Choi, Valenzuela and O'Sullivan make U.S. Women's Open Cut
Hannah O'Sullivan
(Golfweek Photo)
SAN MARTIN, CA (July 8, 2016) -- Three amateurs
have
made the 4-over cut at the U.S. Women's Open at
CordeValle Golf Club.
South Korean Hye-Jin Choi is 1-under and the low
amateur after two rounds of play. Choi has carded
rounds of 72-71 and is presently tied for 20th. On
Friday Choi began her round on the 10th hole and
got off to a rocky double-bogey, bogey start. However,
from the 12th hole on Choi was solid as she rolled in
six
birdies and only two more bogeys. Her birdies came
on
holes 12,
14, 15, 18 and then after starting her final nine, Nos.
4
and 7.
Choi, who will begin her third round on the first
hole at 9:01 a.m.
PDT, is seven-strokes behind leader Sung Hyun
Park.
Following an even-par 72 on Thursday Albane
Valenzuela shot a 3-over 75 to fall just inside the cut
line. During her Friday round Valenzuela, tied for 48th
birdied two holes, bogeyed three and double-bogeyed
one. The Switzerland native will start her third round
at
9:30 a.m. PDT on the 10th hole.
American Hannah O'Sullivan combined rounds of
72-75 and finished 3-over and like Valenzuela made
the
cut by a single stroke. O'Sullivan, tied for 48th,
continued her outward nine struggles on Friday. After
starting on the 10th hole and parring the first 11 holes
of her round O'Sullivan seemed to be cruising along as
she birdied Nos. 3 and 5 to reach 2-under for the
tournament with just four
holes remaining.
However, as can happen in a U.S. Open the
wheels
began to fall off for O'Sullivan who double-bogeyed
the
6th
and then bogeyed the final three holes of her round to
finish in 4-over 39. Fortunately, O'Sullivan had created
enough cushion and she was able to qualify for the
weekend for the second straight year.
O'Sullivan will begin Saturday's round at 9:42
a.m.
PDT and tee of on the 10th hole.
36-Hole Results:
-Editors Note: Players listed in alphabetical
order
First Round Results:
Italics
Second Round Results:
Bold
-Sierra Brooks:
42-38--80 (+8);
39-
41--80 (+16)
-Chih-Min Chen:
40-44--84 (+12);
39-37--76 (+16)
-Marissa Chow:
41-39--80 (+8);
37-
38--75 (+11)
-Hye-Jin Choi:
37-35--72 (E);
35-
36-
-71 (-1)
-Allisen Corpuz:
41-37--78 (+6);
41-
35--76 (+10)
-Julia Engstrom:
36-36--72 (E);
38-
41--79 (+7)
-Anna Hack:
38-42--80 (+8);
41-
44-
-85 (+21)
-Yu Sang Hou:
45-38--83 (+11);
36-
40--76 (+15)
-Alexandra Kaui:
36-40--76 (+4);
43-
36 (+11)
-Naomi Ko:
37-37--74 (+2);
40-43-
-83 (+13)
-Jennifer Kupcho:
38-39--77 (+5);
38-40--78 (+11)
-Mika Liu:
37-38--75 (+3);
37-38-
-75
(+6)
-Yan Liu:
36-38--74 (+2);
46-38-
-84
(+14)
-Leona Maguire:
37-37--74 (+2);
38-
37--75 (+5)
-Rinko Mitsunaga:
36-40--76 (+4);
39-39--78 (+10)
-Hannah O'Sullivan:
40-32--72 (E);
39-36--75 (+3)
-Robynn Ree:
39-36--75 (+3);
36-
38--74 (+5)
-Haeran Ryu:
39-35--74 (+2);
39-
37-
-76 (+3)
-Karah Sanford:
44-41--85 (+13);
41-39--80 (+21)
-Chika Sawada:
42-44--86 (+14);
38-39--77 (+19)
-Erica Shepherd:
41-41--82 (+10);
35-40--75 (+13)
-Lauren Stephenson:
41-36-77 (+5);
40-35--75 (+8)
-Bailey Tardy:
39-38--77 (+5);
42-
39--81 (+14)
-Albane Valenzuela:
35-37--72 (E);
36-39--75 (+3)
-Hannah Wood:
36-37--73 (+1);
39-
39--78 (+7)
-Yunjie Zhang:
40-41--81 (+9);
41-
41--82 (+19)
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