Indy Women in Tech Championship 2018 - Round 1

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Lizette Salas fired a course record-equalling 10-under par 62 to take the first-round lead LPGA Indy Championship.
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August 17, 2018
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LPGA Tour

Indy Women in Tech Championship

August 16-19

Brickyard Crossing Golf Club, Spreedway, Indiana

$2,000,000

August 16-19

Brickyard Crossing Golf Club, Spreedway, Indiana

$2,000,000

Round 1

Lizette Salas fires course record-equalling 62

Round 2

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Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

August 16, 2018

American Lizette Salas fired a course record-equalling 10-under par 62 on Thursday to take a two-shot first-round lead over Japan's Nasa Hataoka and Angel Yin in the LPGA Indy Championship.

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Salas birdied the last three holes at the Brickyard Crossing Golf Club course in Indianapolis, Indiana, two of them after waiting through a weather delay.

With an eagle and eight birdies total, her career best round put her two ahead of two 19-year-olds -- American Angel Yin and Japan's Nasa Hataoka.

Sweden's Caroline Hedwall, South Korean Ko Jin-young and Americans Danielle Kang and Jane Park shared fourth, a further stroke back on 65 and New Zealand star Lydia Ko headed a group of six players on 66.

Salas got going early with an eagle at the par-five second hole. She birdied three in a row from the fourth through the sixth and bagged two more birdies at 12 and 14.

After a birdie at 16, she was on the green and looking at a birdie putt when play was halted for more than an hour.

"I had about a four-foot putt on 17," Salas said. "I didn't even think about it the entire time during the delay. I was hanging out with Danielle (Kang) and she was giving me her silly dad jokes, so it definitely kept my mind off of it.

"I was really excited to be back. And to finish off with birdie on 18 from off the green, which is icing on the cake, so I've just got to keep it going the next three days."

Yin exploded out of the gate with eight birdies in her first nine holes, her eight-under 28 on the front nine one short of the LPGA's nine-hole record.

Yin needed just nine putts on her front nine and came home in even par with one more birdie and a bogey in her eight-under 64.

Hataoka had eight birdies without a bogey for her share of second.

Pos.
Player
To Par
R1
1
Lizette Salas
-10
62
T2
Nasa Hataoka
-8
64
T2
Angel Yin
-8
64
T4
Danielle Kang
-7
65
T4
Caroline Hedwall
-7
65
T4
Jin Young Ko
-7
65
T4
Jane Park
-7
65
T8
Brianna Do
-6
66
T8
Xiyu Lin
-6
66
T8
Lydia Ko
-6
66
T8
Carlota Ciganda
-6
66
T8
Mi Hyang Lee
-6
66
T8
Ashleigh Buhai
-6
66
T8
Mariah Stackhouse
-6
66
T15
Pernilla Lindberg
-5
67
T15
Wei-Ling Hsu
-5
67
T15
Thidapa Suwannapura
-5
67
T15
Nicole Broch Larsen
-5
67
T15
Alena Sharp
-5
67
T15
Madeleine Sheils
-5
67
T15
Mariajo Uribe
-5
67
T22
Celine Herbin
-4
68
T22
Anne-Catherine Tanguay
-4
68
T22
Moriya Jutanugarn
-4
68
T22
Sung Hyun Park
-4
68
T22
Mel Reid
-4
68
T22
Chella Choi
-4
68
T22
Maria Torres
-4
68
T22
Austin Ernst
-4
68
T22
So Yeon Ryu
-4
68
T22
Lexi Thompson
-4
68
T22
Marina Alex
-4
68
T22
Angela Stanford
-4
68
T22
Jennifer Song
-4
68
T22
Amy Yang
-4
68
T22
Julieta Granada
-4
68
T22
Sakura Yokomine
-4
68
T38
Tiffany Chan
-3
69
T38
Mina Harigae
-3
69
T38
Katelyn Dambaugh
-3
69
T38
Caroline Inglis
-3
69
T38
Minjee Lee
-3
69
T38
Caroline Masson
-3
69
T38
Bronte Law
-3
69
T38
Yu Liu
-3
69
T38
Hannah Green
-3
69
T38
Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong
-3
69
T38
Paula Reto
-3
69
T38
Brittany Lang
-3
69
T38
Rebecca Artis
-3
69
T38
Kris Tamulis
-3
69
T38
Shanshan Feng
-3
69
T38
Cristie Kerr
-3
69
T38
Beatriz Recari
-3
69
T55
Candie Kung
-2
70
T55
Maude-Aimee Leblanc
-2
70
T55
Ariya Jutanugarn
-2
70
T55
Brooke M. Henderson
-2
70
T55
Sandra Gal
-2
70
T55
Pornanong Phatlum
-2
70
T55
Lindy Duncan
-2
70
T55
Su Oh
-2
70
T55
Jackie Stoelting
-2
70
T55
Jessy Tang
-2
70
T55
Christina Kim
-2
70
T55
Brittany Marchand
-2
70
T55
Wichanee Meechai
-2
70
T55
Lee Lopez
-2
70
T55
Becky Morgan
-2
70
T55
Hee Young Park
-2
70
T55
Sophia Popov
-2
70
T55
Kassidy Teare
-2
70
T55
Camilla Lennarth
-2
70
T55
Danah Bordner
-2
70
T55
Amy Olson
-2
70
T55
Jaye Marie Green
-2
70
T55
Cindy LaCrosse
-2
70
T55
Morgan Pressel
-2
70
T55
Azahara Munoz
-2
70
T55
Jacqui Concolino
-2
70
T55
Emma Talley
-2
70
T55
Brittany Altomare
-2
70
T55
Jeong Eun Lee
-2
70
T55
Annie Park
-2
70
T55
Jodi Ewart Shadoff
-2
70
T55
Alison Lee
-2
70
T87
Madelene Sagstrom
-1
71
T87
Haeji Kang
-1
71
T87
Allison Emrey
-1
71
T87
Mo Martin
-1
71
T87
Lauren Coughlin
-1
71
T87
Sarah Jane Smith
-1
71
T87
Eun-Hee Ji
-1
71
T87
Olafia Kristinsdottir
-1
71
T87
Lee-Anne Pace
-1
71
T87
Jessica Korda
-1
71
T87
Megan Khang
-1
71
T87
Katherine Kirk
-1
71
T87
Erica Shepherd (a)
-1
71
T100
Dori Carter
E
72
T100
Perrine Delacour
E
72
T100
Benyapa Niphatsophon
E
72
T100
Celine Boutier
E
72
T100
Sophia Schubert
E
72
T100
Haru Nomura
E
72
T100
Jenny Shin
E
72
T100
Emily Pedersen
E
72
T100
Aditi Ashok
E
72
T100
Kelly Shon
E
72
T100
Peiyun Chien
E
72
T100
Nanna Koerstz Madsen
E
72
T100
Sydnee Michaels
E
72
T100
Laetitia Beck
E
72
T100
Ryann O'Toole
E
72
T100
Tiffany Joh
E
72
T100
Gaby Lopez
E
72
T100
Daniela Darquea
E
72
T118
Luna Sobron
1
73
T118
Daniela Iacobelli
1
73
T118
Dani Holmqvist
1
73
T118
P.K. Kongkraphan
1
73
T118
Ji Eun Baik
1
73
T123
Kim Kaufman
2
74
T123
Mirim Lee
2
74
T123
Yani Tseng
2
74
T123
Paula Creamer
2
74
T123
Cydney Clanton
2
74
T123
Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras
2
74
T123
Katie Burnett
2
74
T123
Katelyn Sepmoree
2
74
T123
Lauren Kim
2
74
T132
Leticia Ras-Anderica
3
75
T132
Samantha Troyanovich
3
75
T134
Ally McDonald
4
76
T134
Gemma Dryburgh
4
76
T134
Jing Yan
4
76
T137
Cheyenne Woods
5
77
T137
Emily Tubert
5
77
T137
Erynne Lee
5
77
T137
Maddie McCrary
5
77
T141
Amelia Lewis
6
78
T141
Min Lee
6
78
143
Robynn Ree
10
82
WD
Giulia Molinaro
Pos.
Player
To Par
R1
1
Lizette Salas
-10
62
T2
Nasa Hataoka
-8
64
T2
Angel Yin
-8
64
T4
Danielle Kang
-7
65
T4
Caroline Hedwall
-7
65
T4
Jin Young Ko
-7
65
T4
Jane Park
-7
65
T8
Brianna Do
-6
66
T8
Xiyu Lin
-6
66
T8
Lydia Ko
-6
66
T8
Carlota Ciganda
-6
66
T8
Mi Hyang Lee
-6
66
T8
Ashleigh Buhai
-6
66
T8
Mariah Stackhouse
-6
66
T15
Pernilla Lindberg
-5
67
T15
Wei-Ling Hsu
-5
67
T15
Thidapa Suwannapura
-5
67
T15
Nicole Broch Larsen
-5
67
T15
Alena Sharp
-5
67
T15
Madeleine Sheils
-5
67
T15
Mariajo Uribe
-5
67
T22
Celine Herbin
-4
68
T22
Anne-Catherine Tanguay
-4
68
T22
Moriya Jutanugarn
-4
68
T22
Sung Hyun Park
-4
68
T22
Mel Reid
-4
68
T22
Chella Choi
-4
68
T22
Maria Torres
-4
68
T22
Austin Ernst
-4
68
T22
So Yeon Ryu
-4
68
T22
Lexi Thompson
-4
68
T22
Marina Alex
-4
68
T22
Angela Stanford
-4
68
T22
Jennifer Song
-4
68
T22
Amy Yang
-4
68
T22
Julieta Granada
-4
68
T22
Sakura Yokomine
-4
68
T38
Tiffany Chan
-3
69
T38
Mina Harigae
-3
69
T38
Katelyn Dambaugh
-3
69
T38
Caroline Inglis
-3
69
T38
Minjee Lee
-3
69
T38
Caroline Masson
-3
69
T38
Bronte Law
-3
69
T38
Yu Liu
-3
69
T38
Hannah Green
-3
69
T38
Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong
-3
69
T38
Paula Reto
-3
69
T38
Brittany Lang
-3
69
T38
Rebecca Artis
-3
69
T38
Kris Tamulis
-3
69
T38
Shanshan Feng
-3
69
T38
Cristie Kerr
-3
69
T38
Beatriz Recari
-3
69
T55
Candie Kung
-2
70
T55
Maude-Aimee Leblanc
-2
70
T55
Ariya Jutanugarn
-2
70
T55
Brooke M. Henderson
-2
70
T55
Sandra Gal
-2
70
T55
Pornanong Phatlum
-2
70
T55
Lindy Duncan
-2
70
T55
Su Oh
-2
70
T55
Jackie Stoelting
-2
70
T55
Jessy Tang
-2
70
T55
Christina Kim
-2
70
T55
Brittany Marchand
-2
70
T55
Wichanee Meechai
-2
70
T55
Lee Lopez
-2
70
T55
Becky Morgan
-2
70
T55
Hee Young Park
-2
70
T55
Sophia Popov
-2
70
T55
Kassidy Teare
-2
70
T55
Camilla Lennarth
-2
70
T55
Danah Bordner
-2
70
T55
Amy Olson
-2
70
T55
Jaye Marie Green
-2
70
T55
Cindy LaCrosse
-2
70
T55
Morgan Pressel
-2
70
T55
Azahara Munoz
-2
70
T55
Jacqui Concolino
-2
70
T55
Emma Talley
-2
70
T55
Brittany Altomare
-2
70
T55
Jeong Eun Lee
-2
70
T55
Annie Park
-2
70
T55
Jodi Ewart Shadoff
-2
70
T55
Alison Lee
-2
70
T87
Madelene Sagstrom
-1
71
T87
Haeji Kang
-1
71
T87
Allison Emrey
-1
71
T87
Mo Martin
-1
71
T87
Lauren Coughlin
-1
71
T87
Sarah Jane Smith
-1
71
T87
Eun-Hee Ji
-1
71
T87
Olafia Kristinsdottir
-1
71
T87
Lee-Anne Pace
-1
71
T87
Jessica Korda
-1
71
T87
Megan Khang
-1
71
T87
Katherine Kirk
-1
71
T87
Erica Shepherd (a)
-1
71
T100
Dori Carter
E
72
T100
Perrine Delacour
E
72
T100
Benyapa Niphatsophon
E
72
T100
Celine Boutier
E
72
T100
Sophia Schubert
E
72
T100
Haru Nomura
E
72
T100
Jenny Shin
E
72
T100
Emily Pedersen
E
72
T100
Aditi Ashok
E
72
T100
Kelly Shon
E
72
T100
Peiyun Chien
E
72
T100
Nanna Koerstz Madsen
E
72
T100
Sydnee Michaels
E
72
T100
Laetitia Beck
E
72
T100
Ryann O'Toole
E
72
T100
Tiffany Joh
E
72
T100
Gaby Lopez
E
72
T100
Daniela Darquea
E
72
T118
Luna Sobron
1
73
T118
Daniela Iacobelli
1
73
T118
Dani Holmqvist
1
73
T118
P.K. Kongkraphan
1
73
T118
Ji Eun Baik
1
73
T123
Kim Kaufman
2
74
T123
Mirim Lee
2
74
T123
Yani Tseng
2
74
T123
Paula Creamer
2
74
T123
Cydney Clanton
2
74
T123
Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras
2
74
T123
Katie Burnett
2
74
T123
Katelyn Sepmoree
2
74
T123
Lauren Kim
2
74
T132
Leticia Ras-Anderica
3
75
T132
Samantha Troyanovich
3
75
T134
Ally McDonald
4
76
T134
Gemma Dryburgh
4
76
T134
Jing Yan
4
76
T137
Cheyenne Woods
5
77
T137
Emily Tubert
5
77
T137
Erynne Lee
5
77
T137
Maddie McCrary
5
77
T141
Amelia Lewis
6
78
T141
Min Lee
6
78
143
Robynn Ree
10
82
WD
Giulia Molinaro

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