2023 Mizuho Americas Open (Round Two)

The EMP has the 1st team on the bag, but she still opened w/ two bogies, now -6 ... found far-left of fairway at #3 ... hit the green but is way left of flag ... grouped with Darquea whose play is a mess, but still has more obvious logos than Lilia Vu. She carries a fat Titleist U-510 3-iron. X. Yin is -1 on 1st two holes, but her approach at #3 almost rolled off front. No standard bearer w/ group and I'm the lone spectator. KT made par at #3 ... went over green at par-3 4th ... hit fast bump-and-run that fortunately hit the flag ... made 3-footer for par. No 4 flag is on far right with little space in front, behind or right ... safe shot is to left, but Saso went straight for it ... hit 6 feet short of flag and spun back ... looking at 12-footer from collar ... missed and made par. Buhai rolled in a big one for birdie and Inky made par.

Worst volunteer job is standard bearer in junior match w/ Stableford scoring ... omg, they give out points for bogeys or better, so this guy is constantly digging into his bib pockets to update three scores on both sides of the board ... what a nightmare.

No. 7 is listed at 418, but the blocks are at 384 ... Davis hit it 264, a mid-height, piercing mini-draw. No bucket hat for her, but her loop has one ... I think her dad is following along. She's gaming old-school Titleist muscleback irons with a straight horizontal line across the back. Vanessa Borovilos (in a Team Cannuck uniform) hit it 281. Don't know about the third, Kiara Romero, who was in right rough ... beautiful swing, but might need more horsepower.

Steph hit it stiff at #17 and made birdie, but can't let up now. No. 18 is about 413 with a fairly wide Fw ... moderate breeze off the river from right-to-left ... good swing, probably left-center ... will check now ... projected cut is even.

Joined the group of Big Ryu, Creamer and Aditi at the par-3 2nd hole. The Pink One seemed distraught ... after hitting, she walked over to the ropes and said a few words ("scared" was one of them) to dad and was fighting back a sob ... she might be in pain ... was talking to dad again before hitting at par-4 5th (mom is also here). Ryu made a nice par saver putt at #3, but botched a doable birdie putt on #4. She just had a long putt at #5 that slid by 7 feet ... missed the comebacker. The breeze has picked up all over the course ... cut is now +1.

Fassi pounded her drive at the par-4 7th, leaving her 95 yards in and well ahead of Chang and Then. However, the So.Cal duo stick it close and make birdies, while Fassi dumps it into the front bunker, followed by belting the base of her bag with the clubhead ... still made par.