Chaw nres NKOJ ST. LUCIE, Florida (lub ob hlis ntuj 7, 2017) — Section PGA tsam yog flexing nws cov leeg ntawm ob lub rounds ntawm tus loj hauv lub cev ua si Championship li Rob Labritz ntawm caj phaus, New York qhib kev 11-nyob rau hauv. Rau hnub sib law liag ob, Karen Paolozzi muab lo ib 4-68 qis thiab stretched nws ua rau tsib cwj nrag nqe lus hais txog rau tus zaum kawg muab rau tus poj niam loj hauv lub cev ua si Championship. Ob leeg koom kev kawm no tau contested nyob PGA Golf qws.
Labritz, Director of Golf ntawm GlenArbor Golf qws, muab lo ib 6-muaj 66 dua li peb bogeys nyob sab nraum cuaj. Nws muab ib qho exclamation taw tes rau nws muab thaum nws ze li ntawm holed rau dav dawb hau ntawm 140 tej ntawm lub yeej nyuaj par-4 18th ntawm Wanamaker kawm kom. Nws nyob hauv lub putt ntawm ob peb nti mus nce lub hom tau tsam mob stroke ib tapped.
"Kuv muaj ob peb phem lus dag, tab sis kuv twb ua tau zoo nkauj," hais Labritz. "Bogey-dawb up until kuv qhov 29th los li ntawd. Ua si nrog qws Perry, nws thiab kuv twb nyuam qhuav ntuav birdies yuj yees thaum sib. Peb yeej noj ib leeg hauj lwm."
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"Kuv paub tus golf kawm kom zoo li ntawd, thiab nws yog zoo li no zoo kawg thiab zoo lawm. Kaus mom tua Dick txho thiab nws cov neeg ua hauj lwm."
Tus Met Steve Scott ntawm lub zos tshiab, New York, Jason Caron Oyster Bay, New York, thiab Ben Polland txog Manhasset, New York, muab ib khi rau ob nrog txiv kab ntxwv chaw nres nkoj, Florida tus Perry, txhua ib daj qab Labritz ntawm 10-nyob rau hauv los ntawm ob tug muab suav.
Scott raws hnub ib lub bogey tsis pub, 7-tsis tau muaj 65 nrog ib 3-69 qis. Nws kuav los tiag nyob rau hauv cov tsam thawj birdie 7, 10 thiab 12, xeeb nrog ib 15-footer ntawm tus Wanamaker tus 18th. Nws blemish leeg tuaj hauv lub vaj 369 par-4 8, nws lub qhov 17th hnub ntawd.
"Kuv twb raug los tsoo pob zoo heev rau ob hnub kawg," hais Scott, leej twg notably tag runner-up hauv lub 1996 U.S. Amateur rau tsov tim hav zoov lawm. "Peb tsis muaj ntau cua mus txog tej zaum peb 11th qhov taub. Kuv ua si ruaj tiag tiag li. Tus putter tej zaum yog ib feem ntau txias dua nag hmo, tab sis txhua yam nws yog ib cov khoom hnub. Kev nyuaj siab tsis pub golf ntawm lub qhov xub 36."
Polland, pib nws lub sab nram qab cuaj hnub, enjoyed muaj huv scorecard kom txog rau thaum nws lub qhov kawg ntawm tus kab thaum nws bogeyed 9, ib tug 3-putt ntawm tsis pub dhau kaum ob txhais. Tseem, birdies plaub, xws li ib tug khiav liab qab txog peb sib law liag ntawm tus 4 thiab 6th qhov, muaj tus 26 xyoo nyob rau hauv ib txoj hauj lwm zoo heev.
"Zoo li nag hmo, kuv tsis tau tua cov tee zoo heev tab sis kuv tswj kuv kev ua si kom tau kuv tus kheej thiaj tsis raug teeb meem," hais tias Polland, cov 2016 National tsheb sis yaam paab cov nam PGA kev tau zus ib. "Kuv paub kuv misses nyob hauv ib qhov kev taw qhia kom favored ib sab ntawm koj lub fairway thiab bust cia ntawd thiab ua rau nws ua txoj ua si tau sim."
Caron pib rau hnub red-hot, ua tus tig rau lub 7-tsis tau muaj 29, ib tug hauj lwm-tsawg rau nws nyob rau hauv ib cov kev sib tw. Nws pib tus kab mob rau sib birdies rau ntawm qhov 10 mus rau 15 thiab kuav los tiag ntawm lwm rau 17. Tu rau Caron, nws tsis tau tejyam uas score ntawm nws sab nram qab cuaj thiab tallied ob bogeys los rau lub 5-tsis tau muaj 67.
"Kuv muab tau stellar nyob rau hauv 9," nws hais. "Nyob tom qab kuv tau ob lub bogeys thiab ntaus tsis tau ib putt, tab sis kuv muaj heev txaus siab li cas kuv ua si tag nrho. Ua rau birdies uake ntawd zoo nkauj amazing."
Perry nkaus rau daim ntawv uas muaj Yorkers tshiab nrog 6 uas muaj bogey tsis pub, nws-66 qis. Peb sib law liag birdies 7, 8 thiab 9 highlighted nws hnub li nws yuav xyuas mus ntxiv nws muaj zog ua si lawm tau ob peb hnub tom ntej.
Jeff Sorenson Blaine, Minnesota carded ib tug muab ob zoo 7-tsis tau muaj 65, ib impressive tau rau ib hom kawm uas averaged ib 74.95 rau hnub ntawd. Nws nyob hauv ib khi rau thib cuaj sits.
Rau cov poj niam loj hauv lub cev ua si Championship, tej Karen Paolozzi muab lo lwm 68, lub dag zog no-frills uas yog muab ib ob hnub tag nrho 136 thiab lub tsib-loj hauv lub cev kom zoo dua pem Charlotta Sorenstam (70-71, 141).
Paolozzi, ib PGA thawj lwm kev ntawm Druid Hills Golf qws rau Atlanta, piav nws muab rau hnub ua "ntsiag to" thiab "tho txawv." Ntau cov zaub ntsuab thiab ob-putts, tiam sis Paolozzi muaj tau ib yam dab tsi uas ploj lawm dua li kos npe rau ib scorecard uas muaj tsib birdies tiv thaiv ib leeg bogey.
"Tsis muaj qhov tib me ntsis kev ua si li kuv ua nag hmo," Paolozzi hais txog nws putter, uas nws piav tias "all-star" nws cia li 24 teev lawm. "Kuv yuav muab ib co, tiam sis qhov no yog ob tus 68 nyob ntsiag to. Nws yeej tsis xav tias zoo li ib tug 68. Ib ntsis tho txawv, tiam sis zoo tsis yeej kiag hauv golf. "
Paolozzi yog 18 txhob paub txaj muag txog thov ib ob ncaj poj niam loj hauv lub cev ua si Championship, thiab ib feem peb, plaub xyoo (nws kuj yeej lawm hauv 2014).
Uas txo nws hwj yav tas los rau saum rooj, li tsuas yog ob tug lwm tus poj niam (C.J. Reeves/2005, ' 09, Carolyn Barnett-Howe/2006, ' 08) muaj yeej no Championship ntau tshaj ib zaug.
Yav dhau los, tsis tas li ntawd, yuav tsis tau polluting tus Paolozzi mindset mus tag kis nws zaum kawg muab.
"Uas tsis tau kuv pog ib yam nkaus thiab, vim nws ua yav tag los. Kuv yeej donand #39; t xav xav txog yuav mus back-to-back (hauv lub PGA Womenand #39; s loj hauv lub cev ua si Championship) los yog cov ntsiab lus teb keeb kwm. "
Dab tsi nws puas tau tso cai rau nws tus kheej kom nyob yog nws kev qhia tshwj xeeb nrog PGA Golf qws.
"Peb siv tuaj no (rau PGA Golf qws) ntoos hlav, thaum kuv tau ua si hauv Indiana University. Kuv nco qab thaum ob golf nwg nov yog hu ua lub sab qaum teb (thaum kawg Wanamaker) thiab South kawm (thaum kawg Ryder). Kuv muaj ntau keeb kwm nws. Thaum kawm ntawv qib siab, PGA tsev kawm ntawv, cov PGA thawj Championship thiab Championship no, kuv pom tau hais Iand #39; d tau ua si thiab enjoying no golf kev kawm rau cov hnub nyoog 16 xyoo. Kuv yeej ua si ntau dua tournaments ntawm no qhov twg ntxiv li."
Tom qab qhib nrog ib 70 hnub Monday, lub Sorenstam 71 Tuesday nyob ncaj sub-par nws tau ob. Nws crept nyob shouting ze ntawm Paolozzi nrog birdies 16 thiab 17, tab sis tus bogey hauv lub par-4 18th tshuav nws tsib tawm hauv pace.
Lwm coj thawj coj ntawm lub PGA of America, Suzy Whaley (76-68, 144) ntawm Cromwell, Connecticut, yuav txhaj tshuaj tam sim no yim rov tom qab carding 68 uas sau plaub birdies rau sab nraum qab ntawm Ryder lub Cuaj. Whaley tus ob-kab tally matched Paolozzi rau cov hnub uas tsis muaj kab.
Whaley no tied nrog Alison Curdt (74-70, 144) rau qhov chaw thib peb, txawm yog ib leeg hauv fifth Jennifer Bermingham (73-73, 146).
Tus khiav ntawm tus loj hauv lub cev ua si Championship yuav siv tsev $3,000, hos tus poj niam loj hauv lub cev ua si tau zus ib yog siv $2,200.
Lub PGA caij ntuj no Championships uas hais los ntawm GolfAdvisor.com thiab PrimeSport.