Swede beats heat, leads after first day
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The Associated Press
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Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom (right) wears a towel on her head while she speaks with her caddie Wednesday on the 13th fairway during the first round of the women’s golf event at the Tokyo Olympics. With the heat index over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, Sagstrom shot a 5-under 66 to lead the event by one stroke over American Nelly Korda and India’s Aditi Ashok.
(AP/Matt York)
KAWAGOE, Japan Lexi Thompson had to bring in a team manager the last three holes when her caddie succumbed to the heat. Players walked down sunbaked fairways using umbrellas, some of them occasionally holding a bag of ice on their heads.