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If you've watched a lot of track and field, you'll know what a "rabbit" is. It's a person who decides to go flat out on the early 2 laps of a race to get a huge lead, then try and hold on as the field inevitably closes.
Usually the rabbit runs out of puff and gets passed on the backstretch..
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Yesterday on a cool damp, soft Congressional that was playing very long, a little south Korean veteran In Gee Chun was the rabbit. Using a 7 wood to perfection for her approaches, and making all the putts she shot a record -8 64.
Now for the rest of the field where a Thai player Pornanong Phatlum and another Korean Hye Jin Choi are in with -3 69.
Nine players including Brooke Henderson and Nelly Korda the defending champion are at -1 71. Brooke would have been much lower but she lost the place for a while when she made 3 straight bogeys at 5,6 and 7. Otherwise she made 4 birdies and all the rest pars.
She is one of the longest players on tour, many were hitting 3 woods and hybrids into the par 4's which made Chun's 7 wood even more remarkable. Her caddy said afterwards "She is just average off the tee, but we just seemed to have a perfect number for the 7 wood all day, and of course she made the putts"..
Henderson begins on the 10th today at 12.50pm with Korda and Inbee Park.
Maude Aimee Leblanc had a turbulent start off the 10th with a double and 2 bogey's but 2 birdies kept her in it out in +2 38. All pars and 1 birdie coming in for +1 73 T30.
The cut line is projected at +2.
We'll see how far back the rabbit falls today. She is out late at 1.39 off the 1st.
Bryan Angus
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