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Swede beats heat, leads after first day
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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.
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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.
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KAWAGOE, Japan (AP) 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.
With a tough pitch to 4 feet for par on the final hole, the Swede kept bogeys off her card on a day of searing heat for a 5-under 66, giving her a one-shot lead over top-ranked Nelly Korda of the United States and Aditi Ashok of India.
Extreme heat is nothing new for most of the top players, with an LPGA Tour schedule that includes stops in Singapore and Thailand. This ranked right up there. The heat index topped 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius), and at that point caddies were allowed to remove their bibs.
Madelene Sagstrom beats the heat, takes Olympic golf lead
By DOUG FERGUSONAugust 4, 2021 GMT
KAWAGOE, Japan (AP) 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.
Madelene Sagstrom had a hot start of her own Wednesday in women’s golf.
With a tough pitch to 4 feet for par on the final hole, the Swede kept bogeys off her card on a day of searing heat for a 5-under 66, giving her a one-shot lead over top-ranked Nelly Korda of the United States and Aditi Ashok of India.