In Gee Chun cards nine birdies in record round to lead Women’s PGA

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Two-time major champion from South Korea doesn't hit it long, but her 8-under 64 distances her from the field at Congressional Country Club.

Chun instead was too busy discussing with her caddie an annoying pimple on her lip and how much she enjoyed the kiwis she and her team found at a Korean market not far from Congressional Country Club in Bethesda.

By the time the afternoon wave had cleared, Chun’s five-stroke lead over second-place countrywoman Hye-Jin Choi and Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum matched the largest first-round lead in women’s major championship history.“I don’t know what course In Gee was playing,” said an incredulous Korda, who missed a short putt for a birdie at No.

Her final birdie came at the 174-yard par-3 seventh, where again she leaned on her 7-wood to leave a midrange birdie in a round reminiscent of Rory McIlroy’s 6-under 65 for the 18-hole lead at the 2011 U.S. Open, the last major held at Congressional and the most recent professional major in the D.C. area.Congressional has hosted three U.S.

 

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