Irving, Texas (AP) - Haru Nomura ntawm Nyiv tua ib tug 1-tshaj 72 rau lwm cua hlob hnub nyob rau hauv LPGA ncig saib nyob rau hauv North Texas mus cuag nws cov hlau lead los ntawm peb rounds txawm ib tug lig ob bogey.
Nomura yog nyob rau hauv 8-nyob rau hauv 205 ntawm lub kawg ntawm kev ua si hnub vas xaum. Nws yog ob tus cwj nrag ua ntej ntawm 17-xyoo-laus pib xyaum ua Eun Jeong Seong (69), Cristie Kerr (70) thiab ob-lub sij hawm Texas khiav Inbee Park (71).
NTXIV: Nomura yub thib ob puag ncig 65
Stacy Lewis yeej nyob Texas nyob rau hauv 2014 thiab muaj lub hnub lub zoo tshaj plaws puag ncig nrog ib tug bogey-free 66. Tied rau 44th qhov chaw tom qab 36 qhov, Lewis tsiv mus fifth qhov chaw.
Muaj cua ntawm txog 20 mph thiab ib tug tuag cua daj cua dub uas tsim nyuaj tej yam kev mob rau lub thib ob ncaj hnub. Qhov thib ob-round thawj coj teed ze li ntawm 3 1/2 teev ua ntej tshaj teem rau lub thib peb puag ncig, thiab nyob rau hauv threesomes es tsis txhob ntawm twosomes. Tab sis ua si tau ua tiav lawm tsis muaj los nag, thiab tsuas yog peb players carding rounds nyob rau hauv lub 60s.
Nomura coj los tsuas yog ib qho mob stroke mus rau hauv lub thib peb puag ncig, thiab stretched uas mus rau plaub ua ntej ib tug muab ob npaug rau bogey nyob rau par-3 17th qhov thaum nws tee txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv mus tshaj lub ntsuab thiab mus rau hauv ib tug teeb meem. Nws tswj kom txuag tau par nyob rau par-5 18th tom qab nws ob txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv mus zoo sab laug, bounced nyuaj tawm ib qhob laub txoj kev thiab ricocheted txoj kev yav dhau los lub ntsuab.
Ariya Jutanugarn pib hnub ib tug mob stroke tawm cov hmoov txhuas thiab nrog ib tug yeej no lis xaus yuav siv sij hawm li lub ntiaj teb no tus No. 1-ranked neeg uas ua ntawv. Qhov thib peb-ranked Jutanugarn tua 76 nrog rau bogeys thiab yog nyob rau hauv ib pab pawg neeg ntawm tsib players, xws li nws tus niam hluas Moriya (74), uas yog tsib strokes tawm cov hmoov txhuas.
Lydia Ko, ranked No. 1 rau 79 ncaj lub lis piam, thau ua ntej lub peb round vim hais tias ntawm ib lub qhov muag kab mob.