![]() “I think the longer you play at a golf course you realize you make so many different memories, whether it's good or bad, and I try and draw on the good memories. “I've played this golf course with some of the best ball striking, some of my worst ball striking, and I think because of that, I feel like I've played it in a lot of different spots here,” said Ko. The scenic course nestled at the base of the Alps seems like the perfect place for Ko to flip her season on its head and get the train back on the tracks. But Ko is gritty and she loves Evian Resort Golf Club, as evidenced by her past performances at this venue, where she has seven top-10 finishes. Opening with a tie for sixth at the Honda LPGA Thailand in her first start of the year, the New Zealand native hasn’t found the top 30 since, recording a best finish of T31 at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in her last nine starts. Ko has had patience in spades this season as 2023 hasn’t been what she might’ve hoped for after a banner year in 2022. It's 72 holes of golf and it requires a lot of patience.” I was really patient out there and I think that is such a big key at any event, but especially at major championships. “For me, I didn't have the greatest start with my long game, so making those par saves, I wasn't losing shots even though I wasn't putting myself in good positions. “Sometimes the birdies are obviously important because it takes strokes off your total, but sometimes the par saves are just as important because it keeps the momentum going. “I holed a lot of good par putts, and even on my 17th hole, today on the eighth, I had like a 10ish-footer for par and I was able to hole that, and hole a couple other ones that were similar to that,” said Ko, who ranks fifth in putting average (28.78) and 14th in putts per green in regulation (1.76) on Tour this season. ![]() In fact, the LPGA Tour veteran considered those holes to be some of the most critical to her low score on Thursday. Riding the par train early wasn’t something that Ko saw as a negative. It’s the seventh time that Ko has opened the Amundi Evian Championship with a round in the 60s, most recently in 2022 when she also carded a 66 in the first round. 5, 7 and 9, to post at 5-under and sit two back of the lead held by Paula Reto at 7-under. Turning in 35, the major champion made four more birdies on the front nine, three of which came in her last five holes on Nos. ![]() 10, the 19-time LPGA Tour winner made seven consecutive pars to kick off the day, finally breaking through with a momentum-shifting birdie on the par-4 17th hole. Ko opened her week in Evian-les-Bains with a 5-under 66, a bogey-free round that saw her hit six of 13 fairways and 11 of 18 greens and need just 24 total putts. 3 Lydia Ko won The Amundi Evian Championship in 2015, defeating Lexi Thompson by a whopping six shots at Evian Resort Golf Club, and she’s back at it again in the 2023 edition of the major championship. EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France | Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings No. ![]()
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