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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.

Congratulations Georgia: Georgia Hall Announces Engagement To Former DP World Tour Winner

Have you been dreaming; when did Lotti win a LPGA event?

There is a big difference between playing LPGA as a pro or as an amateur; we'll find out more about Lotti next week in Scotland.

The CME Table is current standing, which is for 2025 season only. Winning a major makes a big difference on Rolex Ranking because it weights much heavier than regular tour events. Winning each Major wins 100 Rolex Points; while regular events carries anywhere between 20.0 to 63.0 points pending on the strength of the field. The DOW team event doesn't earn any Rolex Points. The Major winner only wins 650 CME points while all other regular event earns 500 CME points; the difference is much less.