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Sadena Parks talks with her caddie on the practice green Thursday, June 16, 2022. BELMONT — When Sadena Parks stepped into the tee box for her first LPGA event ...

"I did enjoy it, I'm happy to be out here," Parks said. He also accidentally kept score for the wrong player for a hole or two, which was later sorted out by LPGA officials with no penalities enforced, much to Stephan's relief. Despite his calm demeanor on the outside, there were a few times he was star-struck at some of his competitors. "She's starting to rely on me more, which is good, I told her I know this course like the back of my hand so she's just got to trust me." She was also the first to admit that it would not happen again on Saturday. "I don't need anybody as stressed out or amped up maybe as I am, so he really focused on trying to keep me mellow today, which was nice."

ennifer Kupcho shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday at windy Blythefield Country Club to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Meijer Classic.

"I just kind of felt really relaxed the whole day," Thompson said. "It's so nice to be back, just in the city of Grand Rapids, too," Korda said. "I just really stayed present in every shot." I think that that was just the mindset starting every new hole, is doing that." "I've been here the last couple of years and really been comfortable with this place," Kupcho said. Took advantage of that, and then sunk a longer putt on the second hole, and that really just boosted my confidence, especially in this wind."

Dutch golfer Dewi Weber, who finished her first round at this week's Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give at 2-over par and quite far from the leaders, ...

“Mel is a really cool person, and she is doing cool stuff by not making gender identity a big deal. “My first year, someone asked me if I had a boyfriend, and I said, ‘no, I have a girlfriend, and her name is Jen.’ So that was the end of it. “I can talk to her about anything.

Jennifer Kupcho fired an eagle and seven birdies in a career-best nine-under-par 63 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Meijer ...

I hit a really good shot into 18 -- always nice to finish with a three." "I don't change my game plan at all," she said. "I think I'm a pretty good wind player," Kupcho said.

Liz Nagel kept her LPGA card in Q School in the fall, and is looking for her third made cut in the last four tournaments. She opened Thursday with par-72.

"I think it's great," said Nagel, 30, who herself started getting into golf when her dad took her to the LPGA's old Oldsmobile Classic and now-closed Walnut Hills in Lansing in the 1990s. She had to go back to LPGA Qualifying School, and kept her card in November. Nagel also was on the LPGA during the COVID-interrupted 2020 season, and before that played in a handful events in 2015 and 2016. And Michigan is becoming a little hotbed for women's golf. Nagel, a thyroid cancer survivor who told her story to The News last fall, played on the LPGA, making five cuts in 15 events. Rickie Fowler and Thompson still wear Rocket Mortgage gear, through Nagel said, "You gotta tell them ... they can come sponsor our tour, too." "I'm just looking for more consistency. But, more than anything, Liz Nagel just wants to string together four good rounds in a row. I don't get to see them that often." Two-time winner Brooke Henderson shot a 4-under 68. "It's more like I want to play well and make them proud, and hopefully have a weekend to have them come watch. "It's a different feeling," Nagel said of playing in front of so many friends and families — she handed out dozens of tickets, and still was getting texts for more the day before the tournament. Nagel, of DeWitt, was nine strokes back of the lead after the first round at the Meijer. With a good round Friday, she can make her third cut in the last four tournaments, after holding onto her LPGA status for 2022.

Jennifer Kupcho blitzed Blythefield Country Club on Thursday at the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, carding a bogey-free, 9-under 63 and a new ...

Girls go out and shoot really low and then they shoot even par the next day so there is a lot of golf and we'll see what happens.” “Coming into today I knew I've been hitting it well and I've been putting in the work, so just coming out here and believing in myself and just staying in the moment, in the present,” said Thompson, who went bogey-free on Thursday. “Had a little bit of a birdie streak. This is Kupcho’s third appearance in the Meijer LPGA Classic – her best finish in the event was a tie for 10th in 2021 – and the fourth time she’s held the 18-hole lead in her career. “I haven't really been posting many numbers as of late so it really gave me a big confidence boost and I kind of felt like my old self, just kind of plunking away and not thinking about the number or one more or calculating,” said Mendoza. “I just really stayed present in every shot. I've been here the last couple of years and really been comfortable with this place. Jennifer Kupcho blitzed Blythefield Country Club on Thursday at the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, carding a bogey-free, 9-under 63 and a new career-best for the 25-year-old.

Jennifer Kupcho shot a 63 to take the lead after the first round of the LPGA Meijer Classic, where Australia's Katherine Kirk and Minjee Lee are tied 15th.

"I just kind of felt really relaxed the whole day," Thompson said. "It's so nice to be back, just in the city of Grand Rapids, too," Korda said. "I just really stayed present in every shot." I think that was just the mindset starting every new hole, is doing that." "I've been here the last couple of years and really been comfortable with this place," Kupcho said. "Honestly, thought I was going to miss the green but ended up great.

Aditi began from the back nine but ran into a rough stretch from 14th to the 17th as she bogeyed three of the four holes.

She had her sole birdie of the day on first but another bogey on third meant a poor finish. This is 25-year-old's third appearance in the tournament – her best finish in the event was a tie for 10th in 2021 – and the fourth time she held the 18-hole lead in her career. With a bogey-free, 9-under 63 Kupcho went out in 30 on the front nine and had a 33 on the back nine.

As golfers, we are most comfortable on fairways and greens. Throw in some rough or sand, we know how to handle that, too. But our heartbeats increase when ...

We often are so fixed on the road ahead that we forget to turn around and lend a hand to those on the journey behind us. “I thought I was going to be giving back to the game that has given me such much, but I was wrong. She helps write the rules in moments when we wish we could have a book to tell us what to do. They are the people we turn to when we enter a place unknown. I jumped at the thought that I was in trouble, but it was another rules officially, Tiffany Priest, coming out to help. In most instances we fire our flares in the direction of the people who set up the course - those who arrived days in advance to mark the path, deciding where we will start, end, and what we’ll negotiate in between.

Andrea Lee plays her tee shot on the second hole during round one of the Meijer LPGA Classic at Blythefield Country Club on June 16, 2022 in Grand Rapids, ...

To have the status I do now on the LPGA Tour isn't something I even thought about at the beginning of the year," Lee said. But this week, I'm just going to focus on my shots and the process and just go about my business and not worry about what other girls are doing." “I felt things were a little bit closer last week and just shored a few things up, and it's been good." "I wasn't even thinking about how many birdies I made in the last X (number) of holes. I mean, she has a really good demeanor out there, plays quick, and is decisive," Lewis said. Lee is looking to make the U.S. team ahead of the Solheim Cup matches at Finca Cortesin Costa del Sol, Andalucía in September of 2023, and the opening round at Blythefield Country Club gave Captain Lewis a chance to do some scouting.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN | Playing at the 29th week of her pregnancy, Brittany Lincicome reeled off four birdies during her second round at the ...

We have discovery land out across the course where kids can kind of go and relax and just be kids. We have a lot of food, and our concessions are no more than $4. Our tickets are very affordable. You have other priorities, but at the same time, you still want to play good golf. Obviously, when the pins are tucked, you play conservative on those holes, don't do anything crazy, and then just hopefully make more birdies," she said. I'm just trying to play a few more weeks to help the time go by a little bit quicker, and I'm starting to play really well. "I have felt awesome through the whole thing.