links-style golf course for the Olympics so maybe, it

:11:55.:11:58.

will be really windy, so we will get used to the wind here this week, and

:11:59.:12:03.

I am really looking forward for it. And your birthday on the opening

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ceremony. Not bad. All of your Christmases are coming at the one

:12:08.:12:11.

time. I know, I wish that any could go to to the opening ceremony but I

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don't think I can make it, because our competition is maybe towards the

:12:18.:12:22.

end of the game, and hopefully I can go to the closing ceremony, and you

:12:23.:12:27.

know, I heard a lot of good stuff about it, because they said it is

:12:28.:12:31.

after the competition are finished and everybody is so excited and that

:12:32.:12:35.

I will party. I am looking forward to it. You might even be wearing a

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Gold Medal. Well played. She will be there at the closing ceremony

:12:47.:12:49.

partying with Usain Bolt and the gang. Karrie Webb, chance to close

:12:50.:12:53.

with a birdie but a very difficult putt. Yes a wiggle on this one.

:12:54.:12:59.

It is along the top a little ridge, if you get the wrong side of it in

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the first singsches it drifts further wide.

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-- six inches. It is really seven years ago they announced that the

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Olympics where golf was coming back? I mean she is right, and she will

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find as she gets older time flies faster. It does. He said gloomily.

:13:18.:13:27.

Lynn is the second Chinese player. Lydia Ko on the tracer.

:13:28.:13:36.

-- Lin. Just overcut it slightly.

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Seem to be struggling with a snuffle today.

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An interesting point about Shanshan Feng made, they are playing the

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course short, it is almost a putting competition, there is is a lot,

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there are a lot of birdies out there today.

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Yes, it is the first British Open we have had for a while that you could

:14:17.:14:20.

say is played all the way through the air strike not along the ground,

:14:21.:14:24.

in the traditional links style. That is what they are used to. Week in,

:14:25.:14:31.

week out. So, very much at home in this sort of golf course. Michelle

:14:32.:14:40.

Wie, her third to the 15th, this long par-5. 529 yards. Through the

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routine. Nicely done. I don't know if you and Helen mentioned this, but

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watching her, she is walking very badly. Limping quite a lot. Hip

:15:07.:15:11.

problems as well as neck problems, so, they are always there a little

:15:12.:15:16.

bit. Mirim Lee, in this incredible round. 8-under after 11.

:15:17.:15:29.

She placed her tee shot there absolutely perfectly, gave herself

:15:30.:15:36.

the best angle into the flag. So brain, body, seefrmgs to be engaged

:15:37.:15:38.

at the moment. -- everything seems. Lexi Thompson hit a big drive down

:15:39.:15:50.

here. I thought she might be able to get home in two.

:15:51.:15:59.

Even if you can, it hard to veer to the left, so leaving herself this

:16:00.:16:04.

pitch but again, you almost don't want to be this close. Coming in for

:16:05.:16:10.

80 or 100 yards, because this is this could be a fiddly one.

:16:11.:16:30.

A lot of elevation changes in this golf course, not a lot of flat

:16:31.:16:34.

shots. But certainly, no wind to affect her

:16:35.:16:40.

here, if you look at the flag, it is limp. Not too many shots get above

:16:41.:16:51.

the level of these trees. And the work in the distance control is

:16:52.:16:53.

pretty good. Most of the tee shots have gone on

:16:54.:17:19.

the 16th and a fair spread, Wessberger is having fun down the

:17:20.:17:23.

left. Lydia Ko licked it off to the right a bit.

:17:24.:17:36.

Might need to go a little bit. Safe enough.

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Mirim Lee has a putt tow go, a makeable one to go to 9-under after

:17:55.:18:03.

12, which is indecent, she is out on her own.

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Wessberger, nice on the front of the green, or just right of it. 180 for

:18:24.:18:29.

Charley. Well, not bad, but probably expected

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better from that range, but birdie chance.

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What a day we are having, this first round. This lady here, is taking

:18:54.:19:05.

this fine course to pieces, Mirim Lee, she has only had about three or

:19:06.:19:09.

four par, she has another chance of a birdie. A remarkable score goes

:19:10.:19:14.

on, can she keep it going for another half a dozen holes? There is

:19:15.:19:23.

the course's water supply, on the right-hand side. Very natural bit of

:19:24.:19:29.

ground. Lovely lovely. Here we go. Birdie putt, to go 9-under, taking

:19:30.:19:36.

this fine course to pieces, Mirim Lee, she has only had about three or

:19:37.:19:39.

four par, she has another chance of a birdie. A remarkable score goes

:19:40.:19:42.

on, can she keep it going for another half a dozen holes? There is

:19:43.:19:45.

the course's water supply, on the right-hand side. Very natural bit of

:19:46.:19:47.

ground. Lovely lovely. Here we go. Birdie putt, to go 9-under, and she

:19:48.:19:50.

has - oh, fallen to pieces. That is the end of it. That's the end of it!

:19:51.:19:53.

Oh dear, they come and they go. A par, how disgraceful! Leads by

:19:54.:19:54.

one. As usual very good crowds here on

:19:55.:20:09.

the opening day. They will grow bigger and bigger, this has always

:20:10.:20:14.

been a wonderful venue for crowds, I remember some years ago, traffic

:20:15.:20:19.

jams, trying to get in when we used to have Lee Trevino, and some great

:20:20.:20:24.

victories round here. Masters tournaments.s it has always

:20:25.:20:28.

been a tip top place to come and watch golf.

:20:29.:20:32.

There we are. Big old thick grip. They had them like that in the 30,

:20:33.:20:41.

there is nothing very knew. Just after the green, running up

:20:42.:20:45.

nicely, a bit fiery. Oh, a lot fiery.

:20:46.:20:57.

Awkward stance here for Sandra. Caught it fat.

:20:58.:21:14.

Yes, four left is the cry. Oh, nice in off the cusp there. I don't think

:21:15.:21:16.

she will complain about that result. Lydia Ko also is with the thick

:21:17.:21:32.

grip. Lovely rhythm to her putting stroke.

:21:33.:21:39.

She has had a lot of chances today, Ken, for six, eight, ten feet, they

:21:40.:21:43.

haven't gone in. Absolutely, she has had a few chances and a lot looked

:21:44.:21:48.

like they were going in. You get days like that. Nobody knows why.

:21:49.:21:52.

One or two pretend they know, but nobody really knows.

:21:53.:21:58.

Why didn't that putt of Mickelson's last week or whatever it was at the

:21:59.:22:05.

open go in for a 62? Something said no, not today young man.

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Charley Hull, always goes down on one knee, as if to ask for mercy,

:22:21.:22:27.

very quick with her putting routine. Had a quick look, no Wallying round.

:22:28.:22:37.

Much brisker rhythm to her stroke. Must be a bit of movement from

:22:38.:22:43.

right-to-left. Certainly as it slows. Get a good view from her, she

:22:44.:22:48.

has putted a couple of feet right. Overdone it. It. Just a whisker. Had

:22:49.:22:59.

the right idea, but from long range, just a near miss.

:23:00.:23:07.

You are not there. Birdie putt for Thompson back on 15.

:23:08.:23:38.

Hit it up. Oh, she's been a tad tentative with a lot of her puts.

:23:39.:23:47.

Must be so irritating to hit the ball as well as she does and then

:23:48.:23:59.

not make her fair share. For a par. She has had a slightly troubled day,

:24:00.:24:05.

today, doing that. Umpteen of those today. Come out in

:24:06.:24:11.

the morning and you feel good, and, well that is a long way, nearly four

:24:12.:24:17.

feet by, getting on that way, that is what you don't want.

:24:18.:24:45.

Very slow putting stroke, quite long. Usually from range, they only

:24:46.:24:51.

have to take it back about three or four inches. Watch this. That slow

:24:52.:24:58.

tick-tock, an old pendulum, old grandmother clock.

:24:59.:25:10.

Well holed. Par in for 72. Thompson. She won't

:25:11.:25:56.

be holding back here. Don't look as if she has got her driver but gives

:25:57.:26:03.

it the full lasso. That's -- oh. Look out, I was just having a cup of

:26:04.:26:08.

tea and a sandwich and I think it's all right. Might have been a lot,

:26:09.:26:18.

lot worse. There might will well strategically concealed oaks you

:26:19.:26:21.

left in there. I know. Straggling down that side. A touch of the

:26:22.:26:35.

sadist in us. Still ten foot short. But very near.

:26:36.:26:43.

That was Sandra Gal after her nice bounce in off one of the sponsor's

:26:44.:26:47.

hoardings, so, so a chance of saving par here at the final hole.

:26:48.:26:52.

Had a good round of golf. She eagled the seventh.

:26:53.:26:59.

You are talking about slow play, watch this for a moment if the

:27:00.:27:06.

cameraman stays here, they have played this umpteen time, hardly any

:27:07.:27:10.

wind, six or 7-iron, you get up and whack it. And put it on the green.

:27:11.:27:15.

With a nice free swing but they have to look at the books and someone

:27:16.:27:18.

will throw a bit of grass in the air, then they will tee up in the

:27:19.:27:21.

wrong place and have to move and then we have a chat and one of the

:27:22.:27:26.

spectators moves, and suddenly, if they can, there we go. If we can

:27:27.:27:31.

only save a minute, a minute-and-a-half a hole each

:27:32.:27:33.

player, for men and women, you have solved the problem of slow play.

:27:34.:27:43.

155 yards, pin at the back of the green.

:27:44.:27:51.

Ice easy swing. She pulled it a bit, pulled it or pushed it or grabbed

:27:52.:27:56.

it? Didn't hit it. The number of players with have seen short on this

:27:57.:27:59.

hole today, it is a Longridge running through the green, you don't

:28:00.:28:04.

want to rattle it through the back, but, at least half a club short. The

:28:05.:28:09.

flag has cut over a ridge on the green. Six before the flag and, so

:28:10.:28:13.

it is about 12 yards deep, the biggest target. It is not easy to

:28:14.:28:19.

pitch one, I don't know if you could play a, take a longer club and play

:28:20.:28:24.

a bit of run? I think that is the technique, Charley tend to go high,

:28:25.:28:27.

because she has enough club speed to pitch it up there and land it

:28:28.:28:31.

softly. There is is not much room for error.

:28:32.:28:36.

You were sounding like a Dickens character there, Peter. Was I? He

:28:37.:28:42.

was quite wise in his own way. You are only saying that Ken because you

:28:43.:28:46.

are off -- safely on course, I am here next to him. I have a bit of

:28:47.:28:51.

the old magic beside me. That could be good. Yes.

:28:52.:28:56.

Charley is my darling. Good shot Charley.

:28:57.:29:02.

Now, let's see what we think of that one. Oh, we are on. Sandra Gal for

:29:03.:29:08.

this amazing four at last. No. Well, that is going to be to be

:29:09.:29:25.

a 70 for the German Solheim Cup player.

:29:26.:29:36.

Good round from Sandra Gal. 70 is always good.

:29:37.:29:51.

She is tied fourth in the second of the five women's Majors, her best

:29:52.:29:57.

result in a major, in fact she has never made the cut in the Women's

:29:58.:30:02.

British Open Championship, she has picked up eight birdies through 11

:30:03.:30:07.

holes. Playing in 13th right now and making quite a statement. One shot

:30:08.:30:14.

clear of Ariya Jutanugarn, among the early starters today, round of 65.

:30:15.:30:19.

Stacy Lewis was right beside her with a 67 today. Mi-Hyang Lee, also

:30:20.:30:26.

of South Korea, going well at 4-under. At the moment it is being

:30:27.:30:35.

dominated, the of echelon is anyway by South Koreans, five of them in

:30:36.:30:38.

the top ten and these women from that part of the world have really

:30:39.:30:41.

made their mark in women's golf over the past ten or 15 years. Further

:30:42.:30:48.

down, Catriona Matthew, the last British winner of this great event,

:30:49.:30:57.

home in 2-under par today. Isabelle Boineau of France, winning the

:30:58.:31:01.

Scottish Open last week, also in the picture here. Yes, opening day. A

:31:02.:31:07.

bit of a shortage of British names on those leaderboards, but here is

:31:08.:31:12.

Michelle Wie. She is 4-over par, a couple of sixes and seven, not a

:31:13.:31:22.

good day for Michelle. She is obviously hurting, Peter. She falls

:31:23.:31:28.

back every shot. That has done very well. It's very hard to play if you

:31:29.:31:33.

are wounded. The aches and pains and knees and elbows and muscles. Oh,

:31:34.:31:42.

now, you were right, one of those sneaky trees that Clive put in!

:31:43.:31:49.

Clarkie, he looks such an innocent boy but he was a killer. Look at

:31:50.:31:54.

that. This can be done. I don't know if she has got the power to do it

:31:55.:31:56.

but it's a hard shot. She tried. How she got it in the front bunker?

:31:57.:32:12.

That's not bad. Almost impossible to get that on the green. There she is.

:32:13.:32:15.

Good effort. The 17th, the par-3. This is very

:32:16.:32:35.

awkward. The downslope, it will scuttle on and on, virtually

:32:36.:32:36.

impossible. I like to watch the shots of the

:32:37.:33:01.

club going under the ball, not a good result, but it was a very

:33:02.:33:09.

treacherous shot. I know it is very frustrating for club golfers to be

:33:10.:33:13.

told how easy it is to get out of a bunker, and it is easy if you know

:33:14.:33:19.

what you are doing, you should get out every time unless you are

:33:20.:33:22.

plugged or in an awkward spot. The sun comes out. A bit of putting to

:33:23.:33:38.

watch. I don't think we have seen anyone passing the hole from here.

:33:39.:33:44.

Yes, very much up the slope for the first half of the putt and then it

:33:45.:33:49.

breaks hard to the left, a little down the other side. It is tricky to

:33:50.:33:59.

judge. Over borrowed. And overhit, one of the first we have seen, twice

:34:00.:34:03.

wrong. She has got about eight feet past.

:34:04.:34:20.

That was a rattler. It was always tricky, she forced it up and when

:34:21.:34:25.

you get up the hill it can get away from you. Nice atmosphere out there?

:34:26.:34:35.

It is a joy. It always has been here. You go to some clubs and there

:34:36.:34:39.

is just something missing, you are not quite sure what it is. There is

:34:40.:34:43.

a slight atmosphere. But this has always been a welcoming course but

:34:44.:34:51.

spectators. Good organisation and there is plenty for them to do

:34:52.:34:55.

handle look at and enjoy. This is a par putt now. I suppose the good

:34:56.:35:02.

news is that she is getting nearer. Going back to what you have just

:35:03.:35:11.

said, it's the legacy of Alex Hey. He was fantastic here. They knew it.

:35:12.:35:19.

He did wonders here. This is our leader, yet another chance for a

:35:20.:35:26.

birdie. Running well... Oh no, perhaps she was getting a bit

:35:27.:35:31.

carried away by the thought of 59s and 47s or whatever it is. I was

:35:32.:35:36.

going to ask you how much the gremlins pop into your mind when you

:35:37.:35:39.

are on your way to a super low score. That is the game of golf, you

:35:40.:35:45.

learn how to hit it and then how to play and then how to control your

:35:46.:35:48.

thoughts. One of the drawbacks of golf is that you have too much time

:35:49.:35:52.

to think. This is to stay at level par. She should have learned a

:35:53.:36:06.

little from her first putt. That was simple, really simple par-3,

:36:07.:36:10.

dropping a shot when you are this quality of player, that is not good.

:36:11.:36:20.

But she did not mean to do it, sir! It looks odds-on to be a 73. Not

:36:21.:36:32.

many birdies at the 18th today. Just looking down the leaderboard there,

:36:33.:36:37.

Maria Parra, the Spanish amateur, the 20 15th European -- 20 15th

:36:38.:36:45.

European champion, in with a fine 69. The next amateur is Hannah

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O'Sullivan, the 2015 and matter -- amateur champion. Possible

:36:54.:36:59.

professional material, in a month or a year or two. Here we go, this is

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for a bogey four. Oh. Now, this is for a five will

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stop this would destroy you. -- for a five. Yes, it has all just got

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away from her at the end of the round here. Mika Miyazato at 18.

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Long putt. It tends to swing left to right at the end. Oh! That was

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beautifully judged. Beautifully judged by Mika. Home in 33, what a

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fantastic back nine. 69. Lovely. It can be done and it's nice to see

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smiling faces, too. I'm enjoying myself this week, after seeing all

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those young men and not so young man, forgetting to shave in the

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mornings, it used to be five o'clock shadow but now it's the fashion. It

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makes them look ten years older and I don't know why they do it but it's

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nice to see some smiling faces, joyful looking out here.

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This is Brittany Lincicome for her birdie at 18. Playing with Mika

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Miyazato and Paula Creamer. Very nice, another good closing

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nine, 30 two. The back nine is supposed to be more difficult. --

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32. Now Thompson. This is for a par. No. She stopped on that, just tapped

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at the ball instead of pushing through. It stayed up on the

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right-hand side and that is a dropped shot.

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Hull tapped in for her birdie after is blended tee shot at the 17th. --

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a splendid. A little bit of a breeze rattling around there, the tops of

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the trees. It is certainly funnelling down the hole, Charley

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Hull doesn't necessarily need to use her driver but there is a chance of

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taking one and she usually does when she can. Maybe a little down the

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left, just trying to fade it. She has still got a bit of energy left.

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I don't think she left anything behind there. She cracked it up the

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right-hand side. Well, that did not leap forward but it's a lovely

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drive. One handed practice swing to get the right arm working.

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It's a slightly different flight to Charley Hull's, it is slightly

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lower, when it hits the fairway it can run out a bit. She has got a

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good tempo. It's amazing. Very interesting style. Sweeping it off

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the top of the tee. Watch the ball as long as you can. Whoosh! Very

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fine player. That one dug its toes in and stopped, there was no real

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bounce on that one. I remember when I first saw Michelle

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Wie, it was at the 2004 Curtis cup in Formby. My goodness she could hit

:41:42.:41:47.

golf shots that we could not believe a 14-year-old was capable of

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hitting. Great control of the ball. I remember that very well. That is

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looking back from the camera behind the 17th green. The 16th green, back

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right. The 18th tee on the left. Interested spectators having a nice

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day out. There is the wee dynamo, the pocket

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dynamo, diamonds are worth more than bricks, you know.

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Slowly back, sweeps it away. That is nicely on the green.

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Former world number one. I think it was 2010 that she won five

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tournaments. And here is the current world number four.

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Strategically placed Oaktree, they're on our right as we look back

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to the tee, it is on the players' left, so once they decide to shift

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the flag further left, which I'm sure they will do later in the week,

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they really need to shape the ball from right to left to feed it close

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to the flag. Towards the back right today.

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Well followed. That was a bit bold. It's going to come back a whisker.

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That's not too bad. The Championship leader. Though she

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have enough club? -- does she have enough club? The gods are with her

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today, aren't they? Oh yes! They certainly are. You see, you can't do

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anything about that, not a very good tee shot but she ends up making a

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nine foot putt for her birdie, she has enough grace to smile and laugh

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and say, yes, I did well there! Some people pretend they did it on

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purpose, you know. Down the fairway we go, Lydia Ko on

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the left, Hull with the longest tee-shot. Ken is there. Just a

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little bit below her feet, in a little valley in the green, just

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feed it in from the left. It is playing very short, the 18th. She

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has 155 left, it is pretty darn short. The breeze is helping. The

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back tee, this is a formidable par-4. That was careless, sloppy.

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Yes, we have seen a number of loose shots from Lydia Ko today. Very

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unlike her. Her poor rounds tend to be around the par mark. Amazingly

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soft, big divots, the ball not running very far.

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From 152. She is not very happy with that by the look of it. The

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presentation as you play up to the 18th green must look terrific from

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the fairway, Ken, the hospitality roundabout and the colour scheme and

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the whole thing looks grand, doesn't it? Yes, it is framed by the oak

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trees and of course the big screens. It is absolutely lovely. What do you

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reckon she has took it from here? Can't be anything more than a wedge,

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129. The wind looks as though it is left to right. That's a big

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tee-shot. I see it landing on the centre of that gap. It might be a

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little 9, just depends on what you are trying to do. It is one of those

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shots where you don't get it inside 15 feet and you will be a little

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disappointed. There she goes again. Keep that one for the harvest

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Festival. APPLAUSE That was a good shot. Charley is

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putting together a fine finish, birdie at the last and a good chance

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of birdie here at 18, that would get her to 3-under. Awkward shot for

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Michelle. Michelle Wie. She has played that beautifully. How about

:47:47.:47:51.

that? That is a gem. One of the shots of the day. I don't know if

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she is in trouble with her back or her knee, struggling to walk up the

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slope there. We were talking about the caddies

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earlier and how they play a big part in the golfer's life. Jim Dawson was

:48:13.:48:17.

a caddy for Brian waits for many years and I remember him well and I

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was with Brian for his great run on the senior Tour, and he's not very

:48:22.:48:28.

well, so Jim, a lot of your friends here remember you fondly and send

:48:29.:48:31.

you good wishes and I hope you're on the mend. A good man there in Brian

:48:32.:48:37.

waits, he made the most of his talent. One of the pearly kings in

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the background, by the look of things, but maybe I'm wrong.

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You see the girl with the scoreboard, there. It's very

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interesting, this experiment going on, Thornton College School in

:49:09.:49:15.

Woburn have provided the scorers. They are taking some girls from the

:49:16.:49:18.

school and giving them golf lessons next year. Drop away here, playing

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from the edge. Was that the ball finished? Just a little bit up the

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slope. Not the greatest lie. Playing with a bit of loft. Interesting.

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That was beautifully struck. Just needed to settle down a fraction, it

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was always going to come out with a bit of run. Just going the extra

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four or five feet past. Now, this is a chance bought Mirim Lee to get to

:49:56.:50:01.

9-under par. -- for Mirim Lee. Another one. She missed a fairly

:50:02.:50:07.

short chance at the 12th, but she is now 9-under par and leads by two. It

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is an extraordinary round. 9-under after 14.

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Now, down in two from here would be something. Because this is not easy.

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She has not putted well today. She has hit some good putts that have

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not gone in, she has misjudged her line and length. This is a cricket

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pitch length away or close to it. Up the hill and down the other side.

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This is not easy. Very difficult. If it was a dive it would be a high

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tariff one. She has done well, it comes and it comes and it comes.

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Very good. Full marks for that one. Started brightly enough, Westberg.

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Birdie at the 2nd but then no more after that. A couple of double

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bogeys. Two bogeys and a double bogey at the 17th.

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It is quite a big green, this final 18th here on the Marquess course. A

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couple of slopes, a couple of rolls. It is divided by a spine that runs

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across it. This could be a fantastic round for Charley Hull, a nice one

:52:05.:52:11.

on the 15th and a birdie on the 17th, and this is how you build a

:52:12.:52:16.

card when your game is not quite there and it could be quite sound

:52:17.:52:20.

score if she can no urge this in. Up the hill, off the right. And it is

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slow, very slow. Not much outside the hole, speed comes into it,

:52:27.:52:30.

though. If she hits it firmly enough there is not much outside the hole,

:52:31.:52:34.

but if it dribbles in it could go left. She has done it. It is there.

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Well done. Perfect. She has had a scrappy sort of round and turned it

:52:44.:52:47.

into a pretty good score at the end of the day. No drop shots, four

:52:48.:52:53.

birdies at the beginning and end of the round. Well done. That is

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certainly going to be the best of this trio with a round of 69 because

:52:59.:53:03.

four Lydia Ko it has been so-so today. Not really got going. Here we

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go again, holding up the number of fingers according to pace and break.

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You stand either side of it and straddle the line, and subtract the

:53:15.:53:20.

number you first thought of! This sounds like a drinking game! Just

:53:21.:53:25.

hope for the best! People do some potty things trying to get the ball

:53:26.:53:29.

in the hole. Standing this way and that, but that is the magic of the

:53:30.:53:34.

game. This is a horribly tricky one, across the slope and down the hill.

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That slid right across the face of the hole. Three from the edge of the

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final hole. It was an untidy score, lots of opportunities, at least five

:53:51.:53:55.

or six. The world number one. That will spur her on for tomorrow. She

:53:56.:54:05.

needs to, that is a round of 74. That could be ten shots behind,

:54:06.:54:10.

could be a long way behind. 67 tomorrow will put her right. This is

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just to finish out, she has been a bit adrift of her playing partners.

:54:22.:54:25.

It has been ugly in the last four holes. Even this is a little bit in

:54:26.:54:35.

it, you have to hit it firmly, confident strike, rattle it in.

:54:36.:54:43.

Well, that just hangs onto the right half of the hole, in it goes for a

:54:44.:54:50.

closing par but a back nine of 40 four Linda Wessberg. Into the warm

:54:51.:54:53.

embrace of her playing partner but she scores 77, though. Might need

:54:54.:55:01.

something more than a glass of orange squash to night to ease the

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pain. That was a very good round, though, for Charley Hull, those last

:55:08.:55:12.

two birdies really make it better, 17 and 18, two birdies. She is off

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to take a few selfies. All of the organisation that goes in to a

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tournament is quite extraordinary. Here is the star of the moment,

:55:29.:55:34.

driving at the 15th, Mirim Lee. Championship leader by two. She is

:55:35.:55:40.

9-under. If that's a good one, she's got a chance. Oh! Sit there. Oh, you

:55:41.:55:52.

don't want to go in there. You might find an old burial ground in there!

:55:53.:56:01.

9-under 314 and then gets to the par-5 with a fairway as wide as a

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field and then she goes into the trees. Mirim Lee is still out in

:56:06.:56:12.

front, two shots clear. Jutanugarn was one of the morning starters,

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finishing with a 65. Stacy Lewis was also a morning player. Azahara Munoz

:56:18.:56:27.

in that group, on 68. Martin, the winner at Royal Birkdale a couple of

:56:28.:56:38.

years ago, she is 4-under par. Yani Tseng, five-time major winner. That

:56:39.:56:42.

is good to see you. And the amateur Maria Parra of Spain, 69, 3-under

:56:43.:56:48.

par. Carrie Webb was in with a 69 as well. 3-under par. Hazel Court with

:56:49.:56:54.

her after her round. It's lovely to see you again, and back where it all

:56:55.:56:59.

started for you, how special is Woburn for you and why? This is

:57:00.:57:04.

where it all started 21 years ago, as a 20-year-old, I was fortunate

:57:05.:57:09.

enough to win around here, not on this course obviously but it's been

:57:10.:57:12.

a long time since we've been here. I think it is great to be back here

:57:13.:57:18.

and reminisce about how it all started. Is this challenge as

:57:19.:57:21.

relevant as some of the links courses you have been playing in the

:57:22.:57:27.

past few years? Is it nice to play parkland and heathland again? I

:57:28.:57:30.

don't know if it is the same challenge, I guess. I think about

:57:31.:57:34.

all of the elements a bit more on a links course. And we are used to

:57:35.:57:39.

playing that, but this is a lovely golf course, and it is a different

:57:40.:57:43.

challenge. I only got to see the coarse ones which was yesterday.

:57:44.:57:48.

What was good for me was that I could not get ahead of myself

:57:49.:57:51.

because I could not remember what the next hole was! So it was just my

:57:52.:57:57.

second look at it today, and I felt I did pretty well, just with that

:57:58.:58:02.

scenario being the second luck. I was chatting away earlier, saying

:58:03.:58:06.

that it cannot be 21 years since you won around here. I remember you

:58:07.:58:10.

fearlessly going with it with your wraparound shades! I am trying to

:58:11.:58:16.

display your blushes here, but you have been one of the greatest

:58:17.:58:20.

players in the women's game, seven Majors. When you look back what are

:58:21.:58:24.

you most satisfied about with your life? I mean really, it's just a

:58:25.:58:28.

dream country, I was telling Johnny that when I won here years ago, at

:58:29.:58:36.

20, you never get ahead of yourself because you are so in the moment,

:58:37.:58:40.

and it was not until I got to the 18th tee with such a large lead that

:58:41.:58:44.

I backed off three times because I could not believe I was going to win

:58:45.:58:48.

the British Open, and to have achieved what I have since then, you

:58:49.:58:53.

know, my wildest dream has country. It is great to see you back where it

:58:54.:58:59.

all began. Thanks very much. Thanks for having me. She won in 1995. 69,

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3-under par, large group on 3-under par including Yani Tseng and also on

:59:06.:59:12.

69, we will find down there the name of Charley Hull after her birdie -

:59:13.:59:18.

birdie finish, 3-under par. We will get her thoughts after that round. A

:59:19.:59:25.

lovely round of 69 today and are fighting finish, tell us about the

:59:26.:59:30.

last couple of holes. It was good to finish birdie- birdie, I said to my

:59:31.:59:34.

caddy, let's make a couple coming in and I did. I'm happy with my round,

:59:35.:59:40.

I was nervous on the first two because this is my home course, and

:59:41.:59:44.

it is a pretty easy tee shot and I did not want to screw it up but I'm

:59:45.:59:46.

happy. Curably play the front nine and my

:59:47.:00:02.

dad picks me up at the ninth, and, but, I am confident round here, I

:00:03.:00:06.

play further back because I usually play the lads, it is nice to come in

:00:07.:00:10.

with 7-irons an stuff, so it is good. Tell me about the crowd. I

:00:11.:00:14.

know you expressed a bit of reservation about some of your best

:00:15.:00:16.

mates coming to see you and thinking it might have put you off. How did

:00:17.:00:23.

you get on with it? I had my best mate James here and my other friend,

:00:24.:00:27.

she has never been on a golf course before, it was funny, I don't know

:00:28.:00:30.

how she found it today. It is good though. I am sure you have a long

:00:31.:00:35.

chat and they will come back and see more over the weekend. Thanks guys.

:00:36.:00:41.

There is the leaderboard, picking up where we left off with Charley Hull

:00:42.:00:45.

on 69. Some good late scores as well. They will finish well into the

:00:46.:00:52.

evening. Emily Pederson 3-under. Catriona Matthew, she finished with

:00:53.:00:56.

a 70 good back nine. She will be off to Olympics with Charley Hull. Seven

:00:57.:01:04.

amateurs in the field. Brook endeson, a major winner this year,

:01:05.:01:12.

just 18. -- Henderson. 71 as well. Minjee Lee, she will be at the

:01:13.:01:16.

Olympics. The Irish amateur 1-under with three holes to play.

:01:17.:01:26.

A multinational leaderboard as well. A bit further down, Felicity

:01:27.:01:29.

Johnson, a round of 72. That is level par.

:01:30.:01:37.

72 is pretty much mid-table represent built. Melissa Reid round

:01:38.:01:42.

in 72. Brittany Lang the US Open champion. 72.

:01:43.:01:50.

Kristina Kim, four holes to go. Level par. Still looking for

:01:51.:01:55.

something from the final few holes. And we will go to the last hole and

:01:56.:02:06.

Lexi Thompson. Long putt, we have seen that few times today. Ken

:02:07.:02:10.

described it beautifully ten minutes ago, coming up over the ridge,

:02:11.:02:16.

uphill, over the top and on we go. We have only seen one or two players

:02:17.:02:21.

get it really close, you know, a couple of feet or so away.

:02:22.:02:34.

Up and over the top, down she comes. Oh, very tidy.

:02:35.:02:45.

It was a beauty. Lexi Thompson. Struggled a bit at times today.

:02:46.:02:50.

Few very good shots. But all in all, not bad. Mirim Lee,

:02:51.:02:58.

I believe this is her third shot. He has got away with that drive which

:02:59.:03:02.

looked to be heading to the deepest of jungles.

:03:03.:03:11.

Telling this one to sit down. That is OK, it is a fast putt, bear

:03:12.:03:16.

in mind where her drive looked to be heading.

:03:17.:03:23.

Michelle Wie at the final hole, she is 4-over par.

:03:24.:03:33.

Two putts for a 76. It is dribbling off. Yes, down the right. Everybody

:03:34.:03:40.

has many missed that putt. It is on a hog's back there, it is, probably

:03:41.:03:46.

just at the left edge. Or maybe a little bit more than

:03:47.:03:52.

that. In she goes.

:03:53.:03:55.

Michelle Wie. Not happy day, but I think she is a

:03:56.:03:59.

bit wounded, may have tweaked a muscle or something. There you can

:04:00.:04:06.

see seven at the second, and, umpteen bogeys. Struggle.

:04:07.:04:19.

Mize is the third member of this group -- Ai Miyazato is the third

:04:20.:04:23.

member of this group. Beautiful second she played in here.

:04:24.:04:30.

We haven't seen a better one. This for a three.

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Yes. Beautiful. APPLAUSE

:05:04.:05:11.

Nice way to finish. Started with a birdie, one just

:05:12.:05:14.

about in the middle and one at the end.

:05:15.:05:22.

Reach up to hug Michelle Wie. Jump up. Tom forn par.

:05:23.:05:28.

To -- Tom sob a par, to finish with 72. Might have been better, might

:05:29.:05:33.

have been worse. In she goes. Work to do tomorrow.

:05:34.:05:52.

Smiles all round. Think every member of that group will think there were

:05:53.:06:00.

a few shots left out there. That is the joy of watching women's golf,

:06:01.:06:04.

they all, 98% of them always look happy to be here.

:06:05.:06:11.

Which is very refreshing. So Mirim Lee out there really

:06:12.:06:19.

setting the place alight on the par 15th and two shots clear of

:06:20.:06:22.

Jutanugarn. Very good scoring.

:06:23.:06:27.

It is just not playing very long. They have bumped the tees up a bit

:06:28.:06:31.

and Charley Hull used to playing this course off further back tees.

:06:32.:06:37.

And so comes down a little bit when players are as accurate as these.

:06:38.:06:41.

Mirim Lee has got away with things on the 15th. Birdie attempt but a

:06:42.:06:43.

tricky one. Looking good. Oh, just swung across.

:06:44.:07:07.

Very fast putt. APPLAUSE

:07:08.:07:17.

Played long side the golfers, who are both level par. Nine shots

:07:18.:07:27.

behind their playing partner. The ebullient Christina Kim.

:07:28.:07:51.

This is Leurquin. This is quick. Another one going to Rio for the

:07:52.:08:02.

Olympics. Just one Belgian representative for

:08:03.:08:03.

the women. So tee shot on the 18th and mow

:08:04.:08:23.

Martin is going very well indeed. In a good position.

:08:24.:08:35.

Pillar has found the sand. We may find some of these tees put back a

:08:36.:08:43.

little bit tomorrow, Andrew. They are fobbed irons on, middle irons on

:08:44.:08:50.

the a lot of holes. Here we go, consulting the book, you would think

:08:51.:08:54.

it's the simplest thing in the world to know what club to hit from there,

:08:55.:08:59.

150 odd yards. It is not difficult to work it out. This is why we are

:09:00.:09:06.

in the situation we are now. The game dying because of slow play.

:09:07.:09:14.

Club golfers copy. So many book, got to go back in the

:09:15.:09:21.

library. Pillar is hitting out of the bunker, she is splashing out.

:09:22.:09:27.

Mow Martin is not the longest hitter at all. She had a won't. Second into

:09:28.:09:33.

the closing hole at berk dale on her way to victory.

:09:34.:09:46.

Berkdale on her way to victory. Well, a rescue of so sort. Mind you,

:09:47.:09:51.

you can get up to a 7-iron with these wooden headed looking club,

:09:52.:09:55.

can't you. Get that with 18 degrees of loft or

:09:56.:10:03.

whatever it is. 4-under parks she is going well.

:10:04.:10:09.

-- par, she going well. Chopped it off. #14r50iding it in.

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-- slideling it in. Going to hold the green, just about, no. He will

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have benefitted from the course playing short. She is deadly racket.

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The most accurate of the tee, but doesn't have a distance of others.

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Par put for Mirim Lee, our leader. Escapes with a five, a par.

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It looked very gloomy after the tee shot appeared to disappear into the

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woods. Look that the card. One, two, three, only about six or seven par,

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the rest birdies. Quite extraordinary.

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You are right, from the 25-year-old from South Korea, and she is putting

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together quite a round, isn't she. We will have to come off the air

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very shortly, but I few reflections on what has been a very very good

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opening day of this Women's British Open Championship. We saw Jutanugarn

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came on with that 7-under for she was among the very early starters

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and a host of players giving chase to this youngster from the South

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Korea, including Stacy Lewis, a former winner and mow Martin too, a

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winner two years ago. Kim also going well in that group at

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3-under par, which includes Karrie Webb who we heard from earlier on,

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21 years ago since she won this won. So many in that chasing pack

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including Charley Hull, Catriona Matthew, also poised at 2-under par

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t woman they are chasing is Mirim Lee. So it has been a sun-dappled

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day, here at Woburn, and a sparkling round being put together on the

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course now. We will have to leave it there, our coverage will resume

:12:13.:12:18.

tomorrow, at 1.00, with round two coverage, from Woburn, meanwhile

:12:19.:12:23.

Radio 5 Live set for live coverage on the opening day of the PGA

:12:24.:12:29.

Championship, the men's final major of the year. Katarina

:12:30.:12:35.

Johnson-Thompson of Great Britain, aiming to give Jessica Ennis-Hill a

:12:36.:12:39.

run for her money in the Rio Olympics as we continue our build

:12:40.:12:46.

up, give herself a fillip with a strong performance at the

:12:47.:12:49.

anniversary games last week. That is all coming up. We will have to leave

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it here at Woburn on the opening day of what is the fourth of five Majors

:12:54.:12:57.

in the women's calendar, we will be back to share it all with you, one

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clock tomorrow and I hope we will have the pleasure of your company

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then, from us all here, goodbye.

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