Karen Paolozzi ntawm Atlanta ua rau yus tus poj niam loj hauv lub cev ua si Championship los ntawm ob tug txhaj tshuaj, thaum plaub players pace tus loj hauv lub cev ua si Championship tom qab lub hnub Monday qhib hloov ntawm PGA Golf qws.
Thaum uas feem coob hauv golf nyob qib qub tus lw tus ntawm "yuav tsis tshua muaj" txhais tau tias coj tus kheej scoring barrier, Paolozzi muaj ib tug txawv thiab kev siv.
"Yuav tsis tshua muaj" rau Paolozzi, ib PGA thawj lwm kev ntawm Druid Hills Golf qws rau Atlanta, entails yuav mus rau ib qho kev tshwm sim uas tsis tshua muaj miv nyuas, vim tias theem paub raws li nyob rau hauv nws qhov kev ua si.
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Tus poj niam loj hauv lub cev ua si Championship, uas nws ua rau yus tom qab ntaus tej ncauj lus qhib ib 68, pab raws li uas lub hom phiaj raws li nws unofficial launching taw tes rau lub caij ntuj yavtom ntej.
"Kuv xav tau ib co tuaj dhau lub caij ntuj no los pw li," hais Paolozzi. "Yog li no (poj niam loj hauv lub cev ua si) Championship nruab nrab yog tus pib kuv lub caij. Kuv nyiam tuaj no nrog tus uas tsis muaj cov miv nyuas."
Ntawd yog ib tug mindset coj txawv txawv rau ib defending tau zus ib, leej twg yuav tau thov cov 2014 npe?
Paolozzi piav, "nyob rau hauv kuv lub siab, kuv cov underdog thiab kuv tau mus ua si zoo los lwv. Kuv mas ua si zoo li ntawd mas. Kuv twv koj yuav hais tias kuv cov lus rov rau tim hav zoov lawm tsov, tab sis ntawd yog li cas rau kuv xwb.
"Lwm los txo kuv cov miv nyuas mas yog tias peb muaj ib daim teb heev xyoo no. Cov no yog ib co cov npe muaj zog. Ntau tawm kev tawm lub lim tiam no os."
Charlotta Sorenstam eagled tus par-5 16th qhov ntawm Dental Wanamaker no sawv ntxov thiab muab lo ib 2-tsis tau muaj, 70. Nws yog ob tug txhaj tshuaj qab Paolozzi.
Thaum 73, Jennifer Bermingham Lisa Grimes thiab Joy Bonhurst muaj tied rau peb, tom qab txhaj tshuaj 5.
Birdies rau cov hnub nyoog 16 xyoo thiab 18 muab siv Paolozzi ib ob-txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv tsis tag Sorenstam. Yog dab tsi scary, tsis tas li ntawd, yog tias tus Paolozzi 68 yog peb koob zoo dua nws qhib 71 tsaib no. Thiab nws thaum kawg yeej yog ib tug zoo kawg li 14 txhaj tshuaj.
"Kuv putter rua kuv hnub no, 27 putts loj loj," hais Paolozzi, uas nws 5 birdies outweighed nws blemish leeg, ib lub bogey rau lub par-4 10 qhov. "Ntau putts par txuag thiab ob peb lub rau birdie, ib yam nkaus thiab. Kuv pob ciav heev so-so — xeb me ntsis los ntawm lub caij ntuj no tawg--ua kuv chipping tau zoo zoo nkauj. Tab sis hnub no, kuv putter tau qhov all-star."
Omar Uresti, Ben Polland, Scott Berliner thiab Steve Scott txhua nres rau 65s yuav ua lub pob hauv tus loj hauv lub cev ua si Championship.
Pib thaum nws muab rau sab nraum qab Ryder Dental lub cuaj, Uresti yog 1-nyob rau hauv los ntawm nws qhov yim ua ntej ua ntej flipping tus tes hloov qhov thiab xov nws hnub nrog rau cov birdies li 10 qhov kawg.
"Kuv tsav tsheb tsis zoo li thaum nws nquag, tab sis lawv yeej tseem nyob rau qhov chaw," hais tus pej Austin, Texas xeem uas muaj competed hauv lawm lub neej coj 550 txheej xwm ntawm PGA thiab Web.com Tours thoob plaws hauv nws cov hauj lwm. "Kuv tau khaws zuj lub qhov thiab tau mus rau lub caij pib zoo rau kuv hauv ntej cuaj. Kuv ntaus lub irons zoo me ntsis rau li kuv thib cuaj seemed, tab sis kuv muab kuv tus kheej zoo caij txhua hnub. Kuv twb tau ua ib co kaum tsib footers los."
Lub 2016 yaam paab cov nam PGA kev tau zus ib Polland coj teb nrog birdies cuaj hnub Monday, tiam sis ob bogies rau qhov 1 thiab 12 caum nws tej owning outright txhuas.
"Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws kuv struggled uas yog tus tsav tsheb, tiam sis ntawm Ryder kawm kom koj twb tsis muaj tsav nws li koob," tuaj nyob Polland of Manhasset, New York. "Ua rau kuv muaj li kuv tau twb birdied ib lub qhov nyob sab nraum cuaj pom ntsuab lub kuv tu rau 12. Kuv ua tus putt zoo rau cov hnub nyoog 16 xyoo, zoo rau 17 saws soom thiab muab tso rau ntawm ob txhais taw rau 18 xyoo. Nws twb yuav mus kuv txoj kev."
Berliner thiab Scott ob nres nyob huv scorecards, sib birdies 7 thiab 11 pars. Berliner, hailing los Saratoga Springs, New York, ua si hauv par-5s 4-tsis tau muaj, complemented los birdies tom par-4 8 and qhov 12 thiab 16 (ob par-3s). Scott, ntawm lub zos tshiab, New York, dhia ntawd yuav muab ceev nrog birdies tom 2, 3 thiab 4. Tus 39 xyoo capped tua tus kab mob birdies tom 17th and 18th.
Kab tias zaj dabneeg hnub belongs rau Jerry Tucker (Stuart, Florida), uas trails cov coj ntawm ib loj hauv lub cev tom qab txhaum nws muaj hnub nyoog 6 bogey-dawb, nrog rau-66 qis. Tus 67 xyoo Tucker raug rho tawm haujlwm ib 5-nyoog 31 rau hauv Ryder lub Cuaj front.
"Nws yog ib tug surprise qab ntxiag. Kuv yog tus hiob txiv leej tub nyob rau hauv cov kev sib tw, uas nkawd lately muab rooj plaub no, tej zaum"hais Tucker. "Kuv nyuam qhuav ua ua si hauv no loj hauv lub cev ua si nrog cov hluas hais mav. Nws txoj kev lom zem sim thiab lwv nrog lawv. Kuv ua tau peb-putted naj npawb 4 rau par, ces Nyobzoo li tus kab ntawd rau kuv, muaj ob peb misses. Tiam sis txhua yam kuv tau tickled."
Tus yeej tau Tucker lub lim tiam no yuav kos nws ob lub xyoo PGA lub caij ntuj no Championships, raws li nws kev sis, ib tug mob stroke yeej thaum lub Quarter xyoo pua Championship nyob rau thaum lub ib hlis ntuj.
"Kuv twb yeej lub xyoo lub Quarter pua plaub times, txoj kev mob Stroke ob zaug, thiab yog kuv tus hiob tsam los mus yeej tus Match ua si thaum lub sij hawm nyob rau xyoo 1999," hais Tucker. "Kuv tsuas mus saum kaum hauv qhov kev tshwm sim ob peb zaug li ntawd ces yuav txaus."
"Qhov no yog hom khoom peb ua si rau. Tag lawm ib yim ntev tuaj, tab sis nws yuav ua tau ib tug thrill."
Kuj muaj nyob hauv tus plob hav zoov thaum 5-nyob rau hauv thiab pub muab kwv yees tawm saum kaum Nicholas Beddow ntawm lub vaj puam xibtes, Florida, Rob Labritz ntawm caj phaus, New York, Ryan Vermeer ntawm Omaha, Nebraska, Brian Cairns ntawm lub pas dej Walled, Michigan, Jason Caron ntawm Oyster Bay, New York.