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Ally Ewing makes late eagle, grabs solo lead at 2023 AIG Women’s Open

Ally Ewing has had a rollercoaster last few months on the LPGA.

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Ally Ewing has had a rollercoaster last few months on the LPGA.

In May, at the Bank of Hope Match Play, she finished 17th. Then she missed a cut at the Mizuho Americas.

A tie for eighth at the Meijer LPGA Classic was followed by a missed cut at the KPMG Women’s PGA.

A solo 11th at the U.S. Women’s Open was followed by a missed cut at the Amundi Evian Championship.

She posted a T-9 a week ago in the Women’s Scottish Open but looks to be in good shape to buck the missed-cut-every-other-event trend this week at the AIG Women’s Open.

Ewing rebounded from back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 13 and 14 with a birdie on 15 and an eagle on 16 at Walton Heath in Surrey, England.

“The ball was sitting down a bit,” she said after her drive on 16 ended up in the rough. “But I happened to see both my playing competitors hit shots and noticed how firm it was up in front of the green and so I was actually able to learn a little bit there. It was kind of a gouge-type shot and I just let it chase and it just so happened to chase to like five feet. It was one of those where you’re trying to give yourself an eagle chance and it just so happened to be a five-footer, so definitely happy to walk away with an eagle.”

Her 4-under 68 elevated her into the solo lead after one round of the final LPGA major of 2023.

There’s a logjam in second at 3 under between Jeongeun Lee6, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Perrine Delacour, Jaravee Boonchant and Amy Yang. They all shot 69s.

There’s even a bigger cluster at 2 under, with 12 golfers tied for seventh after shooting 70. That group includes Carlota Ciganda, who was disqualified from the last LPGA major, the Amundi Evian Championship, for signing an incorrect scorecard, an incident that arose out of a two-stroke penalty for slow play. Also at 2 under is U.S. Open champ, Allisen Corpuz.

As for the other 2023 LPGA major champs: KPMG Women’s PGA champ Yin Ruoning, even; Chevron Championship winner Lilia Vu, 1 over; Amundi winner Celine Boutier, 2 over.

Other notable scores: Danielle Kang (E), Stacy Lewis (E), Jin Young Ko (1 over), Nelly Korda (1 over), Lydia Ko (2 over), defending AIG champ Ashleigh Buhai (2 over), Brooke Henderson (3 over) and Lexi Thompson (4 over).

Thirty-three golfers broke par on the first day.

Perrine Delacour, with an assist from the PGA Tour, back to work after 14-day quarantine

LPGA player Perrine Delacour is back to on tour after 14-day quarantine after her caddie tested positive.

Perrine Delacour couldn’t wait to get to Scotland. After her fill-in caddie tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the Marathon LPGA Classic, Delacour, who tested negative, was forced to withdraw and quarantine in Toledo, Ohio, for two weeks.

When it came time to test again, Delacour didn’t want to solely rely on the LPGA’s saliva test that needed to be driven from Ohio to New Jersey over the weekend to be processed. She had a 7 p.m. flight to Scotland Sunday and wanted to make sure that she was on it for her debut in the AIG Women’s British Open at Royal Troon. (Her Inverness caddie, who never showed any symptoms and never again tested positive, had already been cleared for Troon.)

Delacour wanted to take as many tests as she could but struggled to find a place locally that could turn around the results fast enough. She called the LPGA, but their only option was the test center in New Jersey.

“It was like a nightmare again,” she said.

Delacour then called her regular LPGA caddie, Jeremy Young, who was working on the PGA Tour for Jim Herman, winner of the Wyndham Championship, for help. Young suggested checking to see if the PGA Tour could test her over in Akron, Ohio, site of the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship.

Delacour drove the 2 ½ hours from Toledo to Akron on Saturday for a 1 p.m. appointment and received her negative results by 8 p.m.

She also took tests in Detroit and Toledo. All came back negative.

Once Delacour arrived in Glasgow on Monday, she took another COVID-19 test and waited in her hotel room for the results. She passed that one too and is cleared to play in the year’s first major.

Doctors also cleared her to practice last week in Toledo provided that she practice social distancing. She was able to get work in at Highland Meadows and played once more at Inverness. Prior to that, her host family in Toledo mowed down their yard a little shorter than usual so that she could practice wedge shots. Delacour said she can’t thank them and Young enough.

Going forward, she’d like to see the LPGA offer more tests for players after getting exposed to COVID-19, rather than waiting the full 14 days to get re-tested.

“Now I feel confident,” she said of her return to the tour. “I feel happy.”

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France’s Perinne Delacour paying a big price after caddie tested positive for COVID-19

Perrine Delacour withdrew from the Marathon LPGA Classic after her caddie tested positive on Aug. 2 for COVID-19.

SYLVANIA, Ohio – Perrine Delacour withdrew from the Marathon LPGA Classic after her caddie tested positive on Aug. 2 for COVID-19. Delacour, who tested negative, must quarantine for 14 days because she was deemed a close contact. She won’t be tested again for two weeks.

“I asked them if I could do another test in the next few days,” said Delacour. “They said no, you have to wait 14 days.”

Delacour said her caddie, meanwhile, got tested again for COVID-19 on Aug. 4, and this time received a negative result. He tested for a third time on Friday and expects to get the results on Saturday. The caddie’s 10-day quarantine would end on Aug. 12, should his third test come back negative and doctors clear him.

“Both of us don’t have any symptoms,” said Delacour. “We both feel good.”

Delacour will miss the LPGA’s direct charter flight that leaves Sunday night for the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open. She’ll miss the tournament, too. The earliest she could fly out now is Aug. 16, which would put her on the ground on Monday, Aug. 17, for the start of the AIG Women’s Open week at Royal Troon. It will be Delacour’s first Women’s Open. Right now, flying to Scotland on her own costs roughly $1,000 more than the cost of the charter.

Both Delacour and her caddie will each receive $5,000 from the tour to help cover the costs of quarantine and potential lost earnings. Delacour, 26, has competed in four events on the LPGA in 2020. She finished third at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open and tied for 16th at both the ISPS Handa Vic Open and last week’s Drive On LPGA Championship. She currently ranks 10th on the money list with $113,516.

The LPGA had a 166-day break in between events due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“I was playing good golf,” said Delacour, “so I’m losing a lot of money.”

If her caddie’s quarantine can end 10 days after having a positive test, with potentially two subsequent negative tests within that time frame, Delacour doesn’t understand why she can’t keep getting tested at the same time to see if she’s still negative. Why is her quarantine even longer?

“The way they handled the situation drives me a little crazy,” said Dilator. “We all think that (his) was a false-positive.”

LPGA Chief Tour Operations Officer Heather Daly-Donofrio said the tour’s protocols are based on CDC guidance and the advice of a medical director.

“She was deemed a close contact,” said Daly-Donofrio. “Close contact under CDC, it’s a 14-day quarantine due to the incubation period of the virus.”

This marks the LPGA’s second week back since mid-February. A total of 334 tests were administered during pre-travel testing and early-week testing ahead of the Marathon LPGA Classic. On Wednesday, the LPGA announced that in addition to Delacour’s caddie, the caddie of Allie White tested positive and began his 10-day quarantine. White, who tested negative, also withdrew and began a 14-day quarantine.

Delacour, who doesn’t have any sponsors, typically stays with a host family when she’s in town for the Marathon, and they’re letting her stay on through the quarantine. They’ve even cut the backyard short for her so that she can at least practice wedge shots. During quarantine, she’s not allowed to practice at any nearby courses.

“I feel it’s unfair that I’m going to the British after only practicing 80-yard shots,” she said.

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Perrine Delacour WDs from Marathon Classic after caddie tests positive for COVID-19

Perrine Delacour withdrew from the Marathon Classic after her caddie tested positive for COVID-19.

TOLEDO, Ohio – The LPGA has announced that Perrine Delacour withdrew from the Marathon Classic after her caddie tested positive for COVID-19. That brings the LPGA’s total positive case to four, with two players and two caddies missing action since the tour began testing.

Delacour is the first player forced to withdraw due to a caddie’s results. The 26-year-old Frenchwoman will now begin a 14-day quarantine. Both she and her caddie have been working with the LPGA and local health officials on contact tracing.

“After learning that my caddie tested positive today, despite not having any symptoms, I have withdrawn from this week’s event in order to self-isolate following CDC and LPGA guidelines,” said Delacour in a statement. “I feel perfectly normal and I wanted to do the right thing. I am looking forward to being back competing as soon as it is safe to do so.”

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Full pre-tournament testing results for the Marathon LPGA Classic will be available later this week. As the Marathon field wasn’t full, Delacour will not be replaced.

In all, a total of 466 pre-travel and onsite COVID-19 saliva tests were given to players and caddies before last week’s LPGA Drive On Championship began on July 31. Three tests came back positive: Marina Alex, Gaby Lopez and one caddie.

LPGA commissioner Mike Whan was asked to assess the tour’s COVID-19 situation thus far, especially in the context of how other sports are faring.

“I never feel like you win in this process,” said Whan, “but you’re right, we’ve probably had closer to 1,000 tests all in, and certainly the numbers are low, but geez, we’re a long way from claiming victory.”

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