Day 1 Golf: Women's British Open

Hello. After the most happy and glorious of great British summers,

a couldn't get better, it could it? That is the hope. To continue the

sporting momentum into the last golfing event of the year. This is

the Women's British Open championship and it looks a bit

different down here to when we were last at Hoylake six years ago. Then,

the course looks more like a burnt offering. It was dry and bouncy and

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Tiger Woods famously used his champion for the... He is free of

the pack again. Fantastic! And that Tiger Woods and company are due

back here in two years, but this is the first time the women's best

golfers have tackled this course. We have some amazingly precocious

youngsters mixing with some 20 major champions. Led by the world

number one. At 21, Yani Tseng pit Tiger to the post being the player

to win five majors. I am really enjoying it right now. Katrina

Matthews kept the ball rolling for British sport. I have won it in the

past and really like this course. Stacey Lewis is on heroin this year

rocketing up to number two. Carry it Webb is always a threat. Sinn it

is fresh off a win at the weekend. -- Shin. Then there is the self-

styled Pink Panther who is always a draw. It will be an interesting

tournament. Revealed in Japan, her every move will be watched by

photographers. Never rule out the terrier Cezanne

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If it is lists you want, here is As you have seen and heard, some of

the most accomplished male golfers in the world have all won at Royal

Liverpool. Over the next four days, it will be fascinating to find out

which woman can be the first professional to do the same thing.

The last golfing major of the year. Kenny Brown will tramp the fairways

for us and will be joined by the captain of last year. It is almost

a year since that triumph in Scotland. I am sure the memories

are still fresh. Absolutely, Hazel. It was unbelievable. You couldn't

write the script any better and I can only thank the players for

their passion and hard work. So many people have said it was the

best golf they have ever seen on TV. I am still smiling and I will smile

for ever because of that fantastic win. Obviously, a huge number of

women who played their part in the US and the European team are in the

field this week. What conditions can they expect and what about this

course? It is the longest course they have tackled in this British

Women's Open champion in history. am just glad I am not playing

because it is really tough. The rough is high and you have to hit

the fairways. Some of those are not very wide. They have a big test

this week and they will need patience. The scores will be high

just because of the weather, I think. Tomorrow is not meant to be

good. Today is not too bad but there is a stiff breeze. They will

have to be really patient and work hard for their birdies and past.

Who do think will best suit these conditions. Kylie wet springs to

mind. -- Scylla springs to mind. I would like to see some of the

Catriona Matthew is is one of my favourite players. She is so placid

and you have to be that this week because you can lose your head

around here when things go wrong. The Japanese players, the Korean

players, a lot of them are playing really well so it is a bit open.

But I think Yani Tseng wants to get back to playing well. She feels she

is ready to win this tournament after playing well a couple of

weeks ago. One final thought, Alison, we talked about the

Sondheim cup and the Curtis Cup was won by GB earlier this summer. So

we are talking about these caps all in Great Britain and Northern

Ireland and European hands which is unprecedented. These are special

times for golf on this side of the Atlantic, aren't they? The Curtis

Cup was incredible. After the first morning, it looked grim, but they

came back and fought hard. It is amazing we have won all four cups.

Europe, GB and Ireland 4, America 0. But watch out because the Americas

will want to change that very quickly. The Ryder Cup is in a

couple of weeks so we will see what happens there. Indeed. Great to

have you with us over the next four days. Enjoy it out there. Don't get

too buffeted by the wind! Thanks a lot. As long as I can stay at right

all week I will be happy. strong fields began their week at

7am this morning and these are the So, what would the world's best

women make of Royal Liverpool? We is featuring largely on this

feature board. Lydia Ko is going very well indeed also. Let us pick

are some rather beautiful residences. The wind had -- is well

known to blow here but also it can be delightful. This is an absolute

gem of a golf course. One of the few way you have a big internal out

of bounds. It is a very, very fine test. Here is Pauline -- Paula

Creamer. She is one of the pre- tournament favourites. This is how

it eight attempt to lift this great title. This group started at the

10th and this is the second hole so there 12th of the day. A very high-

profile group. The defending champion going for three titles in

a row. And Ai Miyazato, the sweetheart from Japan. Up ahead,

Stacey Lewis. They are delighted to see the breeze has dropped a

Nicholas is there. How has it been? It is tough into the wind. Stacy --

you get used to getting the putter nine. A solid enough start. The

front nine has been playing more difficult. These players have to

make hay while the sun shines because the wind will reach 30

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rain yesterday with high winds. Hello, hello! A look of horror

appeared on this young woman's face. He did that? -- who did that?

just missed that putt for par. A shame. Yes, she was in a perfect

position off the tee opening up the green but it is two good hits

slightly into the wind for the second. Precision and part required

those. She had a good finish in America, finishing 5th. Her husband

stayed at home at last week to see their elder daughter off to school.

A very sound golfer. Cream or raced this first touch. This is for a par.

12ft past the hole. A first look at 15-year-old Lydia

Ko, the number one amateur in the world. What a three weeks she has

had. She is level par. She won the US Amateur, then she won the

Canadian women's open. You have to be almost a baby to play in this

group, Lexi Thompson, only 17 herself. Her caddie and coach

looking anxiously on. A delightful character, engaging in her press

conferences, completely unfazed. Old before her time, Peter. Well,

that seems to be the way of the world now, 15-year-old are very

last two years, and you would not bet against her doing it again.

There is a familiar name at the top, Karrie Webb. Charley Hull, the

first of the 10 amateurs to be appearing in this championship. But

this will all change very quickly indeed. The two-tee start, the

first time it has ever been utilised in the Women's British

of colour. Everybody is dressed up, but it is not actually that cold.

Those look like a cross between hand corner. She stands quite a

long way from the ball, to get a smoother stroke. Here's our leader,

Karrie Webb, she stays at two under par. And what a record she has got

of them, some hate them. Here's Lewis. The members' first hole is

now the 3rd. For people who are not used to this course, they do not

mind which holes they play, as long as they get round 18. Absolutely.

It is a tough links course, and I am glared I am watching this week.

It is in beautiful condition, but this is a proper, proper, proper

championship course. This is a difficult shot. Middle left the tee

green, but I cannot believe that it how receptive the greens are. It

rained yesterday until the middle of the afternoon, but it was really

heavy rain. Catriona is in the rough, so this may release a little

Sweet shot. Catriona, one of the few players to have played around

here competitively, 20 years ago, in the 1992 Curtis Cup. Caroline

Hedwall, from Sweden. Going with the seven-iron. Also nicely on the

green. A very aggressive player, Hedwall, but nice to watch. Almost

a slow-motion swing, as the ball soars away. What about that?!

That's a wonderful shot. With the swing as slow as that, the timing

has got to be absolutely spot on. Rather like if you have a short

backswing, the timing is essential. Over on the right, that normally

the practice ground, and that's out of bounds, so Paula Creamer keeping

well out of trouble with her tee shot. These people are facing

second shots of about 190 yards, all of them playing rescue clubs in.

The wind had got a bit, but she is playing into the wind, and that's a

good shot. Great accuracy from long distance. Wonderful shot making.

You see that little bang, left-hand side, on the left of that is out of

bounds. You can see how very close it is when you're coming in to the

green. One of the few you will see playing an iron for her second shot.

the fourth green, down in the corner. This is the view from

behind the green. A lot of new houses have been built around the

more in America this year. She had a wonderful year last year, she won

four times on the Tour. She was also voted Players' Player of the

Year, which was unprecedented for rookie. So, she was a very valuable

member of your Solheim Cup team, Allison.

ALISON NICHOLAS: She loved it, she loves matchplay, she always plays

very aggressively. She was a wonderful member of the team, and

Rolex world rankings. She has got a couple of victories already this

year. It is hard to find a weakness They are just not getting the line

across the green for Yani Tseng. The greens might be a bit slower

than the players would have expected, but you could not cut

them down any more. Although the greens look flat, they are not, and

at the moment, they are falling the players. We have not have the best

practice conditions, because of the high wind, and you do not really

get a chance to concentrate when you're getting blown inside out.

Catriona Matthew has, for a birdie, but she remains one over par. Two

Creamer on the 3rd. Well, that was a better pace, but she just shaved

the edge again. She was a late arrival here at Hoylake this week.

She was taking part in the longest play-off in LPGA history against

Jiyai Shin. Nine extra holes they went, to sort out the winner of the

tournament in Virginia last week. In fact, they had to finish it on

Monday morning. They played eight holes on Sunday night and called it

a day, and then Jiyai Shin won the opening hole on Monday morning.

That was different golf, different challenges, and this is a different

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week. Miyazato, what a wonderfully looks rather severe. You do not

often see too many smiles, and she has got a bonny face. Lovely teeth,

I don't know why she doesn't show them a bit more. That's her game

times throughout the week. The flag in the background shows you what

the players have to contend with. here for the first time. Here it is

Karrie Webb. What a wonderful record she has had. An interesting

swing. Not perfect leap up and down. A bit out and a bit in. -- not

perfectly. It looks like she has extra long clubs. I don't think she

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has but it just gives that Kaori Ohe. So she is delighted to

be here. She really likes this golf field, qualifying for this as the

US amateur champion. It won't be long before she turns professional,

do you think? She was saying she would like to continue on at school.

She is in no hurry, of which is pushed on to young and do not have

she made reasonably good contact, but she looks a little concerned.

She may have missed the fairway. It almost as if she feels it is lost

for ever, but I don't think that is bit of power. I wonder if that took

a flower. -- a flyer. It certainly Andrew? I have. I don't live too

far away now and I know plenty of people who are members. It gets

more undulating around the 11th, 12th etc. It is a very Fay course.

Alexis Thompson back to level. It is beautifully presented. The green

looks superb. This summer, a lot of links courses have taken a huge

amount of rain and they are very school and then College in the

States and carry on before she turned professional. Creamer. Into

usually plays five of 28 or so. They have shortened things a bit

with the conditions. The wind has dropped a bit but the full yardage

is 6,600 and a half. It is a bit of do your best to make solid contact.

You need a bit of hope. Stacey Lewis here. Catriona Matthews went

away to the right. They are still looking for it in the bushes on the

right hand side. It doesn't look good. She had a poor lie when I

went to see her second shot. I think she has given it up maybe.

Stacey Leigh - Mike Stacey Lewis gave that a good nudge but it

doesn't sound good for Catriona Matthews. It is in trouble down

there. It is that clump of bushes. I don't think she went as wild as

that. Shots can creeping any time. Out of bounds it threatens on this

course more than any other. internal out of bounds and also

when they play the course their way round, the 17th hole to is just a

couple of strands of wire from the green. There were some frightening

holes here. You can see how she is practising because the ground is

to be horrid lie. Chance for a par there. On the 5th, she has about

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Matthews after the other shot was macro -- struggling for her par on

the 4th and here she is. That is why you go on winning championships

and tournaments. Sometimes, for a long period in your golfing career

season. She was saying it is a bit similar to Rory McIlroy. After the

mid-season, he came bounding back. Newspapers wonder why they can't

keep going and going, but you can't. All games are the same. You go

through periods of not scoring goals for bad periods in cricket.

You have to think your way through under. And a smile! Look at the

little bag. What has she got in there? Sandwiches? A bit of make-

becoming more recognisable now, Andrew. They are not all wearing

dark water proofs. The wind has youngest player to play in the US

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you know that? Ginger McCain told That will go into a double bogey.

Or caused by a slightly wayward tee shot. Driving is so important, and

they talk about putting, but driving, the shots from the hundred

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yards in, that is what you need to more red figures appearing on the

cards now. Conditions are easing up slightly. A big group on 1-under

conditions where Catriona Matthew should revel in them, but this is

back to level par because the course doesn't get any easier. But

at this moment the winds have dropped a bit. They are still fresh

and they say will be stronger this she six behind. Or all sorts of

problems with a hip injury. -- all sorts of problems. So, still

feeling her way back after that. What an enormous hat. You don't

think that is all head under there? A conical shaped head? That is a

juicy bit of rough there. If you go off the fairway in the wrong place,

you are in trouble. Carin Koch, the Cup. Play for a few years in the

LPGA Tour. -- Sol Hine Cup. Played Inkster. One of the great players,

tiptoeing into middle-age now. And has done it again, has she? It had

definitely stopped. That breeze can him her little salt water on his

feet. It will do him the world of has gone 6 ft by. -- the pace is

calling them. Alexis Johnson has missed three of her last four cuts

putt is in a similar sort of to keep your eyes open. That is a

dreadful putt. From a decent player, and. -- good one. A very tough

the links courses had had, and a lot of them are taking pitch marks

on the greens like never before. Normally you would expect them to

be firm and fast. Lydia Ko, this four or five yards too far, and now

she is struggling not to drop a couple of shots. It happens so

quickly. You have to keep your wits The screen was moved back a few

years and used to be tight along to the road -- and this Green was

first putt, which was not the was no more than 20 feet away to

start off with. A pity. I don't like this habit of them walking off

the green apparently taking no interest in their fellow players.

We were taught to stand and watch, even if it was painful, not walk 40

have had a little bit of help. This Green has not seen the finest

Slips it in for four and goes back and it is still pleasant, even

though it is windy. The powers that be have given them for a half hours.

That went in at a night -- nice to figure in the Women's British

Open. A very long, slow swing. Her beware that cyclist is, that sort

of area. Just three strands of wire and it was so easy to run out of

bounds. It is still a very formidable hole. This is playing as

the first hole this week due to Championship a few years ago when

group behind her that Alexandre Peters, who was just 18, has moved

to 2-under par -- Alexandre Peters. She wonder Women's Open in Aston.

And Becky Morgan has moved up to the top group. Better scoring now,

and a two-way tie -- four way tie - a little limply. It does seem to

have dropped a little bit. Tuesday's conditions were venomous.

14 mph winds. So perhaps they have bit left. Hang on. That might go.

It is cruel, isn't it? The that almost landed in the middle of the

green as well. Almost very, very Miyazato. Yes, right in the middle.

A very sound putting stroke. Absolutely super. Level par, two

in a row? Her form at the moment is not the same as it was going into

the last two women's British opens. She won those at Birkdale and

Carnoustie. She won them in some Brown is going to be watching this

match for us. Conditions little chilly, but has the winds East?

would say perhaps it has. Over by the coast there is a light breeze.

The sun has gone in, but fairly pleasant conditions. First thing,

it was extremely chilly and the ball wasn't going very far, so this

might be the best conditions of the bit agitated. She has done all

sorts of repair work on the green. She is obviously not all that happy.

were a little slow, although they have caught up now. But she does do

things in a ponderous fashion. That was for a birdie. I thought she was

a bit agitated. Now, someone who is not agitated, Maureen Madill.

MAUREEN MADILL: Yes, it is never a good sign when you see a player

thinking so technically on the green. Usually you have your best

putting rounds when you're so much in the process of doing it, not

when you're thinking about your hands, or any of that sort of

malarkey. I think you will find these players that will now on the

front nine are just trying to get into a holding pattern and almost

protect their scores. There are many more birdies being garnered on

here just a moment ago... And that's much better. That is

delightful, from Catriona. Beautifully lobbed up on to the

green, judged to perfection. That should be a tap-in for a par. We

can see the leader board now, the jostling for position in this early

part of the Championship. Some very good, experienced players, along

with some amateurs, tasting this obviously falling a few people. It

is just on the edge of the slope. We saw the group ahead really

losing it beyond the hole. MAUREEN MADILL: Good vantage points

out on this part of the golf course. Alison, we have seen this in the

group ahead, they boast laugh it left. -- they both lost it left.

From stroke required. And she got course, Jiyai Shin. She has reached

the 15th, a delightful par three, with an elevated tee. It is very

easy to read too much into these greens, just to give it a debate

too much on the outside of the hole. So, Lydia Ko, who stands a long way

from the ball. That is going to run off - down she goes. A spot of

bother here for Lexi Thompson. That is a long way left off the tee. I

think this is a case of advancing it back to the fairway... Well, she

has gone way left, she turned right over on it. Yes, in danger of

hybrid to the 6th. And it was a good choice. She is deadly with

those hybrids, isn't she? Now, from Paula Creamer's view on the tee,

you can see that this one goes slightly uphill. Ideally, you just

is the 6th. We have seen a couple of players going beyond those two

bunkers on the left. It falls away get at on this one. She has gone

with a five-iron. It looks good. green to work with, and she might

just escape from this one with a par four. It is so difficult to

control out of the rough like that, even on those short ones. When you

think back to 2006, the whole course was brown and yellow, but it

has been a very different summer, things are a lot more lush. We go

to the 7th, and Catriona Matthew. at the 7th. Normally you get the

wind off the left-hand side, so aiming at that left-hand bunker is

not a bad line. But you want to finish on the right, to give you an

easier line into the green. You can see those two bunkers on the left

and side of the green. There is quite an upslope, but after that,

very flat. And up on that green now, an extended trip away from home,

taking in all of those tournaments in the States and in Canada, and

really going up a few leagues in world golf. It is interesting, the

way the women often come on much earlier, they are growing before

the boys turn into men. So you have 15-year-olds almost able to compete

in professional events. KEN BROWN: Coming up the little

slope for a two. That was well judged, the pace, but even that

trickled on a little bit past the all fours. She did not even have a

sniff of the fairway. She was deep in trouble. And she has done it, a

four on the card. That's classy. Got away with that, she says!

placed today, it is a very awkward putting surface. There is the

caddie, Colin, from a GUM, who lives in America now, that regular

caddie for Paula Creamer. He was out last night checking the

placement of the pins. This would advantage to the players sitting in

the clubhouse, because this is very difficult to read. It might just

help them when they are out there facing it themselves. I know

certainly in the open Championship, the men keep an eye on the

broadcasts before going out onto the course. Lydia Ko fails to save

par. The diminutive Ai Miyazato. That was tricky, going up the

just about to play her second shot into the 7th. She has got about 150

ALISON NICHOLAS: Yes, and she has got to pitch it a little bit left,

because the green kicks from left to right a slightly at the front.

She has got a nine iron in her hand. The view partly obscured by the

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the applause for that is not a bit the pain -- pin. Now hanging back

from Caroline Hedwall. She is stepping up a gear. She made birdie

at the first, and the third, getting back to 4-over par. A

decent chance of another one here. Paula Creamer, a short putt, but a

fiddly one. And you can see the break, even in that tiny little

putt. And everybody has struggled struggling now. Back to level par.

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disappears off the first page of the 7th. Bunkers right and left. A

bit of breeze does help. One of the easier holes on the front nine.

that a lot of the top players don't -- have that a lot of the other

women players don't. It helps when you can hit an iron that distance.

Catriona Matthew for birdie. This should be down the hill, slightly

5th hole, but other matter has been quite workmanlike. -- other than

that it has been. Paula Creamer in there. If she gets a good

position it is not a bad line in. The pin is towards the back and the

right. Stacy Lewis taps in. A par amazing, very graceful. That is

scampering on down there. The 7th fairway is more generous than it

appears from the tee. A lot of the ground is hidden from the players'

head well. That is her third birdie on this nine. -- Caroline Hedwall.

Her sister caddied for her last year. He s, her twin, Jackie.

Anything like 74 or better is going to put someone in very good shape.

She has perked up. 35 out, 37 back, she has dealt with that well. That

is for birdie. The hype preceded her, but she is impressive. The new

see a player coming out that young, you wonder how they will push on --

when you see a player coming out. You wonder if they will just be a

phenomenon or carry on for a good few years to come. Just hanging

onto the fairway there. A little bit more movement off the tee than

their looks. That is a very good time in Japan, Kaori Ohe. But she

finds herself in heady company. is the old lady of the group at 20.

Lydia Ko only 15. Here is Thomson. -- Thompson. This might be her

third shot to hear. Possibly found holding more than normal. And a

regular conditions this would be difficult to get close. -- and a

Wirral peninsula just south of Liverpool. Birkenhead, and the

Mersey. At a great piece of golfing coastline as well. -- and a great

at the moment, Amy Hung from Chinese Taipei. She headed the

the last three. Very nice to have a steady score up there. An awkward

on towards the flag. She judged that very well. Behind those

A good angle to get at the flag. If you get down the wrong side it is a

little easier to get out, but this has to be the easiest pin on the

can see from the way the ball tracks in at the green tilts left

to right as the players tackle the whole. -- tackle the hole. Amazing

to think that with three victories under her belt we are still talking

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threatening presence at the top of off the tee and that will be a

bit better. You had a bad ankle earlier this season. Yes, I broke

my ankle, so it is doing pretty well now. I'm pleased to be able to

walk properly for a change. A very good. Flitting around very quickly.

Lydia Ko. Who knows? Early days, scene, Michelle Wie is playing this

Some bits of the rougher juicy, others are not. And you can take

advantage, just like that. In the process of rescuing her around very

nicely indeed. -- her round. And joined once again by Peter Alliss

watching disappear. Very simple. Only a little tot, but very

swept into Americans won in golf is amazing. -- American women's golf.

The defending champ for birdie. That was nice. She has worked very

hard on her putting of late. Always been a good ball striker. Just

trying to tidy things up around the untidy holes but has been battling

away. Yes, the tee shot gobbled up by one of those famous bunkers, and

you do not advance too far out of those. Good, Hardie Gallery is

gathering on the opening day of the Championship. -- Hardy galleries.

They are well wrapped up. There come prepared for all weathers.

When our visiting friends come they must think we always dress like

this. When the sun shines, most of the males run out with an ill-

fitting pair of shorts, but that is bunkers are Verdi for liberal. --

very formidable. You could be in there for a long time if you do not

know what you're doing. I did that once and hit my ankle, I was in bed

the out of bounds... That was always considered a very difficult

and it was a long carry to get over there. The course has changed quite

dramatically over the last 30 years Drifting a little right, needs a

decent bounce, and should be OK. MAUREEN MADILL: That is a colossal

tee shot from Tseng. This is for par, for Catriona Matthew. That

could not have been closer. But it is another bogey on to the card.

Catriona will slip back to four over par. You do not want to put

yourself too far back. Climbing back up to the top is almost

impossible if you get too far behind. A few old-stagers there,

they have seen it all before. Creamer picks the tee up rapidly,

which is usually a good sign. Quite recovered now from her thumb

surgery of a couple of years ago. She does not quite have the same

range of movement, she says, but birdie of this nine. Some good

stuff going on out there, Ken, but it is not easy. You're looking a

bit windswept. Yes, but it is quite nice conditions, rather nice to be

playing, actually. The course is definitely drying out, the ball is

running a bit further on the fairways. But some of these greens

are quite tough, very difficult to make a birdie, particularly on the

United States. Ken has got his Ryder Cup jacket on, I see, today,

Maureen. He is always first in the queue, I don't know how he manages

to get all of the kit before everybody else. We will be there in

a few weeks' time. That's a bit of a monster course as well, but it

should be a cracking set of matches. in some of that sand, but not

allowed to move it. I don't know why they would not consider having

someone with something to get rid of that sand. It is really quite

unfair, in my opinion. I was mistaken, when she is on the green,

she is allowed to move it. If you were chipping from just off it, you

a lot of power. Particularly off the tee. A very slow swing. She is

all right. There's nothing wrong trousers on, she is well wrapped up.

The wind is still blowing. Particularly when you get out near

the estuary, it is quite a strong good. She turned away with a look

of disgust, I don't know why. It is not a bad result, except she is

about eight yards too far. Yani Tseng with a huge tee shot, just 92

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and she has a chance to get at this plummeted down. A putt for a birdie.

Length is always such an advantage, when you can hit it such a long way,

and reduce some of these long holes, it just means you can attack some

flags which other players cannot hope to get out. If you can drive

straight and far, it makes the game a very creditable level-par round

for the 15-year-old. The number one amateur in the world. Very

impressive, not one dropped shot. Very well played. Here's Karrie

well-struck irons today. Alexandra Peters, the amateur, one of three

players leading the field, halfway through the first day. The scoring

is not bad at all. Lydia Ko, the young girl from New Zealand, round

in 72. Well played, a very solid start - what are your impressions

of Royal Liverpool and of this Championship? This is definitely a

tough golf course. It is one of the hardest golf courses I have ever

played. But I was going to expect that because it is a Major. It was

really tough, but shooting even par, it is not bad. I think it is a

pretty good start. I could have produced a few bogeys, but I saved

them. You have had a remarkable year, two professional titles, and

you come here as a 15-year-old amateur and the reigning Canadian

open champion - what expectations do you think people will have on

you now? I think some people will say that she will be able to win

again. But you never know. You can be playing good one day, and not so

good the following day. That's golf, it is different for every shot and

every round. They will probably be expecting big things from me, but I

am not going to take much interest in it, I will just play my own game.

It is not like I'm going to play any better by thinking that they

want me to play really good. Tell me about growing up in New Zealand

and how you got involved in golf. started golf in Korea, and because

of golf, we moved to New Zealand. It is quite a comfortable place to

play golf, and there is pretty much a good golf course somewhere nearby.

I guess that is why my parents chose New Zealand. It has been

pretty good from the start, there has not been any up and downs.

Miyazato has holed several putts over the previous few holes. She

has got a beautiful putting stroke. She had a good go at that one as

well. I watched her in the pro-am, she was so small, I thought she was

going to take off, I could not see how she was going to remain

anchored to the ground. Her father, who coaches her, was in close

attendance. They are a great interview yesterday, Peter, and two

years ago, she could speak hardly any English at all, and she

conducted a lengthy interview, and was so engaging. She had everybody

eating out of the palm of her hand. She was absolutely delightful.

Amazing how her command of English has come on. I think it is

remarkable of all overseas sporting men and women, how they learn to

speak some English. You see all these young golfers and footballers

who come over and manage to believe it! I thought gravity might

have taken over there. But I don't think it will. A puff of wind might

do it. There's a fair proportion of that ball hanging over the hole,

but it is not going to go. And by such margins, tournaments,

below the surface, but this one looked to be a bit less than that,

when I walked around this morning. Oh, she is having a miserable day.

She has certainly dropped three shots on the greens from not very

far away. It is all part of the game, but putting somehow is a game

within a game. A person who can putt is a match for anyone. But she

I've ever seen. Her last shot of the day. It is easy to over think

things. You don't quite roll it as you want and you start looking for

too much. A lot of these players have never seen Peter like this --

full of roles and runs that are not wasn't even in this championship

and now she is top of the leader board. There she is! At the top.

ugly seven damaging her hopes. Just a couple of birdies, both in her

opening six holes. By her standards, untidy. She is a neat and tidy

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It was a bit harder, wasn't it? She million miles from the top of the

leaderboard but three or four too against? Off right and slightly in

the player's face. Sometimes it can affect the players, but it is very

pleasant playing conditions at the moment. It was heavily downwind

there in the two practise days. Bear was a seven iron here on

Tuesday. A slope behind the flag gathers it to the hole if you get

obviously distracted. This is quite near the estuary, over the top and

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tucked in the corner, it should be A feisty player. She gets on with

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This might be awkward, Ken. I think she is just or right. She is in the

flat of the bunker so a slightly awkward stance. Six inches nearer

not played slowly but came out a bit shop. Could do better! You are

a tough taskmaster. When I played, there were only about four or five

it decent bunker players. It is part of the game that has been

totally mastered by men and women. Mostly the men, I have to say. But

there is a lot to workout. The texture of the sand and the

position of the ball and the texture of the green. Getting out

of a bunker at is very frustrating. But getting out is really the

easiest shot in golf when you can Ken? Not too inviting to chip. Not

the week, she was not going to a three iron but keeping with her

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been the top of the tree for 70 not swung at the end. A bonny wee tot

wouldn't want to have given Liverpool Jack a hug in my day. You

had to hat -- stand downwind of him. makes lunch taste a bit better,

I don't think we will see many 67s today, and to, do you? I think the

wind has dropped and it has got warm. Usually the afternoon players

find things more difficult with things spiking up but deep there

might be some decent scores this should definitely bring this into

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for her to win it. This is Amy Hung. We were talking with Maureen a

earlier, Andrew, about her long career, Karrie Webb. That Woburn

all those years ago, it was a very successful await -- event, the

women's championship. Thousands used to come. It was a tremendous

event and they decided to move it. A couple of very good ones at

championship courses in the men's game. Sinn won it, didn't she --

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pathway, so she must have been in at the end. But still, a very

decent start. That's a round of one under par. Three birdies, two

dropped shots, and the champion from four years ago is in good

going very well. She is one under. But it was a bad start for her

caddie this morning, who had his motorcycle stolen outside his

Liverpool hotel. He had to get a taxi here this morning. But I have

been joined by two very special guests, not least, the European

Solheim Cup team captain, and our second special guest, the Solheim

Cup itself. It is your job to try and keep our hands on it. Yes,

that's my job. How do you rate your chances? I think we have a good

chance. Obviously, the girls house and it last year, and they have

great confidence. It will be our goal to win it on US soil for the

first time. We have got some work to do, that we can do it. We have

got Alison Nicholas out on the fairways for us this week, and we

had a chat with her about what it had a chat with her about what it

meant to hurt to be the captain. In terms of the style of captaincy,

how would you describe your style? First of all, I have just picked my

vice-captains, and next, it is for the three of us to build a really

good team. We want to provide good support for the players. We have a

lot of experience between us. We have played in a lot of Solheim

Cups. If we can provide a good base and a solid team for the players,

they will be able to focus on their game and just go out and play. We

will take care of all the other stuff which has to be done.

Obviously, this competition has become huge in women's golf, and

indeed, so has this Championship. 18 years ago, you won at Woburn.

How would you rate the development of the game in nearly 20 years?

There's your moment of triumph. You have not changed a bit. My caddie

has changed, he is a lot more grey now! It has been a big difference,

hasn't it, moving on to the links courses? Yes. It is great, that we

get to play all of these great golf courses, anywhere from St Andrews.

I have not played Hoylake, but it looks beautiful. We have played

live them, Turnberry, all of those beautiful golf courses. It means a

lot to the Championship. You get the best players in the world, and

they should play the best courses in the world. We have seen a huge

revolution in golf. You were part of the Swedish revolution, which

comes all the way through to Caroline Hedwall now. But now, we

are seeing a shift towards the Far East. We have had Shanshan Feng of

China, and people like that. What do you make of the way that more

Chinese players might be inspired to come forward? I'm sure there

will be many more to come. With golf getting into the Olympics,

that will be a huge boost to women's golf. We will see a lot of

countries trying to get more support from their a Olympic

Committee in their country, and we will seek gulf growing, maybe into

Russia and different parts of the world. It is only good. Is there

room for another team competition? We have got the President's Cup in

the United States, and now we have got China and Korea -- and Korea,

is there room for another one? would think so, as long as they

keep this one. For me, the Solheim Cup has got so much tradition and

history. It would be great for the players from Asia and Australia to

be able to experience something like this. Finally, you as a 15-

year-old, some years ago, came through and won the Swedish

Strokeplay, as an amateur. We have seen so many more teenage

phenomenon coming through - what is your advice to the likes of Lexi

Thompson and one of these kids coming through? They have already

won on the LPGA. Lydia Ko as well. They are obviously phenomenal

players. You see them, they seem so grown up. As long as they get great

support, and as long as they have fun with the game, and just really

enjoy it, they can go a long way. Lydia Ko has already shown us what

she is capable of today. But from what you have seen, and you will

obviously be having a look out on the course, whose game do you think

this course will suit best? Well, they are talking about the wind

picking up, and it is going to get pretty tough tomorrow, so I would

say so one that can work the ball, and keep it low, with good

imagination around the greens. If you hit it out in the rough, it is

really thick, so you have just got to take your medicine. I know

you're watching, but do you fancy getting out there and playing

yourself? Not necessarily to compete in the tournament, but I

would not mind teeing it up on Monday and playing the golf course,

it looks beautiful. You have got some work to do before that. We

wish you all the best. Thank you. Well, it is forecast for us to have

some increase in wind speed, maybe even this afternoon, actually. As

we continue with our coverage, let me tell you who we will be focusing

on this afternoon. Suzann Pettersen of Norway is a Major winner. But

the best she has ever produced in this event is a tie for 14th.

Cristie Kerr was runner-up six years ago. Michelle Wie has been

featuring in this event since she was a 14-year-old amateur. And also

in that trio, Carly Booth, she has made a storming break through, the

19-year-old from Perthshire, who has who are twice, and leads the

As we head to live play, this is the 21-year-old who moved to

Australia from Korea when she was at high school. That made sure she

got a par, and a round of 72, the best of anyone to this point. So,

that's two under par, the current The movement behind those leaders

will be interesting to see. We just going to keep touching this thing,

and hope we will bring it some luck for the next 12 months. Meanwhile,

we can go over to our, cheating. I know we're expecting some wind

later on today, but tomorrow, I have been looking at the forecast,

and is none too pleasant - 50 miles an hour gusts tomorrow morning.

could be the end of the world, but I hope not!

ANDREW COTTER: here's Michelle Wie. Ken Brown is about there, and he

can tell us what her lie is like. can tell us what her lie is like.

The well, it could be worse. Brilliant. That worked out very

potential so far in her career. A she was a teenager with so much

talent, and she has has some injury problems. This is Morgan Pressel.

She hits someone on the head with her tee shot, and that person is

still receiving treatment. Meanwhile, that was for a birdie.

MAUREEN MADILL: and regular visitor to our shores, and she is playing

the newly crowned US Open champion, Choi. Alison Nicholas is down there

watching this one. ALISON NICHOLAS: Yes, this is a

great chance to get one back for player's who are used to sunnier

climes are feeling it a bit more. You can almost guarantee that Laura

Davies will be out there in be running superbly. Not quite at a

pace that some of these players are used to. I think they might leave

them without double cutting them tomorrow morning. With the winds

forecast to be getting up, you do not want the balls blowing around

has around her wrist. She has had to withdraw from a couple of events

the right. Beautifully done by Katie Futcher for distance. You can

see how difficult the putt is. The after that stunning approach shot,

what you she left with? It was a brilliant approach. The line and

distance about right. 7 ft up the hill. If she lay down flat, she

would not quite reach the whole. Basically up the slope. Starting to

make a bit of a recovery. This What a wonderful three from

Michelle Wie. I was chatting with her earlier in the week and she

said it was the first time I'd seen her her play without study

following her around the world. She is really enjoying that, being free

Booth? The bit up and down. She's under a lot of pressuring her first

recovery. Hanging in there at the moment. Her mother's families from

Liverpool. She is staying with relatives this week. Her father was

a bouncer down in Liverpool and was a bodyguard for the Beatles at some

point when he worked at the Cavern Club. Strong connections to

game. She has played well this year. Her coach is over at the moment so

is on hand for any last minute bits play as the opening hole. A four is

always welcome to put on the tart - - on the card after this one.

players. -- confusing the players. A lot of them seem to be missing

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from New Zealand. Finishing with a Most before her let that drift to

the left. It seems to be box. Yes, an interesting period of

golf going on. Yesterday was a dreadful day. The winds have stayed

about the same, just moved around a point or two. Play has been around

even as far as the conditions are concerned. But there are an awful

lot of bogeys about, dropped shots. This is a big course, even though

they are playing only 6,000 yards. A lot of trouble round here. This

woman has been around almost as long as me, Laura Davies, one of

the great characters in the world of golf, let alone just women's

golf. No red numbers unfortunately for her. An outward nine of 6-over

par. A pretty horrific run of bogeys. Seven in a row? That is not

good. But a bit more of an opportunity to pick up a few

Miyazato. -- Nick Ai Miyazato. -- Mika Miyazato. Confident riding

high for her. Any indication of that? She has hit some very good

shots so far and has got 143 into and they will be pleasantly

surprised when they get up there. The green is nestled in amongst the

humps and hollows, at a lower level pin. They are just throwing up the

grass to see how strong the winds are. Having a discussion with her

think she will take a 99. That is a will be no grass left in a minute.

There will be a bald patch like the back of my head. Play shall be

continuous. Well, they say it is better to be decisive than it is to

Everything was right. Excellent concerned about the way it -- the

Stop! Unfortunate. Looking for a bit of spin. We talk about spin

control, but it's not as easy as right. Exactly right. It was over

the top of the marker -- it was over the top of the mark and she

never saw it. The wind might be cleanse her mind and get on with

playing golf instead of fiddling here. That was a good solid hit

there. A lot of very difficult, testing par-fours out here. This

one is 397 yards up the hill. Quite tide is out. I know about these

things. Just making sure she has the shape and the picture of the

Once you missed these greens it's not a cinch to get up and down in a

11th green, a Punchbowl green. is a small group. You would not

feel out of place here. I have they are all quite tall! Quite

right, Allison. You are a woman of many years. Six victories on the

LPGA. Took her time to get going, but so consistent. A good shot

golfers, men in particular, learned a lot more watching good women

golfers than Tiger Woods. They will never hit a ball like Tiger Woods.

Chip and putt like him, maybe. But the way the women time and make the

most of their balance is very important. How about this for a

lofted one? Yes, she has moved to the TV cables out of the way. The

breeze going into her face. If she had a nice position it would be

easy, but the grass is laying down left to right so it will grab the

club as she strikes the ball. She can get on the back of the green.

It is running away from her there. will be a birdie to save her. Just

hit it through the break. Birdies ever. She is only 19 or 20 now.

She's not old at all. 19, I think. Being so good so young at 14 or 15,

you suddenly realise... Of is it a function of us getting older?

don't think so. So much depends on the parents. Rory McIlroy it must

have the most magnificent parents and school teachers and anyone else

he has mixed with because he seems the calmest boy I have seen. So

much depends on how things are at the other side of the golf course

at 10 and worked her way around to pace. Are they are rolling nicely?

They are near-perfect. I could take some more grass of them to make

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has called. Smoothly dones -- she she could get out of this around

much fussing around? Well, she first played here when she was 14 a

week before the Curtis Cup. She was unbelievable. I think she got a bit

technical thinking about things too much. Only had one top-ten this

year. For this stature of player, she should do better than that.

putter heads seem to be getting bigger and bigger. On a mission.

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Ko's performance this season. There are 20 Korean players in this field.

Such a dominant force in women's The US Open champion is also one

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nice lie and she has to be careful because there ball could move above

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you have now. That was beautiful. Quite a number of Japanese players

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wind. The fighting Maguires. It is amazing how women's golf has come

on in the last 20 or 30 years. I noticed that at Ferness golf club

overlooking the Irish Sea, they are celebrating 140 years of golf. It

has its first lady President. Another bit of golfing history

being made. Congratulations to all there. 140 years of agony and

you can offer one of those infernal down to the corner and how close it

is to the water. It looks very still at the moment. Tomorrow, it

promises to be a little dusty, but this shot? It is a bit left to

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right, but it should help in some Miyazato. It is wearing though when

you're leaving yourself fighting all the time. Every hole is a

challenge on this course. At most of the great links courses it is

the same, but it is so exposed. You cannot getting behind the woods or

a tree line fairway. You have to think all the time. It is a very

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different game now two before the course, the 13th green. With

wins at 50 mph, they may blow putts made today. That one look

good all away. Act - look good all the way. -- looked good of all the

Tucked behind the sand dunes. A very natural golf course, this.

1869, along all time ago, that they made the golf course and followed

the natural contours of the ground. Or horse and cart and some hand

tools. None of those tractors and all. Perhaps they are not sure

where they are. A well, they are on quite extraordinary how she has

you're a good putter, Maureen? -- and were you a good putter,

Maureen? I was until I started thinking about it. How will I

hated? How my going to grip it? thought so much about it I went

down the plughole. Morgan Pressel has been a good putter for a long

Enough anyway. -- most of the whole affair. She has one Major under her

belt. Desperate for another. Very dramatic scenery. Every direction

you. To camera, you can see something of great natural beauty.

That is the fascination of golf. -- on the right half of the fairway.

You can see the flag is tucked away. Karen Stupples is taking dead game.

She is even better at that angle -- Karen Stupples is taking a dead

birdie. Angela Stanford is 1-over. A dog-leg from right to left, the

long par four. The widest fairway on the course. Still not an easy

intriguing is the edge of the fairways are dead straight on a lot

of holes, but not particularly on this one. It is almost like an

aircraft carrier, a little bit of movement and shaping down the side

of the fairway. Wentworth used to be a bit like that. Straight lines

on the fairway, but then they shake them a little. Just adds a little

Maureen, if that is the big bunker. Indeed. There are two sets of

bunkers, one set on the left and one on the right, guarding the

the victorious Curtis Cup team. -- a long putt. She has left

delivered a fantastic singles point in the Curtis Cup and her

experience from the previous time that fine state, where the big one

is being played -- some of Majestic courses. Alphabetical scores

she remains one behind the leaders as we go back to Russian --

Michelle Wie. She has avoided the bunker by six inches, but some

tufted rough and an awkward stance. The pin is back to the left. 170

yards to the front, so can she get the stance to get the ball to go

She has to catch it just right. A bit of a miscue, and you will drill

Verities. Not bad from there. -- their ease. But it could easily be

another shop dropped. You cannot keep getting down in a pitch and

putt if you keep missing the green good save. Some times the par putts

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give you as much momentum as the Green Left or Right. Well done. A

quite high. Not conducive to helping you cheat the wind.

unless you can flick it off the top, almost like a forehand drive at

table tennis, but that is an easiest of places. They are towards

the corners of the green. They have not made the course a pushover. No

reason why they should, but on the tremendously added to the quality

of all sorts of things in women's golf, not only here that around the

world. Yes, and some welcome news that they are renewing their

sponsorship and continuing until 2016. Very welcome news for the

this must be her third. certainly is, Peter. Lovely tight

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Wie. She has a good angle to the this gentleman here. Thank you very

things. They look a lot closer there than they actually are.

always reminds me of the day of the triplets. They are multiplying --

going down that slope. This is Na Yeon Choi, with a chance to get

back to level. She has got a classic putting style, compared to

the collection we have seen. I have seen that Phil Mickelson has gone

to the clause style now. PETER ALLISS: Yes, I saw that, I

could not believe it. Hit it, wind. That's what they cried. I think we

needed a hurricane to get that one back onto the green. Morgan Pressel.

The greens are rolling very, very well here. Morgan takes advantage.

Yes, we have seen some nice putts in the last half an hour or so.

KEN BROWN: Again, a lot of circling of the putt. Michelle Wie, not much

in this. Using the Cross handed technique. She has tried a lot of

different styles to see if she can find a bit of inspiration. And in

it goes. There will be a few trying par three 15th, right down in the

corner of the course. You can see the big wide beach. You can walk

out to the island, but do not get caught out there. Here's the 15th,

a dainty little par three, surrounded by bunkers. It depends

on which way the wind is blowing. It is often down wind. The green

slopes from the front, up towards the back. It is a very nice par

three. You can see from the raised tee, it drops down a little bit

towards the green. The gallant colonel, he gives us all of the

scores and the yardages. I don't know what we would do without him,

really. Stupples is in the bunker. Coming down wind today. I think

this is one of the prettiest par threes you will see anywhere in the

world. The lovely backdrop of the bay behind. The glorious bunkers,

and this tiny little putting green. You're always flirting with the

bunkers, it is a delightful hole. On the green, you have a birdie

chance, misssverb it, and it is very difficult to get down in two.

Might have got a little bit lucky. You do not want to stop there. You

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actually. Carly Booth, come on, has got to get the pace right. That

is a lovely putt. But she pays the watching the golf, prepared for all

winning a Major back in 2003, in the Women's US Open. She finished

a little down slope. It is manageable, but not easy. It is

just that down slope that Ken was talking about, she could not get it

not get any forward momentum at all. She has got to make sure she gets

upslope made all the difference. Downwind, it is not along par three,

cannot see the pain, because it is tucked away to the left. There are

a number of blind or semi-blind shots here. It depends where they

put the flag, of course. It is similar to Tiger Woods' second in

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good shot, from long range. A good longer tee shot, so you get a

better view of the pin. Yes, she can pretty well see writing to the

green. Angela Stanford, just about to put it in. That was for a bogey.

Everyone is struggling with that pin position on the 6th.

MAUREEN MADILL: Yes, I think the 6th hole is winning the battle

today. Now, Wie trying to save bogey on the 15th. Two bunker shots,

remember. KEN BROWN: All a bit of a struggle.

comfortable with her putting. But yet another shot gets away. However,

two par fives in the last three GLX, so the chance to make up a bit of

Recari, that's a par. She stays shot. She was in the bunker. That's

for Mika, one over nine Japanese Curtis Cup players, one of 10

amateurs in this field, equalling the record of amateurs taking part

in the Women's British Open Championship. The record is seven,

having made the cut, so far, in previous years. We will have to see

how many make it to the weekend this time. Paula Creamer, the Pink

Panther, one over par, but she will certainly be there or thereabouts

over the coming days. Back out we go to the US Open champion, Na Yeon

Choi. ANDREW COTTER: This, her third shot.

What has she been up to? ALISON NICHOLAS: She was in the

rough on the left, and had to play just short of those bunkers. 53

yards out, she goes right for the flag. That one just got away from

Harrogate. Working hard for her par. So to me in 2006, in very different

if it is shaping up to do exactly This putt goes away to the right.

Again, Mellissa Reid has said she once this season to end. It has

been horrible in many ways. Her mother was tragically killed in a

car accident in Germany. Remarkably, four week later, she came back to

win in Prague. She walked off the course in Ireland and she said her

head was all over the place. A beautifully prepared for this week.

A little bit greener than we are accustomed to, but I think that is

here for Morgan Pressel. ALISON NICHOLAS: At the caddy is helping

with the line. It is going to be kept at the lower half of her body

absolutely still, just swinging Tehran's freely. Not the longest of

hitters on the LPGA, but when you counted all up she is usually in

the mix. -- count it all up. She is very keen on photography and always

has her camera with her. I wouldn't bet that she will be on the beach

she get there? There are 40 or 50 yards of secondary bit of fair way

before the green. At the only other option is to really just punched it

on sideways. When you get a marginal applied like this, it is

so easy for the grass too rapid sell for around before the ball

dives off left. You have to hang on contact. You can see it just there.

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Not a bad lie there. A little bit long way back. Cristie Kerr at

because there was a huge hole their full of nasty stuff and she managed

to fly it over that. That was a terrific shot from the angle she

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Choi. She has a nine iron. A great shot.

MAUREEN MADILL: It is hard to find a weakness in her game. She had a

fantastic run about 18 months ago when she made 62 consecutive cuts.

Any player would welcome that. We go back to Karen Stubbles. A bit of

room to work with here. Trying to save par. That is tasty. Come on!

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iron on this 15th green. Looking leave it short but she left herself

with a longer part. -- putt. Tomorrow, the wind is supposed to

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ago, these Korean and Japanese players would be expected to do

well in sunny Dale, but to come here in windy conditions and

produced the golf and shots they are producing, their games are

than not had a 5th major. A five Major's it will be for next year

and not one in the East yet. You would think that would be addressed

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victory in July. That was at the US Spaniards who has made her home in

the States but originally from putting, that is an

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we nearly had the champagne corks presence at the top of this leader

board and we should not be surprised, because if you look back,

it it has been dominated by golfers feel to this particular

Championship, the last Major of the year. Lydia Ko, of Korean

extraction, now living in New Zealand, is leading the way for the

amateurs. Becky Morgan and Lydia Hall, representing Wales. Natalie

Gulbis, great to see her back in the reckoning. The Dutch player,

one of an emerging pack of Dutch golfers in the women's game at the

moment. Lexi Thompson, at 17, one of the teenage sensations. Speaking

of which, this was one of them, Michelle Wie, now in her 20s.

ANDREW COTTER: Heading left. She is down the previous were way. -- the

previous fairway. She's on the fairway, not the right one, but it

might be OK. In 2006, Tiger Woods only used his driver once, and that

was on the 16th, and he put it on the 17th. I meant to do that, she

says. KEN BROWN: Such a difficult fairway

to find this one, left to right. This hole has a dog-leg to the left.

And the wind is blowing in the opposite direction. I am pretty

sure Michelle Wie was actually aiming out there. It will be an

interesting play if it was full stop -- if it was. Yes, I think

you're right, Ken. You might see more of the same on the 18th. She

goes way left of the bunkers on the 18th as well. It did seem to be a

decent strike. It makes it a bit tight coming in over those bunkers.

She still has that power that a lot of players in the women's game do

not have. Very tall, 6ft 1. Yes, she really does have the ability to

keep the ball low, to shape her far, in terms of the weather

conditions. The scoring has been pretty even between the morning and

the afternoon. Of course, having a two-tee start evens things out a

bit more. Decent crowds coming in today as well. They will be coming

along to see some very, very good golfer over the next few days. We

had huge crowds here for the Open in 2006, because it is so close to

Liverpool, and not too far away from Manchester. Seven-iron for

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Holly Clyburn. The flag is fairly central today, only 10 paces on.

And that's a good one. KEN BROWN: Michelle Wie's caddie is

circumnavigating the area to try to get a yardage, which is very

difficult to do. Because they are on the wrong fairway. If that

strategy was deliberate, do you think it is worth it? Well, if

you're going to hit a driver, I think that is the angle. It takes

out some of the big bunkers. So, it is not a bad play. Off the first

tee, you can actually hit it up the 18th, if you wanted to. When she

pops it out, it is not going to bother her too much if she is in a

bunker by the side of the green, out to the first cut. Into the wind,

she will have no problems stopping that. A little rescue club in the

hands of Morgan Pressel. She is pretty good with these. She hits a

great number of them. And it is off like a tracer bullet. Take it

easy... Following wind here at 16. And even with the tee up, it is 500

yards or more. That's horrible down there. It is a nasty little shot

she has left herself. She just had the lie. That's not too bad.

Michelle Wie, an unusual angle. This could prove to be a good play.

I'm not sure she has got enough yardage, though. The pain is at the

front left, which is not the best. -- the chillander. Just hope she

has got enough club on this one. Maybe a five-iron, that was. It was

through the Forest of Dean to get back to the fairway. Holly Clyburn,

lovely second shot in here to the eighth. This will put her back to

level par. The leader at the moment delighted to see so many of her

team performing well. Still virtually a full pitching wedge for

that nicely. That was very good, that looked a little bit thick down

there. Just about the toughest hole a great shot ING, but it just ran

through the back. She has got plenty of green to work with, and

the wind in her favour. She has the penultimate hole. She started

on the back nine today. Karen Stupples holed her putt after

coming out of the bunker, to get any measure of control on that one.

It ends up well past the flag. It is a very well placed little hole

here on the 16th. Final hole, Suzann Pettersen. It has not been

an entirely satisfactory day's work for her. Can she finish with a

birdie? D-Day season so and coming up? She might be in that bunker

just to the left of the picture. -- did I see some sand coming up?

she could make a birdie at the last, or even an eagle, she can save her

plenty of chance of getting a birdie on the 18th. Leona Maguire,

one of the twins from Ireland. She got into this Championship courtesy

of being the British Amateur strokeplay champion. She is playing

very well. That Curtis Cup performance really was something,

coming back from a big deficit was 3-over after her opening six.

has got in dialled in it now. Miyazato. A strong finish with that

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par-five 18th to come, although 17 short and left to solve a lot to do

for birdie at 16. -- left herself a lot to do. That is good. Very, very

gratifying to get one in the bank, especially when you are facing such

a tough par for, as 17 is proving to be. Your most mentally have to

reverse the pars of those two holes. -- you almost mentally have to

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reverse the parts of those two from stage left as Peter Alliss

comes back. It is a bit crawl when they squirt off the edge of the

par. A nice part of the day now, the late-afternoon sunshine but

still the same winds. I don't think it's anything to do with us, but

we've done very well with the weather. When you look at what was

happening yesterday, it's a minor oblique 10 on the 7th and has been

fighting a rearguard action ever since -- Suzann Pettersson. She has

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done well to keep it to 4-over, but right. And with good reason. That

could be very clumpy and there. Act You have to keep your nerve

completely. You just have to keep a round of 72. The former world No.

1. A tidy card. She never gives up, does she? Not too many blemishes on

didn't get the Phil Mickelson stop. That dragging action he seems to be

able to do and am very few other Well, it wasn't a very good tee

shot. The wind was right to left, and she week it to the left and it

went away on the wind. You must not miss it on the left. It could well

mean she drops a couple of shops here. Meanwhile, Holly Clyburn,

whose ball hung on, she has that to be a handful of players who broke

is in the rough. She has a good position but she won't be able to

reach the green in two. She chased it out well. It may get a hop, skip

and jump. No, it just died. It may A fantastic hole with the out of

bounds down the right. Coming in from the right side gives you an

entry to the green, particularly where the flag is cut today. You

have to hit over the edge of the By golly, it is good. Steady,

create problems on a number of holes. Yes, he gives plenty of

got away with it. Just held on long enough to get the club head back to

the ball, and not a bad result. little fortunate, Michelle Wie. In

the perfect spot but she wasn't air and have not too firm a first

it's in. I remember standing behind a screen in a matchplay

championships -- Championship, and Derek Brown made his second, the

only albatross that I have ever seen. A beautiful shot. Over and

into the hole. Poor old John went out to the right. That is not to

her usual standard. I think a lot of these players are getting a bit

tired. They have been out there, battling the wind, and they are

beginning to look weary. That is the word, a battle. It is the

mental focus, dealing with the elements. It is the mental

toughness with the wind blowing around, picking the right shot. The

disappointment when you think you Very nice, 72. She is handily

placed. They started at 11:40pm, so that is five hours and 20 minutes

or so. A bit higher than the recover more if it happens in the