CHARLESTON, S.C.—Japan’s Mamiko Higa shot the lowest round in a U.S. Women’s Open debut, a bogey-free 6-under 65 that gave her a one-shot lead Thursday over American amateur Gina Kim and Germany’s Esther Henseleit. The 25-year-old Higa tied for the third-lowest round in U.S. Women’s Open history. Still, Higa didn’t hold much hope that she could succeed on a course she hadn’t played before last weekend. She got streaky again on the ninth and 10th, putting a bunker shot within 3 feet for a tap-in birdie on No. Higa struck once more on the par-3 17th with her tee shot landing inside 8 feet for a final birdie.

Source: thestar May 31, 2019 03:33 UTC