Sarah Schober and Liz Young lead the way by one shot after the first round of the Big Green Egg Open, with the pair carding opening round scores of 67 (-5) in the Netherlands.
The duo sit a single stroke ahead of Diksha Dagar and Whitney Hillier after the opening 18 holes at Rosendaelsche Golf Club, with both players ending their rounds strongly to sit at the top of the leaderboard.
After starting the day with a bogey on the second, Schober found her feet later down the front nine, with three consecutive birdies through holes 6-8 enough to see her reach the turn in 34.
And that momentum continued on the way home, with birdies on 11 and 15, before bouncing back from a bogey on 16 with back-to-back birdies to finish the day, leaving her delighted with her day’s efforts in Arnhem.
“I’ve been hitting it really well the last couple of weeks I just couldn’t score that well because my putting was a little off, but I’m really happy that I got -5 today,” Schober said.
“I stayed patient out there, it’s not an easy course. You need to hit it straight and putt well, but I’m very happy and satisfied with how I played today.
“I had two very close approaches on the par-threes, but the rest of my birdies came on the par-fives where I could get to the green in two.”
The spectacular round almost came as a surprise even to Schober, who hadn’t even seen the back nine of the course before taking on the pins in the opening round today.
And despite the unforgiving nature of the golf course at Rosendaelsche, the Austrian dealt with the surroundings expertly in Thursday’s action, as she continues to recover from a back injury that kept her off the course through the final stages of 2021.
“To be honest I hadn’t even played the back-nine before today, so I didn’t even know what the course looked like because I’d never played here before.
“I hit the driver really well on 15 but didn’t know if I could even reach the green or not, it was all a surprise and I was happy to to make a five metre putt on 18 to end the day, so I’m very happy.
“Some of my best rounds have come when I wasn’t feeling well or haven’t seen the course, when your expectations are lower, I just stayed calm and patient out there and overall it was a really good day so I’m really happy.
“I really struggled at the end of last season with my back so I took a medical, and I didn’t have the best start to the season – I was making cuts but was…
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