St. Andrews forces Rose Zhang’s ‘head to pound;’ reveals anxiety amid 40 mph winds

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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