Old Waverly is a fair U.S. Open course, but it still calls for great shots and some really good putting because the greens are tricky,'' she said. On Thursday, Mallon hit a wedge that stopped 3 feet from the hole on No. 1 for a birdie, six strokes better than her first hole last year. Mallon finished in a large group at 70, two strokes better than Geddes. Defending champion Se Ri Pak and Women's British Open champion Sherri Steinhauer finished at 4-under 68. Kuehne burned the right edge of the cup with an 18-foot birdie putt on the 18th that would have given her the lowest round in Women's Open history in relation to par.
Ball goes in the fairway, ball goes near the pin, ball goes in the hole.
It's a great feeling. It was just one of those days when things came easy.'' Kuehne was once billed as the female version of Tiger Woods because of her consecutive U.S. Women's Amateur titles and the lucrative endorsements she received before she even had her tour card. Unlike Woods, success didn't come early. Until last week's victory, it didn't come at all. Kuehne finished 124th on the money list as a rookie last year and was in tears when she failed at Q-school in October.