Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open R1

Women’s Scottish Open 2021 R1
August 12-15
Dumbarnie Links, Fife, Scotland
$1,500,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

Scotland’s Michele Thomson tops the leader board with an opening 65 after an eagle at the second hole set her round alight. Setting the women’s professional course record, she is bouncing back from a tough few months that saw her father have a heart attack while caddying for her in Finland – he has since recovered and was out on course watching her today.

Women’s Scottish Open 2021 R1

“It’s great, and it’s not far from home, either, and he’s not allowed to do unnecessary travel and it’s nice to have him here.”

Watched by her manager and former Open Champion, Paul Lawrie, an inspired Thomson said of her round: “I’m delighted with how I started. Obviously it was a bit of a shaky start with a bogey at the first but seven birdies and eagle, can’t ask for much more.

“It was nice to have his support, to have the support of a former Open Champion. Hopefully he can come back and I can shoot under par again!”

Women’s Scottish Open 2021 R1

Three players sit two shots back on five under, Dutch star, Anne Van Dam, 2021 US Open winner, Yuku Saso from the Philippines and Thailand’s rising star, Jasmine Suwannapura

“I’m happy to be back here in Scotland,” said Suwannapura. “A lot of good memories here, and a couple people just like, “Oh, Jasmine always play well here.” I’m like, you know, I don’t want to expect anything. Just have fun here. Like I said we got lucky with no wind this morning and being able to score 5-under, it’s totally a good day for me.”

Women’s Scottish Open 2021 R1

Race to Costa del Sol leader Atthaya Thitikul is tied in fifth place after signing for a 68. She started her round with a bogey on the par-4 2nd hole, before birdies on the 3rd, 7th and 9th put her back on track. 

Further birdies on 11, 13 and 15 saw the 18-year-old rise up the leaderboard to 5-under at the 17th before closing with a bogey.

“I started not really good on a couple holes but I thought it’s my irons and the momentum of the putting. Then I make a lot of putts, and then yeah, today I think overall it’s pretty good,” said Thitikul .

“I am 18 I’m here as a member of LET, and this tournament, this week, it’s amazing for us. It’s a strong field.”

Women’s Scottish Open 2021 R1

Olivia Cowan and Becky Morgan are among the ten players sat on 4-under after Thursday’s action, as well as Scotland’s Kelsey MacDonald, who secured an impressive eagle at the par-5 15th during her bogey-free round. 

Mi Jung Hur , who won the TGWSO in 2019 by six strokes, is also tied for fifth. She finished the day bogey-free, making four birdies on her front nine then parring the rest of the way.

“Here’s only one thing: Just keep [the ball] low,” said Hur. “If it’s helping, you can keep it low, too, but especially in the hurting, you have to keep it low for sure. No. 15, the par-5 15, I had 86 meters to the flag and my ball was way too high. It came back 20 meters short, which wasn’t that good. So, you have to keep it low.”

The 2020 Olympic bronze medalist Lydia Ko is T24 at 2-under, while defending champion Stacy Lewis sits in a tie for 35th heading into the second round. Stephanie Meadow and Tonje Daffinrud withdrew during the first round, both due to injury.

Women’s Scottish Open 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	Michele Thomson	-7	65
T2	Anne van Dam	-5	67
T2	Yuka Saso	-5	67
T2	Jasmine Suwannapura	-5	67
T5	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-4	64
T5	Yealimi Noh	-4	68
T5	Ryann O’Toole	-4	68
T5	Kelsey MacDonald	-4	68
T5	Mi Jung Hur	-4	68
T5	Lauren Stephenson	-4	68
T5	Atthaya Thitikul	-4	68
T5	Olivia Cowan	-4	68
T5	Sarah Schmelzel	-4	68
T5	Becky Morgan	-4	68
T15	Celine Herbin	-3	69
T15	Charley Hull	-3	69
T15	Ariya Jutanugarn	-3	69
T15	Patty Tavatanakit	-3	69
T15	Emily Kristine Pedersen	-3	69
T15	Bronte Law	-3	69
T15	Yu Liu	-3	69
T15	Marina Alex	-3	69
T15	Lydia Hall	-3	69
T24	Liz Young	-2	70
T24	Anna Nordqvist	-2	70
T24	Celine Boutier	-2	70
T24	Prima Thammaraks	-2	70
T24	Haeji Kang	-2	70
T24	Mi Hyang Lee	-2	70
T24	Caroline Masson	-2	70
T24	Lydia Ko	-2	70
T24	Laura Davies	-2	70
T24	Nuria Iturrioz	-2	70
T24	Cheyenne Knight	-2	70
T35	Ashleigh Buhai	-1	71
T35	Alice Hewson	-1	71
T35	A Lim Kim	-1	71
T35	Lizette Salas	-1	71
T35	Leona Maguire	-1	71
T35	Austin Ernst	-1	71
T35	Jing Yan	-1	71
T35	Caroline Inglis	-1	71
T35	Carmen Alonso	-1	71
T35	Brittany Altomare	-1	71
T35	Pia Babnik	-1	71
T35	Georgia Hall	-1	71
T35	Jeongeun Lee6	-1	71
T35	Sophia Popov	-1	71
T35	Stacy Lewis	-1	71
T35	Amy Yang	-1	71
T35	Chella Choi	-1	71
T35	Jennifer Song	-1	71
T35	Karolin Lampert	-1	71
T35	Pasqualle Coffa	-1	71
T55	Emma Talley	E	72
T55	Ssu-Chia Cheng	E	72
T55	Carly Booth	E	72
T55	In Gee Chun	E	72
T55	Carlota Ciganda	E	72
T55	Kylie Henry	E	72
T55	Whitney Hillier	E	72
T55	Perrine Delacour	E	72
T55	Paula Reto	E	72
T55	Pornanong Phatlum	E	72
T55	Eleanor Givens	E	72
T55	Johanna Gustavsson	E	72
T55	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	E	72
T55	Wichanee Meechai	E	72
T55	Madelene Sagstrom	E	72
T55	Amy Olson	E	72
T55	Sanna Nuutinen	E	72
T55	Gerina Piller	E	72
T55	Stacy Lee Bregman	E	72
T55	Anne-Lise Caudal	E	72
T55	Christina Kim	E	72
T55	Albane Valenzuela	E	72
T55	Cloe Frankish	E	72
T55	Katherine Kirk	E	72
T79	Linnea Strom	+1	73
T79	Lindsey Weaver	+1	73
T79	Tvesa Malik	+1	73
T79	Brittany Lincicome	+1	73
T79	Mel Reid	+1	73
T79	Pajaree Anannarukarn	+1	73
T79	Hannah Green	+1	73
T79	Marianne Skarpnord	+1	73
T79	Azahara Munoz	+1	73
T79	Ally Ewing	+1	73
T79	Stephanie Kyriacou	+1	73
T79	Giulia Molinaro	+1	73
T79	Elizabeth Szokol	+1	73
T79	Su Oh	+1	73
T79	Emma Nilsson	+1	73
T79	Manon De Roey	+1	73
T79	Marissa Steen	+1	73
T79	Gemma Dryburgh	+1	73
T79	Chloe Williams	+1	73
T79	Lindy Duncan	+1	73
T79	Harang Lee	+1	73
T79	Nicole Broch Larsen	+1	73
T79	Gaby Lopez	+1	73
T79	Jenny Shin	+1	73
T79	Magdalena Simmermacher	+1	73
T104	Linda Wessberg	+2	74
T104	Alison Muirhead	+2	74
T104	Trichat Cheenglab	+2	74
T104	Leonie Harm	+2	74
T104	Ursula Wikstrom	+2	74
T104	Moriya Jutanugarn	+2	74
T104	Minjee Lee	+2	74
T111	Lina Boqvist	+3	75
T111	Dana Finkelstein	+3	75
T111	Alison Lee	+3	75
T111	Cydney Clanton	+3	75
T111	Esther Henseleit	+3	75
T111	Maria Hernandez	+3	75
T111	Noemi Jimenez Martin	+3	75
T111	Jenny Coleman	+3	75
T111	Laura Fuenfstueck	+3	75
T120	Agathe Sauzon	+4	76
T120	Camille Chevalier	+4	76
T120	Emma Grechi	+4	76
T120	Katja Pogacar	+4	76
T120	Annabel Dimmock	+4	76
T120	Amy Boulden	+4	76
T120	Lee-Anne Pace	+4	76
T120	Hannah Burke	+4	76
T120	Ana Belac	+4	76
T129	Lucie Malchirand	+5	77
T129	Christine Wolf	+5	77
T129	Tiia Koivisto	+5	77
T129	Felicity Johnson	+5	77
T129	Aditi Ashok	+5	77
T134	Jenny Haglund	+6	78
T134	Chanettee Wannasaen	+6	78
T134	Gabriella Cowley	+6	78
T134	Jennifer Chang	+6	78
T134	Jaye Marie Green	+6	78
T134	Sarah Kemp	+6	78
140	Luna Sobron Galmes	+7	79
T141	Beth Allen	+9	81
T141	Nicole Garcia	+9	81
WD	Tonje Daffinrud
WD	Stephanie Meadow