Cognizant Founders Cup R1

Founders Cup 2021 R1
October 07-10
Mountain Ridge Country Club, West Caldwell, New Jersey
$3,000,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

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Defending champion Jin Young Ko, who has held the title for 928 days due to the pandemic, tied her season-low round of 8-under 63 to take the lead of the Cognizant Founders Cup, being held at the Mountain Ridge Country Club for the first time.

Founders Cup 2021 R1

“I had great round today. I was little sad last week on Sunday, so I was thinking like keep it all for my putting this week, and I had great putting today,” said Ko, who finished second in last week’s ShopRite LPGA Classic. “I got nine birdies today and one bogey, but, yeah, still pretty good.”

Ko is aiming to average fewer than 30 putts per round this week, a benchmark she shattered on Thursday with just 25 putts. “It’s going to be like 4-, 5-under each day, so it’s going to be a win,” she said smiling.

Founders Cup 2021 R1

Germany’s Sandra Gal carded a bogey-free 66 to take solo second place at 5-under. It was her best round since a first-round 66 at the 2019 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, and her first round in the 60s since the first round of the 2020 Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open.

“I feel very good. I came into the tournament striking it really nicely,” said Gal, who has been balancing playing golf and battling dormant Lyme Disease for the last three years. “It’s kind of been building up the last few weeks, but until you see the results on the course you just got to play, play, play.”

Founders Cup 2021 R1

Six players are tied for third at 4-under, including Rolex Rankings number 1 Nelly Korda, playing in her first stroke-play event since the AIG Women’s Open in late August.

Brooke Henderson joins her in third place after racing to the 18th tee to make sure her group could finish before play was called due to darkness.

“We tried to get our round finished and I’m glad we did,” said Henderson, who finished her round at 6:50 p.m. “It was definitely dark coming up 18 and on the putting green I was really just counting on the pace to know how hard to hit it.”

Heavy fog caused a 90-minute delay on Thursday morning and play was suspended due to darkness at 6:34 p.m. with 30 players still to finish their rounds. First-round play will resume Friday at 7:15 a.m., with the second round beginning at 7:30 a.m.

Founders Cup 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	Jin Young Ko	-8	63
2	Sandra Gal	-5	66
T3	Brooke M. Henderson	-4	67
T3	Perrine Delacour	-4	67
T3	Yuka Saso	-4	67
T3	Amy Yang	-4	67
T3	Nelly Korda	-4	67
T3	So Yeon Ryu	-4	67
T9	A Lim Kim	-3	68
T9	Megan Khang	-3	68
T9	Chella Choi	-3	68
T9	Jenny Shin	-3	68
T9	Su Oh	-3	68
T9	In Gee Chun	-3	68
T9	Hannah Green	-3	68
T9	Hyo Joo Kim	-3	68
T9	Maria Fassi	-3	68
T9	Elizabeth Szokol	-3	68
T9	Lindsey Weaver	-3	68
T9	Moriya Jutanugarn	-3
T21	Na Yeon Choi	-2	69
T21	Ariya Jutanugarn	-2	69
T21	Jessica Korda	-2	69
T21	Minjee Lee	-2	69
T21	Jasmine Suwannapura	-2	69
T21	Caroline Masson	-2	69
T21	Lauren Stephenson	-2	69
T21	Daniela Darquea	-2	69
T21	Lindy Duncan	-2	69
T21	Wichanee Meechai	-2	69
T21	Ally Ewing	-2	69
T21	Georgia Hall	-2	69
T21	Lizette Salas	-2	69
T21	Nasa Hataoka	-2	69
T21	Gerina Piller	-2	69
T21	Jeongeun Lee	-2
T21	Xiyu Lin	-2
T21	Lauren Coughlin	-2
T39	Danielle Kang	-1	70
T39	Inbee Park	-1	70
T39	Celine Boutier	-1	70
T39	Amy Olson	-1	70
T39	Anne van Dam	-1	70
T39	Pavarisa Yoktuan	-1	70
T39	Sarah Schmelzel	-1	70
T39	Ana Belac	-1	70
T39	Mi Hyang Lee	-1	70
T39	Sei Young Kim	-1	70
T39	Jeongeun Lee6	-1	70
T39	Katherine Kirk	-1	70
T39	Anna Nordqvist	-1
T39	Stephanie Meadow	-1
T39	Esther Lee	-1
T39	Linnea Strom	-1
T39	Kristen Gillman	-1
T56	Matilda Castren	E	71
T56	Madelene Sagstrom	E	71
T56	Carlota Ciganda	E	71
T56	Paula Reto	E	71
T56	Maria Fernanda Torres	E	71
T56	Dottie Ardina	E	71
T56	Olivia Mehaffey	E	71
T56	Marina Alex	E	71
T56	Azahara Munoz	E	71
T56	Mirim Lee	E	71
T56	Eun-Hee Ji	E	71
T56	Ryann O’Toole	E	71
T56	Lexi Thompson	E	71
T56	Muni He	E	71
T56	Esther Henseleit	E	71
T56	Bronte Law	E
T56	Alena Sharp	E
T56	Mariah Stackhouse	E
T56	Sakura Yokomine	E
T56	Caroline Inglis	E
T56	Tiffany Chan	E
T77	Wei-Ling Hsu	+1	72
T77	Cydney Clanton	+1	72
T77	Jaye Marie Green	+1	72
T77	Alison Lee	+1	72
T77	Yu Liu	+1	72
T77	Angel Yin	+1	72
T77	Jennifer Chang	+1	72
T77	Wenyung Keh	+1	72
T77	Patty Tavatanakit	+1	72
T77	Nicole Broch Estrup	+1	72
T77	Jing Yan	+1	72
T77	Annie Park	+1	72
T77	Pornanong Phatlum	+1	72
T77	Sophia Popov	+1
T77	Mel Reid	+1
T77	Mina Harigae	+1
T77	Pajaree Anannarukarn	+1
T77	Ashleigh Buhai	+1
T77	Jenny Coleman	+1
T96	Cristie Kerr	+2	73
T96	Andrea Lee	+2	73
T96	Jensen Castle (a)	+2	73
T96	Dani Holmqvist	+2	73
T96	Luna Sobron Galmes	+2	73
T96	Benyapa Niphatsophon	+2	73
T96	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	+2	73
T96	Gaby Lopez	+2	73
T96	Charley Hull	+2	73
T96	Albane Valenzuela	+2	73
T96	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	+2
T96	Celine Herbin	+2
T96	Pernilla Lindberg	+2
T96	Sarah Jane Smith	+2
T110	Haeji Kang	+3	74
T110	Emma Talley	+3	74
T110	Angela Stanford	+3	74
T110	Jennifer Song	+3	74
T110	Mo Martin	+3
T110	Giulia Molinaro	+3
T116	Leona Maguire	+4	75
T116	Mi Jung Hur	+4	75
T116	Ssu-Chia Cheng	+4	75
T116	Laura Davies	+4	75
T116	Stacy Lewis	+4	75
T116	Brittany Lang	+4
T116	Amari Avery (a)	+4
T123	Christina Kim	+5	76
T123	Marissa Steen	+5	76
T123	Aditi Ashok	+5	76
T123	Cheyenne Knight	+5	76
T123	Min Lee	+5	76
T123	Sarah Kemp	+5	76
T123	Min Seo Kwak	+5	76
T130	Sydnee Michaels	+6	77
T130	Dana Finkelstein	+6	77
T130	Mind Muangkhumsakul	+6