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Early pace never got beat

Early Friday afternoon, 19-year-old Jane Park spoke to a small group of reporters about her 2-under par 69 on the first round of the U.S. Women's Open. Hers was the first threesome to complete play in the first round of the tournament.

Park called the course "very playable" and said she was sure someone would come up with a better score. Park herself never came close again. Eventual champion Annika Sorenstam did not post a 2-under. In fact, it turned out that Park was wrong -- no one did better than 69. Annika Sorenstam's 1-under par in today's playoff was just the 19th below-par performance of the entire weekend.

The worst score of the weekend was a first-round 89 -- 18 over par -- by American player Nicole Hage.

- Mike McDermott

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 1:05 PM | Permalink

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