Pagdanganan joint  12th behind Buhai in Kroger Queen City tournament in Ohio
Maineville, Ohio—Bianca Pagdanganan fired a four-under 68 for a share of 12th spot Thursday in the first round of the Championship. The 26-year-old Filipina two-time Olympian hit five birdies, suffering her lone bogey on the par-3 No. 12, and was in a big group that included Sei Young Kim. Dottie…
Ashleigh Buhai leads on LPGA Tour and Nelly Korda shows no sign of Solheim fatigue
MAINEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Nelly Korda had a tough time getting out of bed Thursday morning. Any Solheim Cup fatigue had no bearing on her standard of golf, a bogey-free 67 in the Kroger Queen City Championship that left her two shots behind Ashleigh Buhai.Korda and Leona Maguire, who also had a 5-under 67, are among 11 players who competed in the Solheim Cup last week and got right back to work at the TPC River's Bend. Savannah Grewal of Mississauga, Ont., also had a 67 on the day to be tied for fourth.Buhai, a former Women's British Open champion from South Africa, isn't part of the Solheim Cup and had a few weeks to rest from an injury-plagued season. She ran off eight birdies for her 7-under 65, giving her a one-shot lead over Jeeno Thitikul and Yan Liu.“Just shows that rest is just as important,” Buhai said. “I know if I give myself five days to warm up, with my coach coming in, we did good work, and, yeah, it was nice to actually just see it pay off today.”Korda at least had the afternoon for nap time after…
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