CNN —After months of otherworldly form, Nelly Korda proved she is human after all following a horrific start to the 79th US Women’s Open on Thursday. “I just didn’t really want to shoot 80, and I just kept making bogeys,” Korda told reporters. 30 Saso is chasing her second US Women’s Open title after playoff triumph at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, California, in 2021. There’s so much golf left,” Saso told reporters. Friday’s second round is set to begin at 6:45 a.m.

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Persons: Nelly Korda, Yuka Saso, Korda –, –, ” Korda, “, birdies, Korda, Matt Slocum, Andrea Lee, Thailand’s Wichanee Meechai, Adela Cernousek, ” Saso, I’ve, Saso, Matt Rourke, Rose Zhang, Friday’s Organizations: CNN, Pennsylvania’s Lancaster Country Club, Chevron, AP, Olympic Club Locations: Pennsylvania’s, San Francisco , California