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Rose leads at Farmers as Koepka makes cut

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We tee off some of the black tees and the white tees and the blue tees. “I think this golf course changes a lot depending on how the conditions are. In May, actu ally, it actually plays hard because it’s so soft because of that time of the year. “The greens (are) the biggest change, I think, between a day-to day ߑ time that I play out here and when it’s tournament-ready. “The superintendents do an unbelievable job making the greens as pristine as possible and as fast as possible.” Woad (four birdies, one bogey) felt she could have played better, but her position is buoyed by her first-round score. “I looked at the leaderboard quite a lot today because I was get ting annoyed,” Woad said. “Seemed like there weren’t that many ߑ low scores out there, so kind of knew I was still in it. “The pins were probably a lit tle trickier, so weren’t as many birdies as yesterday, so I just got to keep giving myself chances is all I could do.” Woad won the Women’s Irish Open last July as an ama teur, then captured the Women’s Scottish Open in her professional debut three weeks later. Nelly Korda knows some thing about being a promising young talent. The current World No. 2 ߑ and former No. 1 is in the mix, three shots off the pace at 5-under follow ing a 71. Korda hasn’t won an event since November 2024. – Field Level Media with a 4-under 68 on the North Course, which featured an eagle putt at the par-5 17th. Not everyone was as fortunate. Xander Schauffele’s consecutive cuts streak of 72 – the longest active on tour – came to an end as he fin ished 2-under for the week. He only managed a 69 at the North Course and missed a birdie putt to qualify on the number on his final hole, the par-5 ninth. Other big names who won’t see the weekend include Patrick Cantlay, Gary Woodland, Will Zalatori, JJ Spaun, Max Homa and Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg. – Field Level Media suspecting the thieves planned to sell the bronze for profit. The 100kg statue, depicting Ballesteros in a signature pose celebrating his 1984 British Open win at St. Andrews in Scotland, was torn from its base in La Barqueria Park earlier this month before being dragged across grass and dismembered for transport. – Reuters

Joel Dahmen (63, North Course) and Max McGreevy (67, North Course) are tied for third at 11-under, and Si Woo Kim of South Korea (66, North Course) rounds out the top five at 10-under. Everyone in the field played one round at each course, and those who made yesterday’s 36-hole cut will spend the weekend on the South Course. Brooks Koepka made the cut on the number at 3-under in his first tournament back on the PGA Tour following nearly four years with LIV Golf. Koepka, like many, struggled on the South Course but hit his stride

JUSTIN ROSE will carry a four stroke lead into the weekend at the Farmers Insurance Open after post ing a stellar 7-under 65 yesterday in San Diego. After opening with a 62 on Torrey Pines’ North Course, Rose recorded the round of the day at the more challenging South Course with an eagle, six birdies and just one bogey. That pumped the Englishman up to 17-under 127 for the week. Irishman Seamus Power is alone in second at 13-under; after shooting the only 65 at the South Course in the opening round, he settled for a 66 at the North Course in the second round.

Ko, Woad out in front Duo tied for lead at Tournament of Champions

AN LPGA Hall of Famer and a 22-year-old superstar shared the 36-hole lead at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions yesterday in Orlando, Florida. Lydia Ko, the three

time major cham pion from New Zealand, fired a 5-under 67 at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club to move to 8 under for the tournament. Lottie Woad built on her opening

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round 67 with a 69, moving the English woman to 8-under as well. They’re one stroke ahead of South Korea’s Amy Yang (69) and Japan’s Nasa Hataoka (71), the latter of whom was the ߑ first-round leader. Thirty-nine players were invited to the season opener, a 72-hole event without a cut. They are play ing alongside 44 amateurs con testing a separate competition with a Modified Stableford scor ing format. Ko is bogey-free through 36 holes at her “home course” in Orlando. She scrambled for five birdies and 13 pars yesterday despite missing half the 14 fair ways and six of ߑ 18 greens in regu lation. “I would never say this golf course is easy,” Ko said. “Obviously we play mixed tees.

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New Zealand’s Lydia Ko plays a shot during the first round of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Florida. – AFPPIC

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Missing Ballesteros statue found chopped up A statue of the late golfer Seve Ballesteros, which had vanished from his hometown of Pedrena in northern Spain’s Cantabria region, was found chopped into pieces as the alleged thief prepared to sell it for its bronze, police said yesterday. Valued at around €30,000 euros (RM150,000) but holding sig nificant sentimental importance for locals and fans, the statue was dis covered in a storage room in Santander. It had been cut in half at the waist. While the torso and head remained intact, the arms were broken into several pieces. A 22-year-old man with a crimi nal record for copper theft was arrested, police said, adding that more individuals could be involved. Police had focused their investi gation on metal trading centres,

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