Out early, Jennifer Kupcho held the clubhouse lead before dropping to solo second. She birdied four holes on the front nine and had one birdie and two bogeys on the back half for a 69 to reach 5 under. She said she was able to take a lot more chances and be more aggressive before conditions worsened in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome the back nine when it was windy, as it is right now, I think you kind of have to be a little bit careful not to putt to, say, 10 feet by or more or even off the green. The greens are really fast, so you just have to think about it and just be careful about what you\u2019re doing,\u201d Kupcho said after her round.<\/p>\n
Though Kupcho sported multiple layers on Friday, she said she\u2019s used to this kind of weather. \u201cI\u2019m from Colorado, so I\u2019m used to the cold,\u201d she quipped. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s not bad until the wind picks up. Kind of once you get to the bottom of the hill it doesn\u2019t hit you as hard down there. Definitely up here at the top and when we\u2019re finishing, yeah, it gets cold the last couple holes.\u201d<\/p>\n
When world No. 5 Hannah Green finished her round with Lydia Ko and Charley Hull at 1-over 73, the Aussie remarked on the difficulty of the conditions.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt became really swirly out there,\u201d Green said. \u201cThere is just a couple pin locations on some really tricky greens that are going to be really hard to manage this afternoon, so, yeah, I\u2019m kind of glad that I\u2019ll be having lunch very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
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