The marquee pairing of the morning (Cristie Kerr, Ai Miyazato and Karrie Webb) is living up to the hype. They're collectively two-over par, and they could've been in the red had they better maneuvered the greens.
(Photo by Getty Images)I watched the group play holes 15-18, and during that stretch I saw two three-putts and three failed attempts to get up and down.
Earlier this week, Mike Davis, executive director of the USGA, said the
mountains that surround The Broadmoor make it tricky to judge break and
speed on these greens. The brain, he said, can't calibrate how slow a
putt traveling away from a mountain will go, and how fast a putt
tracking toward a mountain will break.
On Tuesday, Kerr said she wanted to try to eliminate any chance of putting away from the mountains.
"If it's down mountain, it's better to miss it all the way left of the green and have an uphill chip," said Kerr. "So you have to know where you can and can't hit it and where you need to put the ball. So it's a lot of strategy."
--Ashley Mayo
On Tuesday, Kerr said she wanted to try to eliminate any chance of putting away from the mountains.
"If it's down mountain, it's better to miss it all the way left of the green and have an uphill chip," said Kerr. "So you have to know where you can and can't hit it and where you need to put the ball. So it's a lot of strategy."
--Ashley Mayo
