Condensed Rd. 1 | 2024 Chevron Championship

that's how you start right there shot some of the highlights Morgan mar cogin Just rolling it I mean just playing great that got up a great start Birdie on the 10th she'd make that to get it the one under also a major champ jungin Lee 6 started at 10 this the Approach at 11 she loves major championship gol courses and conditions this morning Terry are absolutely perfect for scoring get a little humid out there but very little wind Breeze May pick up a little bit momentum going all the way into you know early June with the US Women's Open All Right Nelly looking for momentum after the bogey at 10 and exactly what you'd [Applause] expect can't beat that much needed week off last week Lauren cogin with the lead this at 11 some of the highlights from what was a great day cut in there there you go it's going to feel just like the birdie at one 32 in the field starting on the back nine how about the front nine St Maya Stark this is the T3 the par three hold on location on the top right today want to land it right into the UPS slope just like that get it to two under she'd add another one let's go let's keep doing it Mana nordquist has been a part of a lot of them this is her third at the fourth and also been a stick in sticker in a USA's team's side little juice on that one walking it back down the slope and that for the first Birdie the day this hold today cut 25 on four from the right playing a little bump and run uh-oh you know once you're healthy you can start working on your game and really fine-tuning things and yeah health is health is the utmost come on NASA there we go there it is NASA third times a charm had one right one left NASA able to find it and Karen I don't think that's really the case I think that they've done a good job softening it just enough after going through such a dramatic renovation completely agree wow what a shot and that stayed right there watching Nelly getting ready to hit her second at the 14th another abbreviated follow through there looks like she's trying to keep it under the wind as it's into the wind I would call this position a coming into this tough pin left hand side of that green sounded good T lots of spin there we go Monami Catu the 25-year-old from Japan looking to get it to three under par two so started on the back nine excellent start and it's great to see ataya tikon back in the field she has not played this year because of injury so nice to see her making a return to the LPGA T and this one right online wonderful t-shot yeah we've seen the bounce this morning fellas on the greens I this is this afternoon this is this is holdon type of Championship golf for these players a song plays her fourth Jarina how do you control this she just got called up from the bullpen obviously she was warmed up ready to go laid entry into this field at the Olympics was it were they in the athletes Village as well or were they offsite um actually in 2016 um myself Lexi and Stacy stayed in a condo um near the golf course and then actually our caddy stayed in Olympic Village okay it's almost set up with her stance as if she was hitting a chip different than her other putting stance look at this oh it worked yeah that was definitely different technique with her posture than what we see when she typically putts leveled up this year with you know just proximity to the hole and and uh we had Justin Ray on the podcast this week and he was he was raving about just the improvements made with her wedge play and 66 excuse me today for cogin to take the lead this afternoon number one in the world and on fire her play this year four straight wins for Nelly Corda near that close at 17 just cuz you know I'm a bit nosy and I like to see how everybody's playing but tricky one here for the Amer Megan scel at the 17th but she's handled that very well oh yes US Women's am champ from last year 22 years of age Rose needs to get it going yep boom there we go here at the eighth the third from Mya start oh hello one way to stop it quickly Eagle try moment ago for Jenny Shin here at the par five not a lot of break in this putt perfect place to putt F just like that to two under chasing the lead at four four short time to go bong here for her third par five 13th go get something going there first wedge H loation today just on the top of a little Ridge going to land it right on top with this wedge yep going to stay right there so a chance for birdie here let go to 18 power five in the third for Lauren cogin 31-year-old out of Virginia looking for a first win on the LPGA oh yeah W close [Applause] [Applause] pretty good effort there hit a few more quality shots but just so on the Edge at the minute for her this one broken big right oh good putt great putt perfect putt first one of the day much needed moment ago the fifth at the par 518th for Jungle Le six or third was in the penalty area ah no problem just a par on the [Applause] card second at 10 coming in with the hybrid accessible hole location today on this right side Beauty Marina Alex this is a tricky one here got to use that side slope it's almost one of those putts the higher you putt it Tom the more it's going to break looks like she judged it nicely oh how good is that that it's outrageous and she knows it really good stuff there back to back birdies to begin the second nine Jason her caddy and then she gets right to work it's just so efficient overall go about a foot away from being really good but now that's going to be really fast wedes wi awward stand man a ton of green to work with coglin a little bit of work left to stay tied for the lead very soft I didn't think he keep that ball [Applause] short yeah good up and down keeps her tied for the lead coglin's been great and this for Eagle at the fourth another one of those par fives you want to be able to take advantage of four and eight here on this front nine really are there for the taking oh what pace I mean what a putt that was tried to sell it can she stop it she can now Marina Alex yeah easy birdie there for Marina so this group going along well number one in the world Nelly Corda for that Leona Maguire for birdie here at 13 boom there it is Jennifer song hung up at the rough over the green here great contact too good A contact's little coglin d off the tea just going to actually make its way onto that top shelf where they' cut the flag that was a really good shot there for me that's up that's barking at that one and it listens look at this shot up into the distance beautiful asked for it to go now only to go when it got on the green it kept on going keeping it just left of this whole location yeah it's going to give her a good look at birdie slopes the opposite direction so I got it inside the hole yeah well read this is really good go from long yep there it is couple of wins in her career and right there in the mix here on day one talked to Paige about one of the other groups earlier today kind of being flat and not having a lot of energy this group really seems to be feeding off of each other other out there today yeah I mean it's it's been great to have these kind of looks on birdie and actually they're playing the other playing partner in the group did make birdie it's only a sixth start of the Season Minami cats suit put again wow wow awesome I say you want to minimize the damage and you know you don't last thing you want to do is leave it back in the bunker and and just give yourself a a putt at par spent some time talking to Marina this season and not like she's been playing well just the scoring hasn't [Music] followed yeah that was well controlled 10th time playing in the Chevron championship for get the better let's go to six big season last year Allison corpo this on the way she's at even par so far you feel like her game was built for big moments and her personality cool as a cucumber she's played perfect golf and it's been this like magical seven or 5 under par you know it's just she's just kind of punked along gave her put herself in position and and uh at the end of the week she's standing there collecting the trophy yeah wedge into the screen haven't seen any of the balls stop where they land so allow for two three yards release that's about as much Speen as I've seen today green drying out for sure this afternoon mention Gabby Ruffles this her second at the sixth it didn't look like she had a very good angle there but what a result yeah really good play there really straightforward shot they can make an effort not to look at a leaderboard yep and just uphill from where she is actually more difficult than Cogan's chip no problem though so the 15th this is TI she one in from long range yes since when she was away from the tour rehabbing the injury she realized how much she missed being out here a lot of sand really good shot yes really good just moment to go at the seventh m champ from last year roing y i play with roning earlier this week Tom I did and uh she hit shots like that to help your group she she hit a few shots like that this going to carry the first five or six ft on the false front and then it can roll out just like that beautiful shot it's a pretty benign place to chip from there the lesser of two evils all right just a slow C back up the hill I mean she did perform here last year while we were here for this Championship as well and doesn't she hit does she make a go swing in the I don't want to ruin it for anybody who's going to go and see it but doesn't she make a go swing grew up on Bermuda grass as she loves the Bermuda grass here this week why wouldn't you chip when you chip like that uh yeah exactly just a tap in there Jonathan Wan Sayan 20-year-old from Thailand just turned 20 this week this for birdie yeah winner in Portland Monday qualifier lengthy putt here to get a to two under to an eight or second and again downwind she's got a lot closer to the green than Lauren had just has to cover the bunker yeah did that easily very good look at an eagle try now she has 195 6 [Music] iron and yet another one right there to the edge on this bunker shot yeah that just came out a lot hotter than she was expecting still rolling exemptions this week along with Angela Stanford gosh I feel like we've talked about so many players with back injuries loette being one out for the better part of a season advantage to be this far down and as angle as Morgan pointed out a great angle she can nearly take dead aim here Paige yeah but she's missed that contact get away with it yeah Caroline englas at the ninth final [Music] hole that's going to work out rather well indeed wonderful shot and it should be a birdie to finish the day for carine that just landed you know a couple yards too far in the green and goes over into a really hard spot over the back of the green super sloppy today is song chipping for birdie just do it one time might be a little bit of help yeah good go she didn't give the full Club 12 there but uh a 175 yeah sorry 175 just kind of on that line left of the bunker towards the middle yeah very nice flag really tucked towards the back of the gr just carried it to the back side of that bridge and it takes a forward hop that's why it's been so tough to get it close to this whole location today even with wedges in their hand at 18 Isabella Fiero the 23-year-old from Mexico plus one trying to finish up at even par and does from long range sixth event of the Season out here on the LPGA Tour first year wondering if you're going to play and not only does she get into the field gets into a feature group with a lot of attention on her playing alongside Nelly oh no that's not how you finish that's that was a putt to break 80