Age no barrier for Inkster at women's British Open
Posted on: Thursday, 3 August 2006, 12:03 CDT
By Elspeth Burnside
LYTHAM (Reuters) - Review of the first round of the women's British Open at Royal Lytham on Thursday:
* At the age of 46, American Juli Inkster shot a first round six-under-par 66 and set her sights on becoming the oldest winner of a women's major. American Fay Crocker was 45 when she won the 1960 Titleholders Championship.
* Victory would also see Inkster join Australia's Karrie Webb as the only women to complete a Super Grand Slam -- all five majors available in their careers.
* The others are the Kraft Nabisco and LPGA Championships, the women's U.S. Open and the du Maurier Classic, which was last played in 2000 before being replaced by the women's British Open.
* Sixteen-year-old Michelle Wie dropped shots at the first three holes but birdied the last for a two over par 74 in the first round. Shot of her day was a five iron from 170-yards for a tap-in three at the last.
* Wie admitted that an early start and the change from Wednesday's howling winds to calmer and sunny conditions posed a problem. "It was a little weird," she said. "My mind set was on hitting low shots. You think you know links golf -- but I guess I don't," added Wie.
* Australia's Karrie Webb blighted her 76 with a triple-bogey eight at the long sixth. She hit into an impossible lie in a fairway bunker and eventually had to escape by playing out backwards.
Source: REUTERS
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