Defending champion Nelly Korda and previous KPMG Women’s PGA champions Brooke Henderson and Inbee Park teed off at 7:33 a.m. ET on Thursday.
They were greeted with temperatures in the low-60s, rain and wind – and a beast of a Blue Course at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland.
Though In Gee Chun was able to shoot 8-under 64 in Round 1 of the women’s third major of the year, no one else among the morning wave did better than 71. Korda and Henderson were among that 1-under group, while Park shot even-par 72.
Korda and Henderson, while amazed at what Chun accomplished, were both pleased to be under par on a trying day, on a course that was …
“Long.