Meijer LPGA Classic Presented by Kraft
Bylthfield Country Club
Grand Rapids, Mich.
July 23, 2015

WITH INSTRUCTOR ON HAND CARTER HAS LOW ROUND OF THE SEASON
Dori Carter is tied for the lead after shooting the her low round of the year with a 64.

“I have a swing instructor who’s here this week. Her name is Gail Peterson from Sea Island down in Georgia where I’m from,” Carter said. “She’s been here and we’ve actually been working hard the last couple days specifically to get ready for this tournament and the rest of the year.”

The work paid off as Carter hit 14 of 18 greens and had a mere 25 putts en route to her 7-under round.

“You know, I had a lot of confi dence last year,” Carter explained. “It was one of my better years and this year hasn’t been one of my better years. But I’ve been working really hard and I’m starting to see some of that hard work pay off, and today the putts fi nally fell. You know, I’m comfortable, I’m getting more experience here and so I like being here. I want to continue to stay on the top of the leaderboard and the more I can get this experience, the better.”

BROTHER KNOWS BEST
Second-year player Jaye Marie Green is beginning to find her rhythm out on the course.

After her T11 finish back in February at the Pure Silk LPGA Bahamas Classic, Green has had an up and down season. That is until recently when it seemed like something had finally started to click after a chat with her brother Matt.

“I’ve got to give the credit to my brother, for sure,” Green said. “I was kind of in a little really deep hole, and he goes ‘Jaye, it’s okay, you’re doing great, you just need to catch one break. Once you catch one break, things will go your way’. And then I got in the U.S. Open and it’s gone my way ever since, so he was right.”

After getting cut from the field in the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, Green took her brother’s words and looked to bounce back when she last minute got into the U.S. Women’s Open. Green had a solid performance at the Open, shooting a 67 during the fi nal-round to fi nish T26 and then followed up with a T18 at the Marathon Classic presented by Owens Corning and O-I.

Considering Green shot a 65 first-round at the Meijer LPGA Classic presented by Kraft today, Green seems to have changed up the mojo and has things going her way. Whether it is change in momentum or a change in her game, Green knows who she will count on for encouragement when having doubts on the course.

“Big brother’s always right,” Green said.

STRONG FINISH KEEPS LEXI IN THE HUNT
Lexi Thompson birdied her fi nal two holes of the day to get back into the red at 2-under par to get within five shots of the lead.

“Yeah, it was defi nitely an up and down round,” Thompson admitted. “I didn’t hit it that bad. I missed a few more fairways than I wanted to and it’s hard to make birdies out of the rough here because it’s pretty thick. But I just had some distance control so I couldn’t really get close to the pins, but I ended well. I went for the green on No. 8, I had mid iron in and then birdied there. And then I dropped about a 20 footer on the last hole for birdie, so it’s nice to end well.”

Thompson will look to take the momentum from the fi nal two holes into the rest of the week where she will hope to go low on a course that she loves.

“Blythefield is an amazing track,” Thompson said. “Being the fi rst year here last year for the tournament, it was a great tournament overall. The course is in amazing shape for us. Rough is up pretty thick and it gets windy in the afternoons here so it plays pretty tough to get those yardages right. But it plays like a really well golf course, always love to come back.”

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I like a fight. I’m a competitior, I always have been.”-Jaye Marie green on posting a 65

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