LPGA /LET : AIG Women's Open
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"Gentle rain and a moderate breeze" was the way the BBC Weather described the day at Royal Porthcawl, where the wind has been known to blow your socks off. (When you look up interesting facts about visiting Porthcawl the first one is "Bring your umbrella!")
Friday forecast : Strong winds are likely to continue on Friday with gusts 25-30mph although the weather should remain dry and bright particularly in the afternoon.
Canadians
Brooke Henderson has a bright start to her week out in the early wave, beginning her round with 5 straight pars, adding birdies at 6th and 9th, a lone bogey at the 7th,out in -1 35.
After the turn, she was still steady with 6 pars in a row, a bogey at the 16th, bounce back birdie 3 at 17th finishing T16 -1 71, a good start.
16 year old Anna Huang had a tough day, 4 bogey's and a double, 2 birdies she is T87 +4 76.
Latest at 8am edt
* there are 5 Japanese players in the top 10 so far, 3 of them Kuwaki, Saigo, Iwai all in the clubhouse lead at -3 69
* another Eri Okayama leads at -4 thru 9 holes, out in 32.
* watch out for young English player Lottie Woad who just won the Scottish in her 1st start as a pro. She is the darling of the tabloids right now, and has just begun with a birdie at the 1st.
* another favourite of the tabloids Charley Hull made 4 birdies in a row 6-9 on her outward nine after opening +3 thru 3, and has just made 4 bogey's i a row 14-17 currently T77 +2...
>>>>>more to follow with the late wave just getting underway....
Bryan Angus
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