U.S. Women's Open: America dumped Michelle Wie and hooked up with Brittany Lang to bring back the title
The 24 year old American professional golfer surprised the spectators when she made her 60s with par, when the Temperatures were in the 90s. Further surprise was added when Michelle Wie ended in the 80s. With a demanding golf course of Old Oakmont Country Club, Lang’s outstanding performance could not go unnoticed. Speculations and hopes were relying in the club of Wie but when her aggressive attitude on the undulating fairways of Oakmont Country Club could not be fruitful the entire scenario changed.
It seemed as if the only person to understand the tricks of Oakmont’s cruel greens and the scorching heat of July was not the worlds ranked top 10 and the longest driver of LPGA tour, Wie. In fact Wie went a little over board, what she really required was not her usual attitude but a little persistency with a dash of patience. To make a shoot of 2-under 69 and take a one-shot lead over Inbee Park, M.J. Hur, Amy Yang and Kelli Shean, worlds favourite and least expected Lang did the magic.
When inquired about her performance, she said that it was just a matter of a good ball, and patience. Achieving a low number at the challenging golf course of Oakmont did not seem a problem for the young American, rather it seemed as a simple duck shoot. Although earlier, it was claimed about the difficulty that could have been faced due to the harsh and challenging greens of the golf course. To give an introduction of the venue where the big event is being held; Oakmont Country Club is one of the top five clubs in America established in 1903. It is located in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The club is majestic in its beauty with a beautiful crossing Allegheny River Valley. There are few scanty trees on the course. To add up to the difficulty level there are 200 bunkers and undulated greens, tilts and slopes. After all what is a competition without a challenge? It has 18 holes with par 71 and a yardage of 7255.
Wie, the Tour’s most reputed longest driver, made a shoot ending at a score of 82 resembling a terrible performance of 84 at Evian Masters in 2007. At the same time, Lang was shooting for a score at a 40 foot putt on the 442 yard for the 15th hole to capture a two-shot lead. However, at the 18th hole she gave up a stroke at the difficult par 4. Although few good shots were also noticed on the field, but it seemed like Wie’s game plan for the birdies did not really work. Despite the terrible, de-motivating performance, Wie has not given up on Friday’s event.
Apart from these two players, Cristie Kerr, America’s number one ranked golfer, who made her debut with a fascinating 12 shot victory at the LPGA Championship fourteen days back, was on the safe hand side with 1-over 72. Seems like, things are pretty safe for the player so far. Kerr was satisfied with her performance, although she had a bad start of first two holes bogeyed, but then situation became pleasant after two birdies. She has 15 out of 31 rounds at par. Her driving accuracy is 0.662 with 82 birdies, 0.533 sand saves, 4 eagles, 1.87 putts per green and a driving average of 250.3.
M.J. Hur and Amy Yang joined the league of Shean, and Park at 1-fewer than 70. Whereas; Sakura Yokomine of Japan and Scottish Mhairi McKay stood all by themselves in sixth at even-par 71 which was not bad either.
On the whole, one out of four back lashed, which meant that there are chances of an American taking the title of Women’s Open home but again all bets are on Brittany Lang and Cristie Kerr. After all what America wants, is the title, back to them.
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