THE COLONY, Texas (AP) Sung Hyun Park got to 6-under through 14 holes before play was halted by darkness in the weather-delayed first round of the abbreviated LPGA Texas Classic on Friday.

After Thursday’s play was canceled and Friday’s began after an 8 1/2-hour rain delay, the tournament was reduced from 72 holes to 36. There will be no cut, but only the top 70 and ties in the 144-woman field will win prize money.

Park, last year’s U.S. Women’s Open champion and the top-ranked player in the field at No. 5, had seven birdies and one bogey to top the leaderboard at the 6,475-yard Old American Golf Club, which is hosting the event for the first time.

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Fellow South Koreans Jenny Shin and Sei Young Kim were 4 under through 14 and 12 holes, respectively. Shin collected her only LPGA Tour victory two years ago at the tournament’s previous home, Las Colinas Country Club in Irving.

Half the players did not start their first rounds. Last week’s winner Lydia Ko an..

THE COLONY, Texas (AP) France’s Celine Boutier shot a 1-under 70 Friday to grab the lead among the 12 golfers who finished the rain-delayed first round of the LPGA Texas Classic.

After Thursday’s play was cancelled and Friday’s began following an 8 1/2-hour delay because of rain, the tournament was cut from 72 holes to 36. All 144 golfers will play both rounds with the payout limited to the top 70 and ties. Half the field got on the course Friday.

Boutier, in her second year on tour after playing for Duke, had four birdies and three bogeys on the 6,475-yard Old American Golf Club course that’s hosting the event for the first time.

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South Korea’s Sung Hyun Park shot a 6-under through 14 holes. Park, ranked fifth in the world and the top ranked player in the field, recorded seven birdies and one bogey. South Korea’s Jenny Shin and Sei Young Kim were at 4-under through 14 and 12 holes, respectively. Shin’s only career LPGA Tour win came two years ago at the ..

THE COLONY, Texas (AP) Play has started at the LPGA Texas Classic, which has been shortened to 36 holes after two days of rain.

The LPGA announced on Twitter that play began Friday after an 8 1/2 delay. Officials hope the tournament will be completed on Sunday.

The first round was postponed Thursday after only 34 of the 144 golfers completed one or two holes because of morning rain and afternoon wind.

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The field features Moriya Jutanugarn, Lydia Ko, Brooke Henderson, Jin Young Ko and Brittany Lincicome.

THE COLONY, Texas (AP) The LPGA Texas Classic has been cut to 54 holes and the start of the postponed first round has been delayed 7 hours because of rain.

Play is now set to begin at 3:30 p.m. EDT.

The tournament is to be completed Sunday. No announcement has been made on a cut format.

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The first round was postponed from Thursday after only 34 of the 144 golfers completed one or two holes because of morning rain and afternoon wind.

If play begins Friday, it will be done without fans because of conditions on the course and unpaved parking areas.

This will be the LPGA Tour’s first event reduced from 72 holes to 54 since the Evian Championship in France last September.

The field features Brittany Lincicome, Jin Young Ko, Brooke M. Henderson, Moriya Jutanugarn and Lydia Ko.

This is the 20th anniversary of the Lido Competition, the annual golf design contest co-sponsored by the Alister MacKenzie Society and Golf World.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Tiger Woods has been at Quail Hollow four days, apparently still not enough time to adjust to the greens.

He at least should get two more days to figure it out.

Woods made his only birdie on his final hole Friday in the Wells Fargo Championship, an 18-foot putt on the par-4 ninth hole. He stretched out both arms in mock celebration after his 2-over 73 that got him just inside the cut line.

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”My feels aren’t used to greens at this pace,” Woods said. ”I feel more comfortable on faster greens. I’ve had ample time to make the adjustment, and I just haven’t. I haven’t felt comfortable hitting the putts as hard as we have to hit them this week.”

Woods has taken 64 putts over two rounds and was at 2-over 144.

He was six shots out of the lead in his half of the draw, and Quail Hollow wasn’t letting anyone go terribly low. Even so, Woods hasn’t given himself enough good chances to make up ground over dozens of players ahead of him.

He had o..

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Tiger Woods has been at Quail Hollow four days, apparently still not enough time to adjust to the greens.

He at least should get two more days to figure it out.

Woods made his only birdie on his final hole Friday in the Wells Fargo Championship, an 18-foot putt on the par-4 ninth hole. He stretched out both arms in mock celebration after his 2-over 73 that got him just inside the cut line.

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”My feels aren’t used to greens at this pace,” Woods said. ”I feel more comfortable on faster greens. I’ve had ample time to make the adjustment, and I just haven’t. I haven’t felt comfortable hitting the putts as hard as we have to hit them this week.”

Woods has taken 64 putts over two rounds and was at 2-over 144.

He was six shots out of the lead in his half of the draw, and Quail Hollow wasn’t letting anyone go terribly low. Even so, Woods hasn’t given himself enough good chances to make up ground over dozens of players ahead of him.

He had o..

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Also frightening? That guy saying “WOWWW” in his best, excited Owen Wilson Voice. Chill out dude.
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