December 03-06
Old American Golf Club, The Colony, Texas
$1,750,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
In the clubhouse at 3-under 👏@HullCharley is currently tied for the lead at the @VOAClassic pic.twitter.com/XO1Vms0JFb
โ LPGA (@LPGA) December 3, 2020
England's Charley Hull shot a 3-under 68 on Thursday and takes a one-stroke lead into the second round of the Volunteers of America Classic. Hull recorded her career-best VOA Classic 18-hole score with six birdies.
โI was so cold out there. I played pretty solid. The golf course is playing so much different than it did last year. It's playing a lot longer, which I prefer. I struggled swinging the last two holes, I just got so cold. Along that lake you just get like freezing.โ
The colder condition benefitted long hitters but Hull struggled with her accuracy. She hasn't held the opening lead since the 2016 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, where she finished in a tie for eighth.
0 eagles. 189 birdies. 1067 pars. 400 bogeys.
โ LPGA (@LPGA) December 4, 2020
The @VOAClassic is proving itself to be quite the challenge in December.
Round 1 highlights 👇 pic.twitter.com/f7VEHktMcY
โI felt like I was hitting it really well up until [the eighth hole]. Actually, I didn't hit a green, but I was always just like a club short or something or half a club short and I was still putting just off the green, but I felt like I was hitting it pretty well and then just made some birdies coming in.โ
Americans Jennifer Kupcho and Jessica Korda and Thailand's Pornanong Phatlum are tied for second at 2-under. All three agreed the cold was the story of the day and looked forward to milder temperatures predicted for Friday.
โI'm feeling very cold today, yeah. So I just focus on like every shot that I play and just keep myself warm and bring a lot of clothes, jacket and like hand warmer and then so I don't like cold weather,โ said Phatlum.
โI was just trying to stay warm. It was just really tough trying to figure out the wind, cold, wind and the cold. But yeah, no, happy with 2-under,โ said Korda. โMade a bogey on my last hole, which, you know, oh, well, happens, but all in all it was a good day.โ
Locked in. 🔒
โ LPGA (@LPGA) December 4, 2020
Check out these putts that made a statement during the first round of the @VOAClassic 👇 pic.twitter.com/ef6VaLCMct
Five players are tied for fifth at 1-under, including major champions Brittany Lang and Anna Nordqvist . Defending champion Cheyenne Knight is tied for 10th after a first-round 71 along with seven other players.
First round play was suspended for darkness at 5:10 p.m. CT and will resume at 7:20 a.m. on Friday.
Pos. |
Player | Thru |
To Par |
R1 |
1 |
Charley Hull | F |
-3 |
68 |
T2 |
Jessica Korda | F |
-2 |
69 |
T2 |
Pornanong Phatlum | F |
-2 |
69 |
T2 |
Jennifer Kupcho | F |
-2 |
69 |
T5 |
Megan Khang | F |
-1 |
70 |
T5 |
Gerina Piller | F |
-1 |
70 |
T5 |
Brittany Lang | F |
-1 |
70 |
T5 |
Ally Ewing | F |
-1 |
70 |
T5 |
Anna Nordqvist | F |
-1 |
70 |
T10 |
Angela Stanford | F |
E |
71 |
T10 |
Lindsey Weaver | F |
E |
71 |
T10 |
Madelene Sagstrom | F |
E |
71 |
T10 |
Cheyenne Knight | F |
E |
71 |
T10 |
Sophia Popov | F |
E |
71 |
T10 |
Jin Young Ko | F |
E |
71 |
T10 |
Mi Jung Hur | F |
E |
71 |
T10 |
Linnea Strom | 16 |
E |
|
T18 |
Chella Choi | 16 |
1 |
|
T18 |
Cristie Kerr | F |
1 |
72 |
T18 |
So Yeon Ryu | F |
1 |
72 |
T18 |
Jodi Ewart Shadoff | F |
1 |
72 |
T18 |
Nasa Hataoka | F |
1 |
72 |
T18 |
Annie Park | F |
1 |
72 |
T18 |
Tiffany Chan | F |
1 |
72 |
T18 |
Ariya Jutanugarn | F |
1 |
72 |
T18 |
Sung Hyun Park | F |
1 |
72 |
T18 |
Nicole Broch Larsen | F |
1 |
72 |
T18 |
Inbee Park | F |
1 |
72 |
T18 |
Austin Ernst | F |
1 |
72 |
T18 |
Yealimi Noh | F |
1 |
72 |
T31 |
Moriya Jutanugarn | F |
2 |
73 |
T31 |
Jasmine Suwannapura | F |
2 |
73 |
T31 |
Mel Reid | F |
2 |
73 |
T31 |
Yu Liu | F |
2 |
73 |
T31 |
Haley Moore | F |
2 |
73 |
T31 |
Lauren Stephenson | F |
2 |
73 |
T31 |
Kristen Gillman | F |
2 |
73 |
T31 |
Kelly Tan | F |
2 |
73 |
T31 |
Su Oh | F |
2 |
73 |
T31 |
Jeongeun Lee6 | F |
2 |
73 |
T31 |
Pajaree Anannarukarn | F |
2 |
73 |
T31 |
Andrea Lee | F |
2 |
73 |
T31 |
In Gee Chun | F |
2 |
73 |
T31 |
Brittany Altomare | F |
2 |
73 |
T31 |
Leona Maguire | 16 |
2 |
|
T31 |
Emma Talley | 14 |
2 |
|
T47 |
Alana Uriell | 16 |
3 |
|
T47 |
Katherine Kirk | F |
3 |
74 |
T47 |
Morgan Pressel | 16 |
3 |
|
T47 |
Sarah Burnham | 15 |
3 |
|
T47 |
Elizabeth Szokol | F |
3 |
74 |
T47 |
Jeong Eun Lee | F |
3 |
74 |
T47 |
Ryann O'Toole | F |
3 |
74 |
T47 |
Cydney Clanton | F |
3 |
74 |
T47 |
Amy Olson | F |
3 |
74 |
T47 |
Perrine Delacour | F |
3 |
74 |
T47 |
Hee Young Park | F |
3 |
74 |
T58 |
Sarah Kemp | F |
4 |
75 |
T58 |
Hannah Green | F |
4 |
75 |
T58 |
Minjee Lee | F |
4 |
75 |
T58 |
Stephanie Meadow | F |
4 |
75 |
T58 |
Stacy Lewis | F |
4 |
75 |
T58 |
Jing Yan | F |
4 |
75 |
T58 |
Jillian Hollis | F |
4 |
75 |
T58 |
Pernilla Lindberg | F |
4 |
75 |
T58 |
Amy Yang | 16 |
4 |
|
T58 |
Robynn Ree | 16 |
4 |
|
T58 |
Jaye Marie Green | 15 |
4 |
|
T69 |
Ayako Uehara | 15 |
5 |
|
T69 |
Bronte Law | F |
5 |
76 |
T69 |
Gaby Lopez | F |
5 |
76 |
T69 |
Lindy Duncan | F |
5 |
76 |
T69 |
Sarah Schmelzel | F |
5 |
76 |
T69 |
Patty Tavatanakit | F |
5 |
76 |
T75 |
Jackie Stoelting | F |
6 |
77 |
T75 |
Eun-Hee Ji | F |
6 |
77 |
T75 |
Mind Muangkhumsakul | F |
6 |
77 |
T75 |
Caroline Masson | 16 |
6 |
|
T79 |
Giulia Molinaro | 16 |
7 |
|
T79 |
Jenny Coleman | 16 |
7 |
|
T79 |
Bianca Pagdanganan | F |
7 |
78 |
T79 |
Ashleigh Buhai | F |
7 |
78 |
T79 |
Julieta Granada | F |
7 |
78 |
T79 |
Sarah Jane Smith | F |
7 |
78 |
T79 |
Tiffany Joh | F |
7 |
78 |
T79 |
Esther Lee | F |
7 |
78 |
T79 |
Xiyu Lin | F |
7 |
78 |
88 |
Celine Boutier | F |
8 |
79 |
T89 |
Maria Fassi | F |
9 |
80 |
T89 |
Maria Torres | F |
9 |
80 |
T89 |
Angel Yin | F |
9 |
80 |
T92 |
Alexa Pano (a) | F |
10 |
81 |
T92 |
Mi Hyang Lee | F |
10 |
81 |
T92 |
Nanna Koerstz Madsen | 14 |
10 |
|
95 |
Tillie Claggett | F |
12 |
83 |
96 |
Brooke Morales | F |
14 |
85 |
WD |
Mirim Lee |