2015 Marathon Classic presented by Owens Corning and O-I

Ally McDonald and Marissa Dodd shot 68 to qualify. Brooke Henderson carded a 69 and with the Pan-Am Games off her schedule she'll tee it up instead at the Symetra Tour's Danielle Downey Classic in Rochester.


Kevin

If the field is really weak it is possible Lewis can do well and get her confidence back. Let's hope she doesn't end up on the Symetra Tour.

Don't worry, it's her hometown tournament! (see also: NW Arkansas, North Texas Shootout).

You can't begrudge Lewis this one, though; it's likely this event would have folded if she hadn't drawn Marathon in to sponsor.

It amazes me how many golfers, especially those on the American Tours, do not have their fingers on the pulse of the rest of the world. This isn't a Stacy thing - so many times I've seen a press conference with someone on the PGA Tour, and when they ask them about a player, like say Tommy Fleetwood, who is doing some really good things on the European Tour, they say "I've never heard of them." I must be the crazy one for having leaderboards of several different tournaments up at once.

There's very definitely an Ugly American vibe among some of the American LPGAers. As much as I like Inkster and appreciate that she has given time and attention to some of the Korean gals, I do sense this in her from time to time. And Lewis really needs to attend a marketing class to learn how to present herself better. Meanwhile someone like Karrie Webb - I'm not a fan, but I sense a genuine respect from her for players like Se Ri and Hyo Joo Kim.

The "old" Lydia would have shot 68 or better on this course...good job by David Wetbedder.
 

The Hulk woke up with a bad back, hit no balls on the range, hit two more clubs into most greens...and leads by one stroke.

Great first round by Ha Na Jang! Let's keep in mind that she won on the KLPGA only a few weeks ago, beating the likes of In Gee Chun and Jung Min Lee in the process. So her game is still there, she needs to remain confident that she can get the job done.

It was a good day for the KLPGA star rookies. Sei Young Kim and Q Baek both shot 68s and are just two back, and Hyo Joo, coming off the first missed cut of her career, produced an OK 71.

Inbee Park shot a 70 to get off to a solid if unspectacular start. Former champ So Yeon Ryu struggled to a 72; she seems to be in a funk of getting off to a slow start, which makes it harder for her to seriously challenge for the win later in the week when her game starts to come around (as it often does).

Go Sisters!!