The relentless winds that have whipped off St. Andrews Bay have given the best female players in the world absolute fits on day one of the AIG Women’s Open.
Only a handful of players are at even par or better through 18 holes, including Rose Zhang, who posted an even-par 72 on Thursday. But Zhang gave a pretty blunt assessment of how things went after her first professional round on the Old Course at St. Andrews.
“That was tough,” Zhang said.
“My head is pounding.”
Forty-mile-per-hour gusts forced players to think long and hard about how to play their next shot. Of course, that led to a slow pace
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