Dani Holmqvist Leads Women’s British Open as Amy Olson Falters

“It’s a long process and very tedious,” she said. “It’s an everyday thing.”

Capturing a first major title — indeed, a first professional win at the senior level — will not be easy, and not just because of how difficult and long Troon is playing in winds that often reach 50-m.p.h.

Two strokes behind Holmqvist at 1-over-par are former world No. 1 Lydia Ko (71) and current No. 8-ranked Minjee Lee, who shot 69 to tie for the lowest round on Friday. A further shot back is No. 4-ranked Nelly Korda after her round of 72.

“We were like, ‘Are you scared over 1-footers, too, with this wind?’ Korda said, referring to a conversation she had with playing partner Georgia Hall, the 2018 champion. ”Because we were like shaking over it with wind and the gusts.”

After what she described as the best ball-striking round of her career to shoot 67 on Thursday, Olson came back to earth with a 10-over round that included six bogeys on her first 10 holes before double-bogeys at Nos. 11 and 14.

The American parred her way home to limit the damage and won’t feel out of it at 6-over.

It has proved to be a week to forget for Lexi Thompson, who shot 78 on Thursday and 75 on Friday to miss the cut by two strokes. She avoided the ignominy of being penalized for using the head of her club to push away long grass from her ball on the 16th hole of her first round.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/21/sports/golf/womens-british-open-results-holmqvist.html