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Women's golf: Karsten Creek proves a steep challenge on first day

STILLWATER — With one glaring and rare exception, Karsten Creek Golf Club is winning so far.

The ridiculous, course-record-tying 65 of Wake Forest's Jennifer Kupcho aside, the players in the NCAA Women's Golf Championship were at the mercy of Oklahoma State's home course.

Scores ballooned. Frustration festered.

And this was just the first round.

Oklahoma golfer Sydney Youngblood hits out of the rough near the green on the seventh hole in the NCAA Women's Golf Championships Friday at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater. [PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN]

Entering the second and third rounds, pin placements will get tougher.