Arpichaya Yubol fires 61, leads
ShopRite LPGA Classic
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[June 08, 2024]
Arpichaya Yubol of Thailand fired a 10-under 61 to tie the
course record at Seaview Hotel and Golf Club's Bay Course,
establishing a two-shot lead after one round of the ShopRite LPGA
Classic on Friday in Galloway, N.J.
Yubol rode a hot stretch in the middle of her round to the low
number, but South Korea's Jenny Shin is on her tail in second place
after an 8-under 63. Fellow Korean Narin An is in third after a 64.
Yubol was having a dismal second year on the LPGA Tour with a streak
of six straight missed cuts before last week's U.S. Women's Open,
where she went 68-69 on the weekend for a surprising fifth-place
finish.
Now the 22-year-old is in command at this weekend's 54-hole event.
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"I feel like I just start to play golf, like happy golf, like every
hole," Yubol said. "Because I feel like my (confidence) is coming
back from last week in the U.S. Women. It was the greatest week in
my life and then it's make me more confident for this week."
Yubol started her day on the back nine and made four straight pars
before a birdie at the par-4 14th opened the floodgates. It was the
first of four consecutive birdies, and she chipped in for eagle at
the par-5 18th to make it a 6-under stretch.
She added four birdies on her front nine, with a long, downhill putt
falling for birdie at the par-3 seventh. That made 59 a possibility
before she finished with two pars.
"I (shot) 10 under one time in my life, like in Thailand, but it's
not a big tournament like this," Yubol said. "And it is my second
time in my life. Actually, I tried to go birdie on the last hole
because I try to get the new record for me. Like I can do 11. But I
missed the putt like a little bit."
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Shin racked up nine birdies with just one bogey on
Friday and was relieved to be playing a more scoreable course than
last week's setup at the U.S. Women's Open.
"Wasn't as mentally taxing as the last 10 days,"
Shin said. "And the fact that I've been here so many years, just the
familiarity and, you know, familiar crowds as well."
An was 1 under through her first 10 holes before sinking six birdies
from Nos. 2-9 to shoot up the leaderboard.
Brittany Lincicome, 38, is part of a tie for fourth after shooting a
bogey-free, 6-under 65. Lincicome won the tournament in 2011 and is
glad to be back in a familiar place.
"Both my girls are here. We have a great time," Lincicome said. "We
are staying down in Ocean City. We go to this amusement park on the
Boardwalk almost every night and spend so much money just to let
them ride rides."
Also tied at 65 are Megan Khang, Switzerland's Albane Valenzuela,
Taiwan's Wei-Ling Hsu, Japan's Nasa Hataoka, Australia's Stephanie
Kyriacou and South Korea's Jeongeun Lee5.
Defending champion Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa opened with a
4-under 67. Japan's Yuka Saso, last week's winner at the U.S.
Women's Open, shot a 2-under 69.
--Field Level Media
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