JTBC Classic R1

JTBC Classic 2022 R1

March 24-27
Aviara Golf Club, Carlsbad, California
$1,500,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

Rolex Rankings No. 1 Jin Young Ko fired her 16th consecutive round in the 60s in the opening round of the JTBC Classic presented by Barbasol.

JTBC Classic 2022 R1

The Korean player’s bogey-free 7-under 65 featured three consecutive birdies from the 7th. Ko hit 11 of 14 fairways and 17 of 18 greens and needed just 29 putts. She was pleased with that number considering the tricky Poa annua putting surfaces. Ko led the Tour in greens in regulation heading into this week at 83.33%

“I’m just trying to hit 60s today. These greens are really tricky so I didn’t expect good putting or to make a lot of putts on these greens but I made a lot of birdies today and had a bogey-free round. It’s pretty good so far.”

JTBC Classic 2022 R1

Ko wanted to play this week to prepare for the year’s first major next week. She is in form, having won her 13th career victory earlier this month at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore, but still thinks her best golf is ahead of her.

“My mental game is strong right now. Swing and putting, not bad, but not good. Going to a major, there’s a lot of pressure on all the players, so we have to fight with nervous emotion. But my mental game is strong right now after Singapore. I’m doing well but many people say 2019 was my career high. But I think no, not yet. So in 2021, I played well, but not yet. It’s not coming yet. Even this year, too. So I need to win more and I want to win more. But I have to focus on myself if I want to really get the wins.”

JTBC Classic 2022 R1

Nanna Koerstz Madsen, the most recent Rolex First-Time Winner, carded the lowest score of the afternoon wave, a 6-under 66 to sit in solo second. She needed only 25 putts in the opening round, her short game making up for her erratic driving on Thursday.

“I’m very pleased with the score. I think I only hit four fairways. I wasn’t really struggling off the tee, was just in the first cut, but on these greens sometimes it can be hard coming from the rough. I made some good putts out there, which I maybe wasn’t expecting only having 25 putts today, but it was good.”

Three players are tied for third at 5-under with Scotland’s Gemma Dryburgh, Republic of Korea’s Hye-Jin Choi and American Cheyenne Knight all carding 67s.

JTBC Classic 2022 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	Jin Young Ko	-7	65
2	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-6	66
T3	Cheyenne Knight	-5	67
T3	Gemma Dryburgh	-5	67
T3	Hye-Jin Choi	-5	67
T6	Mo Martin	-4	68
T6	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	-4	68
T6	Ryann O’Toole	-4	68
T6	Lydia Ko	-4	68
T6	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-4	68
T11	Alana Uriell	-3	69
T11	In Kyung Kim	-3	69
T11	Minjee Lee	-3	69
T11	Danielle Kang	-3	69
T11	Ariya Jutanugarn	-3	69
T11	Charley Hull	-3	69
T11	Stephanie Meadow	-3	69
T11	Na Rin An	-3	69
T11	Emma Talley	-3	69
T11	Moriya Jutanugarn	-3	69
T11	Jessica Korda	-3	69
T11	Leona Maguire	-3	69
T11	In Gee Chun	-3	69
T11	Atthaya Thitikul	-3	69
T11	Alison Lee	-3	69
T11	Haeji Kang	-3	69
T27	Jeongeun Lee6	-2	70
T27	Xiyu Janet Lin	-2	70
T27	Muni He	-2	70
T27	Mirim Lee	-2	70
T27	Sarah Schmelzel	-2	70
T27	Albane Valenzuela	-2	70
T27	Jillian Hollis #	-2	70
T27	Agathe Laisne	-2	70
T27	Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras	-2	70
T27	Maria Fassi	-2	70
T27	Janie Jackson	-2	70
T27	Nasa Hataoka	-2	70
T27	Eun-Hee Ji	-2	70
T27	Stacy Lewis	-2	70
T27	Gerina Mendoza	-2	70
T42	Olivia Cowan	-1	71
T42	Hinako Shibuno	-1	71
T42	Cydney Clanton	-1	71
T42	Lauren Coughlin	-1	71
T42	Jaye Marie Green	-1	71
T42	Brittany Altomare	-1	71
T42	Yealimi Noh	-1	71
T42	Brittany Lincicome	-1	71
T42	Jeongeun Lee5	-1	71
T42	Morgane Metraux	-1	71
T42	Frida Kinhult	-1	71
T42	Haylee Rae Harford	-1	71
T42	Katherine Perry-Hamski	-1	71
T42	Jasmine Suwannapura	-1	71
T42	Dewi Weber	-1	71
T42	Anna Nordqvist	-1	71
T42	Inbee Park	-1	71
T42	Madelene Sagstrom	-1	71
T42	Emily Kristine Pedersen	-1	71
T42	Katherine Kirk	-1	71
T42	Ruixin Liu	-1	71
T42	Min Lee	-1	71
T42	Dana Finkelstein	-1	71
T42	Yaeeun Hong	-1	71
T42	Lilia Vu	-1	71
T67	Jenny Coleman	Par	72
T67	Allison Emrey	Par	72
T67	Lizette Salas	Par	72
T67	Gaby Lopez	Par	72
T67	Cristie Kerr	Par	72
T67	Christina Kim	Par	72
T67	Annie Park	Par	72
T67	Pornanong Phatlum	Par	72
T67	Pauline Roussin-Bouchard	Par	72
T67	Jennifer Song	Par	72
T67	Jennifer Chang	Par	72
T67	Maddie Szeryk	Par	72
T67	Isi Gabsa	Par	72
T67	Austin Ernst	Par	72
T67	Ayaka Furue	Par	72
T67	Amy Yang	Par	72
T67	Sung Hyun Park	Par	72
T67	Paula Reto	Par	72
T67	Kelly Tan	Par	72
T67	Chella Choi	Par	72
T87	Stephanie Kyriacou	+1	73
T87	Hee Jeong Lim	+1	73
T87	Marina Alex	+1	73
T87	Perrine Delacour	+1	73
T87	Jennifer Kupcho	+1	73
T87	Lexi Thompson	+1	73
T87	Hannah Green	+1	73
T87	Caroline Masson	+1	73
T87	Mina Harigae	+1	73
T87	Matilda Castren	+1	73
T87	Linnea Johansson	+1	73
T87	Pernilla Lindberg	+1	73
T87	Sophia Popov	+1	73
T87	Sanna Nuutinen	+1	73
T87	Yu-Sang Hou	+1	73
T87	Casey Danielson	+1	73
T87	Hyo Joo Kim	+1	73
T87	Megan Khang	+1	73
T87	Amy Olson	+1	73
T106	Allisen Corpuz	+2	74
T106	Lauren Hartlage	+2	74
T106	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	+2	74
T106	Sophia Schubert	+2	74
T106	Lauren Stephenson	+2	74
T106	Peiyun Chien	+2	74
T106	Rachel Rohanna	+2	74
T106	Ally Ewing	+2	74
T106	Marissa Steen	+2	74
T106	Lindsey Weaver-Wright	+2	74
T116	Savannah Vilaubi	+3	75
T116	A Lim Kim	+3	75
T116	Wei-Ling Hsu	+3	75
T116	Giulia Molinaro	+3	75
T116	Na Yeon Choi	+3	75
T116	Charlotte Thomas	+3	75
T116	Aditi Ashok	+3	75
T116	Ruoning Yin	+3	75
T124	Ana Belac	+4	76
T124	Amanda Doherty	+4	76
T124	Fatima Fernandez Cano	+4	76
T124	Esther Henseleit	+4	76
T124	Sei Young Kim	+4	76
T124	Jenny Shin	+4	76
T124	Brittany Lang	+4	76
T124	Hee Young Park	+4	76
T124	Mel Reid	+4	76
T124	Jiwon Jeon	+4	76
T124	Sarah Kemp	+4	76
T124	Bianca Pagdanganan	+4	76
136	Kaitlyn Papp	+5	77
T137	Liz Nagel	+6	78
T137	Brooke Matthews	+6	78
T137	Yu Liu	+6	78
T140	Wichanee Meechai	+7	79
T140	Bronte Law	+7	79
T142	Vivian Hou	+8	80
T142	Lauren Kim	+8	80
144	Juli Inkster	+9	81