PITTSBURGH — JoAnne Carner shot her age with a 14-over 85 on Thursday within the first spherical of the U.S. Senior Girls’s Open at Fox Chapel.
Carner has gained eight U.S. Golf Affiliation titles, essentially the most by a feminine participant. She gained the U.S. Girls’s Open in 1971 and 1976 and has six U..S. Girls’s Beginner titles and one U.S. Women’ Junior championship.
The Corridor of Famer Carner has shot her age or decrease seven occasions within the event, six in her final seven rounds. She birdied the par-3 eleventh gap Thursday and ended up tied for one hundred and tenth within the 120-player subject.
Kaori Yamamoto of Japan was the chief after a 4-under 67. Christa Johnson and Lisa Grimes have been a stroke again, Leta Lindley shot 69 and Mikino Kubo and Corina Kelepouris adopted at 70.
Annika Sorenstam opened with a 71, and Juli Inkster shot 72.