I was out there today - brutal course for walking, brutal course in general. Absolutely gorgeous, but the greens are so fast, any miss above the hole can easily lead to carnage. I’d you’re watching on tv, you simply cannot appreciate the elevation changes and the slope to every fairway and green, nor can you really see the stunning beauty of the course.
Nelly had three birdies in a row at one point (6-8, I think) but her swing was off, she missed some fairways out there. I think she may be one ohe more shy individuals I’ve ever seen play a professional sport. At one point on 14, she had just hit out of a fairway bunker and was waiting for Khang to play her 2nd. Most of the crowd had walked up to the green to watch her putt, but my dad and I stayed and watched the other two players hit. Nelly was about 10 feet away and a little girl said, so sweetly and softly, “you hit a nice shot Nelly.” Nelly turned and half waved at the kid and said “Thankyou.” In that moment, I noticed that the 8 year old little girl was more comfortable than Nelly was during the interaction. She’s not remotely rude or stand-off-ish - I think she is just socially uncomfortable.
Favorite moment of the day was almost getting hit by Jin Young Ko’s tee shot off of #3…I was standing under a tree, hadn’t seen the ball off of the tee because I was looking back up an enormous hill and just couldn’t pick it up, and I hear leaves crashing above me - it landed about a foot away and bounded near a temporary sign, from which she got relief and hit a wicked draw/hook from the left trees up onto the green like was nothing at all.
Fun day.