WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) Lexi Thompson muaj rau birdies nyob rau hauv ib tug xya-qhov stretch thiab tag nrog ib tug 6-nyob rau hauv 65 rau hnub Thursday koj yuav tsum xub-round taug txhuas nyob hauv Kingsmill Championship.
Ua si nws thib peb kev sib tw txij li thaum poob lub ANA Inspiration nyob rau hauv ib tug playoff tom qab raug nplua plaub cwj nrag rau ib tug kev cai ua txhaum uas ib tug TV tuav pom, Thompson muaj ib tug ib tug-mob stroke xyuas US Solheim khob pawg football koom tes Gerina Piller thiab Brittany Lincicome thiab cov tub ntxhais American Angel Yin.
Thompson ua si nws qhib cuaj nyob rau hauv txawm par nrog ib tug Birdie rau No. 11 thiab ib tug bogey rau No. 17, ces birdied No. 1 thiab Peb. 3-7 rau Kingsmill Resort River Chav Kawm.
"Qhov thib ob cuaj yog zoo nkauj vwm," Thompson hais tias. "Kuv ntaus ib co zoo kawg txhaj tshuaj thiab dov ib ob peb zoo putts, li ntawd, mas nws yeej yuav pab kuv cog qoob loo."
Thompson ua si alongside Piller thiab tiv thaiv tau zus ib Ariya Jutanugarn.
"Nws ib txwm pab saib rau lwm players nyob rau hauv koj pab pawg neeg ua si zoo," Thompson hais txog Piller. "Nws ua si zoo kawg hnub no, ib yam nkaus thiab. Nws ntaus nws zoo heev thiab kuav los tiag ib tug ntau ntawm zoo putts. Nws yog ib yam dab tsi uas peb pub tawm txhua lwm yam nrog. "
Jutanugarn tua ib tug 72.
On Wednesday, Thompson pib ib tug charitable koom tes nrog lub foob Legacy Foundation hu ua lub Lexi Legacy sib tw, ua kom tiav nws cov thawj kaus poob los dhia los ntawm tsaws nyob rau hauv thawj tee rau nws pro-am puag ncig. Nws ua nws ntuj dhia debut nyob rau hauv tandem muaj ib tug Navy foob.
"Nws yog ib qho unbelievable kev," Thompson hais tias. "Cov yuav txhawb tau cov foob Legacy Foundation yog kuv No. 1, thiab cia li ua tub rog nyob rau hauv feem ntau. Tab sis tsuas yog txoj kev kuv yuav dhia tawm ntawm ib txig zoo dav hlau yog nrog ib tug foob rau kuv rov qab. Muaj tsis muaj dab tsi zoo li nws. Lo lus tsis tau piav qhia txog cov kev xav. Nws cia li zoo li ib tug kev xav ntawm txoj kev ywj pheej dhia tawm. "
Top-ranked Lydia Ko twb ob strokes rov qab rau 67 nrog rau Sarah Jane Smith thiab Giulia Molinaro.
"Kuv tsis xav tias kuv twb tsoo lub pob zoo heev, thiaj li muaj ib tug me ntsis ntawm kev txhim kho ua muaj," Ko hais tias. "Tus hluas nkauj ua si zoo, yog li ntawd kuv paub tias kuv yuav tsum tau sim thiab kom mus, thiab yuav tsum tau nyob rau hauv sib cav sib ceg, kuv yuav tsum tau ua ib tug ntau ntawm birdies tawm muaj."
Piller muaj rau birdies thiab ib tug bogey.
"Nws yog ib txwm zoo kom tau tawm mus hais tias hom pib thiab tau txais xis," Piller hais tias. "Lub zaub ntsuab yog dov kawg li. Hoob no yog nyob rau hauv qhov zoo tshaj plaws zoo kuv puas tau pom nws. Cia li zoo siab yuav tsum nyob rau hauv par thiab nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej rau tag kis. "
Lincicome muaj tsib birdies nyob rau hauv ib tug bogey-free puag ncig. Nws yeej lub caij qhib cov kev tshwm sim nyob rau hauv lub Bahamas.
"Kuv xav tias nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws kuv puas tau pom nws," Lincicome hais txog cov hoob kawm. "Lub zaub ntsuab yog li ntawd, ceev ceev. Yog hais tias koj tau txais saum toj no lub qhov uas koj tau txais yuav yeej tau ceev faj. "