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The cutline has moved to +2, the +3 players are now T84; my bet is the cut will stay at +2.

For those who're interested, I'm listening to AIG Women's Open Radio who're covering the Woad/Lydia/Vu and Nelly/Angel/Ariya groups and a bit of other players. They do such a good job, it's almost like I'm watching it.

I thought Nelly played her best round of the year today; not the score, but the tenacity to hang in there. She hit 5/14 fairway and 12/18 green. The 2025 version of Nelly would easily shoot +4 or +5, but she shot -2.

This is a bit underwhelming:

Nelly's biggest problem this year has been her play during the weekends: Round 1 Scoring Avg 69.82 7 Round 2 Scoring Avg 67.91 1 Round 3 Scoring Avg 69.91 15 Round 4 Scoring Avg 70.90 46 Her scoring average is #7 on Round 1 #1 on Round 2 #15 on Round 3 #46 on Round 4 Essentially, she's been giving away the tournament all year. My reading is her 7 wins in 2024 and 71 consecutive weeks as World No. 1 have been eating her alive mentally. She needs a change of mindset. The rise of Lotti Woad and Jeeno Thitikul should be good for her eventually.

It appears that AIG Women's Open is cheap; their leaderboard doesn't have the "Shot Link" features!

Tee times for featured groups

This scenario would apply even if Jeeno misses the cut this week:

Despite of good ranking on paper; Team USA didn't distinguish themselves at Harding Park in 2023. But this 2025 Team is no better! Angel Yin is probably the only inform player; it won't be a surprise if the other three players fail to win any matches.

This makes sense:

Nelly played today like the way she's been playing all year; and fell out contention!

I'm surprised how well Nelly has been playing this week; hope she keeps it up for two more days!

Eila Galitsky won a professional event in Thailand: SINGHA-SAT Thai LPGA Ladies Open 2025

I almost saw every shot Nelly hit. She missed some short putts; but her new grip/new putter was certainly an improvement from before:

This is Nelly's 107th week as Rolex No. 1, and probably will be her last unless she can finish solo 2nd or better this week. Jeeno is clearly a better player this entire 2025 season and it's only right that she ascends to the throne at the AIG Women's Open.