Norton, Massachusetts – Allisen Corpuz has been patient while spinning the wheels for most of the year and finally opened the FM title Thursday with 65-shot Under 65, sharing the first round lead with SEI Young Kim and quick-closed Jodi Ewart Shadoff.
Corpuz had four birdies on the last six holes of the Boston TPC, catching a 10-foot birdie putt on the 9th of the 4th five-arc to catch Kim, who played in a calm state in the morning.
Shadoff is the last person to end, and she does it with four consecutive birdies.
“At 20 feet away, a lot of putts are tilted, so that certainly helps. Then, the last four balls hit good balls, and some really good putts,” Ewart Shadoff said.
Nelly Korda moved putts to more blades and saw seven birdies pay off in her debut at TPC Boston, which previously hosted one of four PGA Tour season events.
Corpuz had only one LPGA win, which was a big win – the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach two years ago. She had a top 10 early this year, including third in the Ford Championships in Phoenix in late March. That was her last ten.
“Just think golf is a fun game,” Corpuz said. “Even if it’s not the result I want to see, the whole season feels really close. It’s a good start to the season and it kind of feels like things are starting to get better.”
King performed on a slightly cold morning and wondered if that would make the course longer and the golf balls didn’t fly much. But she had three mid-birds on the par 5 until she had to settle the next pole in the closed hole, which had a large trench in front of the surrounding green and heavy snow.
This is the second week since returning to No. 1 in the Women’s World Rankings, where Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand tripped over Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand. She burst the T-shirt on the right, but she attacked left and right on the 5-shot 18, falling off that steep slope. Her first court was short and rolled backwards, and the Thai picked up the bogey 69.
LPGA has two stories throughout the year – 22 consecutive games started with different championships every year, and Korda didn’t win any. Korda will win seven wins in 2024 and lost to Thitikul just two weeks ago to finish first.
Her 67-year-old left her in third place, including women’s PGA champions Minjee Lee, Celine Boutier, Andrea Lee and Gurleen Kaur and LPGA rookie Gurleen Kaur, who had to qualify for the match on Monday.
Corda said the Florida course she lives in wasn’t at its best during the hot summers, so she wasn’t sure how she thought of putting at home. But she brought it to Canada, loved it and kept it in her bag. This is similar to the model she used last year.
“It’s just something new,” Korda said, who also makes a difference in putting. “I know I’ve had a lot of success with that putt and I’m confident about it. Just have to feel different.”
