Norton, Massachusetts – Miranda Wang waited for a short birdie and finally scored five shots in a 67 low and two shots on Friday, finishing the second round in the Rain-delayed FM Championship.
Most of the wet day at Boston TPC is a series of rain delays, and it takes about 10 hours to finish the race.
Nelly Korda, scheduled to start in the afternoon, manages to get into four holes (two birdies) and will return in the second half Saturday morning.
Jeeno Thitikul, the number one player in the women’s golf course, joined Hannah Green and defending champion Lauren Coughlin when they saw the dark sky and hoped to end their own rounds before the next delay.
Green smiled and said, “I don’t think I can prepare for my delay.”
The king has 16 birds with more than 36 holes, and there are a large number of birds running. She started the game with eight birdies in the opening nine games. She ended the second round three consecutive games, only not finished very quickly.
When the horn sounded, she had an 8-foot birdie putter on the 5-18-stop the game again. Wang returned after about two hours and hit the putter back 11 shots below 133.
“I didn’t expect the weather because in terms of prediction, we didn’t see any thunderstorms this morning. But, that’s golf,” Wang said. “We play in nature, so it’s unpredictable at times. We just have to face it and be mentally prepared, physically prepare for the thunderstorm, just trying to stay calm and warm up every time like you’re not stopping and moving on.”
Madelene Sagstrom had 66 shots and was under 135. Green (68), Azahara Munoz (68) and Celine Borge (66) are back.
The LPGA hopes there is a reasonable weekend forecast that the game may be close to replaying as planned on Saturday night or Sunday morning. The plan is to create cuts and then send out three of three nines.
Korda has not won this year, facing 32 holes on Saturday as he tried to stay in his first win of the year.
Thitikul replaced Korda earlier this month, mixing with the four birdies in the last nine. But she scored the top nine with 68 in the game, four shots behind.
On this day, it’s important to complete. When she saw the clouds, the group wasted no time.
“The security guard told us… three minutes left, so run and ready,” Thitikul said. “It’s starting and stopping, starting and stopping. It’s frustrating, but it’s nice we’re done.”
Four shots behind also include British Open champion Miyu Yamashita (66) and Jodi Ewart Shadoff, who finished the first round with four straight birdies, sharing an 18-hole lead. She had to settle on Friday 72.
