Wichanee Meechai matched the low score of the week at the U.S. Women's Open with a 3-under 67 for a two-shot lead going into a weekend that won't include Nelly Korda.
LANCASTER, Pa. -- Wichanee Meechai became the latest surprise in a U.S. Women's Open filled with them. She started Friday with four straight birdies and matched the low score of the week with a 3-under 67 for a two-shot lead going into a weekend that won't include Nelly Korda.
A pair of former Women's Open champions, Minjee Lee and Yuka Saso were three shots back at Lancaster Country Club."I feel like I might not be making a lot of birdies on the easier courses. I'm not that person," Meechai said in trying to explain her 36-hole lead in a major."I like when you need to think a lot, when you need to land it shorter and be patient.
"When I made those three birdies in a row, I wanted to make the cut," Korda said."I knew that I was kind of hovering around it, and I just couldn't get anything going on the back." Wichanee Meechai, who had never finished in the top 10 in her 20 previous appearances in the majors, matched the low score of the week with a 3-under 67 Friday for a 2-shot lead in the U.S. Women’s Open going into the weekend. Lee delivered a stretch even more impressive than Meechai, hers coming in the middle of the round. The Stanford alum was on the ropes and in a bunker on No. 1 -- her 10th hole of the round -- when her shot rolled true to a back pin and dropped for eagle.
Minjee Lee, whose two majors include a Women's Open at Pine Needles two years ago, made consecutive bogeys at the turn and then played mistake-free the rest of the way. Saso, the Women's Open champion at Olympic Club in 2021, steadied herself from a rocky start by playing bogey-free over her last 12 holes.
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