Shanshan Feng - © PMILLEREAU / KMSP

The Trump's are in Paris, the players are at Trump's

When the presidential couple Macron dined al fresco at the Eiffel Tower with the presidential couple Trump, this Thursday, July 13 in Paris, the US Women's Open put the players on the grill at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, near New York . Temperature in New Jersey for the first round of the Open: 100 degrees Fahrenheit, or 37,77 degrees Celsius! Fatally, the day was going to be hectic. With thunderstorms that stopped the afternoon parts from 16:29 p.m. to 18:34 p.m. So much so that at 20:33 p.m., when the night forced the interruption of the first round, several players were still on the course, some with six holes to play. Resumption of the game this Friday morning at dawn, at 6:45 am local (12:45 in France), so that everyone can have folded their first two laps and that the cut (sixty best and tied) is pronounced on time.

Lydia Ko and So Yeon Ryu at the world n ° 1 ball

It should only be a formality for the Chinese Shanshan Feng, author of a map of 66 rendered well before the weather disturbances began and who therefore returned only leader at -6 at the club house of Trump National. Feng, for this first round unfortunately incomplete for part of the field, was ahead of the South Korean Amy Yang (67, -5) and the pretty duo of 3rd tied (68, -4) formed by Lydia Ko and So Yeon Ryu, that is to say the former world number 1 and the one which is now at the top of the Rolex Rankings. In the provisional classification, the Spanish Carlota Ciganda, stopped at 17 by the night, was also at -4. To be confirmed this Friday before the start of the second round.

Small grain of sand in the Jutanugarn machine

For its part, the world number 2 in Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn has confirmed that there is currently a nasty little grain of sand in its machine: cut missed at the last KPMG Women's PGA Championship, it played +7 (with seven bogeys, two doubles and four birdies) this Thursday in Bedminster. Not enough to make him hope to see the weekend of this US Open. It will also be complicated for Olympic champion Inbee Park, +5 after her first round. Associated in a prestigious game with Lydia Ko (silver medalist in Rio de Janeiro) and Shanshan Feng (bronze medalist), the South Korean failed to take advantage of the dynamic created by her two young rivals.

Good weather forecast management for Karine Icher

Regarding the two French, Isabelle Boineau and Karine Icher, nothing is compromised for the rest of the events, even if, Thursday evening at the time of the interruption of play, they were respectively 115th to +4 (Isabelle) and 65th to +1 (Karine). It's a shame maybe that Isabelle Boineau, who left early enough not to be the victim of the afternoon game interruption (like Feng, Yang, Ko and Ryu) did not take advantage of it. It is true that the 100 degrees Fahrenheit pre-storm should not have helped… Karine Icher for her part has well controlled the intangibles. After a round trip from 10 to 18 at +2 (a birdie, a bogey, a double), she underwent two and a quarter hours of forced shelter. But then signed two birdies and a bogey from 1 to 9 to finish at +1 total. Above all, a first round completed before dark. Not bad.