The RICOH Women's British Open has turn out to be very exciting. Royal Birkdale has verified to be a far tougher tune than anticipated, especially given the surprisingly tame weather.
And amid the surprises -- or alternatively, on top of them -- stands Mo Martin.
Most of you can understand Mo because of her grandfather Lincoln Martin, on the grounds that GC has referred to his presence at a lot of her activities. (He passed away recently at the ripe vintage age of 102.) She's no longer a stranger to winning, even though her three victories thus far have come on the Symetra Tour.
Looks like she's were given a few larger desires this week. She's in no way shot higher than 70 on the Open (this is her third) however she's got returned-to-again 69s this week. She says she is aware of she'll be frightened this weekend however this is simply a part of the game.
Three pictures in the back of her are two proper gamers who've struggled massive time this 12 months -- So Yeon Ryu and Beatriz Recari. Ryu is the 2011 US Women's Open champ and Recari gained two times last year. Neither has been able to do a great deal this 12 months... Until this week. Both are very able to triumphing this.
It's ironic that the huge names are struggling this week -- but however, the fairly excellent weather would not appear to have helped any of the long hitters. A few stars like Inbee Park and Stacy Lewis are hanging around par, and a number of favorites (like Lexi Thompson) barely made the cut. And a pretty most of the favorites did not make the reduce in any respect.
Michelle Wie overlooked the reduce however, despite the fact that I had her picked as a favourite, I'm no longer terribly surprised that she ignored it. We routinely see male principal winners tank for a yr, ostensibly because of the expanded needs being a main winner puts on their time. While I'm skeptical approximately the yr (or extra) of decreased overall performance, my RGWR scores normally permit a 3-month grace period after a win to allow for the emotional drain that seems to accompany those occasions. Michelle gained much less than a month ago and sincerely stated her tempo felt off this week -- just what I might count on after a whirlwind media excursion.
The largest surprise to me became Catriona Matthew missing the reduce after taking pictures an 83 Friday, observed closely via Karrie Webb shooting seventy nine. These are experienced Open winners gambling in distinctly good climate!
From what I can discover, it appears the weather will stay quite proper until Sunday, when the wind ultimately jumps to around 15mph in time for the returned nine. The gamers are having problem hitting Royal Birkdale's slender fairways now -- what is going to happen then?
Could be fun, could be carnage. ESPN2 will broadcast the final two rounds today and tomorrow starting at 8am ET. Don't you just love links golf?
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