You may additionally have heard golfing commentators talk "the bump." It's that little greater something that players once in a while get when they play properly in a team event like the Ryder, Presidents, or Solheim Cup. Call it what you will -- a lift of self belief, a run of shape, even a touch mojo -- it genuinely seems to be a actual phenomenon.
At least it is for Caroline Hedwall. As you may bear in mind, Hedwall wasn't playing that properly right before the Cup. In reality, she finished T31 on the US Women's Open and neglected the reduce at the RICOH Women's British Open. Then she became the primary lady ever to move five-zero-zero in Solheim Cup opposition. Since then she's been T3 on the LPGA's CN Canadian Women's Open, took a week off (wanted the rest, I imagine), and now she's managed to take the lead at the Helsingborg Open in her fatherland of Sweden.
Of direction, we ladies's golf lovers in America can not watch it as it's no longer televised right here. (It won't be televised anywhere; I couldn't locate anything on the LET website online to the opposite.) I gave you a first round update on Friday, which blanketed a hyperlink to the primary round precis on the LET web site. Today I'm including a link to the LET's 2d round update and a link to the LET's 0.33 round update for the ones of you who need more element, but I'll summarize things quickly right here.
Apparently the winds picked up drastically for the second round and the players struggled a bit. Valentine Derrey of France played nicely enough to take a one-stroke lead over first round leader I.K. Kim and Lee-Anne Pace, who leads the LET Order of Merit. Hedwall managed a 2-under 70 -- not as accurate as Derrey and Pace however better than Kim -- and said she become fairly satisfied due to the fact the winds had been tough.
But they got even tougher on Saturday and nobody shot decrease than 70 -- no one except Hedwall, who blistered the direction with a five-under sixty seven! Derrey, Pace, and Kim all shot over par, so Hedwall now sits four shots clear of the field heading into the very last round.
This absolutely is a domestic recreation for Caroline. According to the third round update, her circle of relatives lives simplest 15 mins from the route. If you saw any of the Solheim Cup you already know that Hedwall has a few severe strength, which ought to supply her an facet inside the wind. (If you are already quite lengthy, swinging easy into the wind still leaves you shorter strategies than the rest of the sphere!) Add all of that to the Solheim Cup "bump" I stated and you've were given a potential runaway win today. And if she manages to tug it off, I think you've got to keep in mind her a fave within the Evian Championship subsequent week.
Will "the bump" help any of the alternative Euro gamers? That remains to be visible. Except for Anna Nordqvist (who turned into already playing quite well earlier than Solheim) I have not seen any actual indication that it'll.
But don't tell Caroline Hedwall. For her, "the bump" is actual.
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