Paula Creamer birdies opening hole, makes two double bogeys on first start since birth of child in January

On her return to professional golf for the first time since giving birth, Paula Creamer struggled at the Dana Open. The 2010 US Women’s Open champion spoke positively ahead of her return, armed with a new swing after enlisting the services of Grant Waite. Ad “I’m really fired up, honestly,” she told Golf Digest.

This is a new chapter, and it doesn’t have to be the chapter of me going off into the sunset. I was never going down that path. Made in HimmerlandCockerill makes second hole-in-one in a week, later DQ'd from Made In HimmerLandAN HOUR AGO «There were times out there that were reality checks for what I needed to do.

These girls are good. They don’t have a baby and aren’t 35 years old. They don’t have other distractions in their life.

Now, I have to figure out how to beat them.” Creamer began well with a birdie on the opening hole, but a couple of dropped shots swiftly followed. She was well placed at one-over heading towards the ninth tee, but things unravelled from that point. She left the ninth green with a double bogey and another followed on the 11th.

It was of little surprise Creamer showed signs of rust on her first start since the summer of 2021, but it would have been frustrating as the 36-year-old holds the course record of 60 that she carded in 2008. First Round Leaderboard T1. Ruoning Yin, six-under T1.

Hye-Jin Choi, six-under T1. Carlota Ciganda, six-under T4. Aline Krauter, five-under T4.

Amy Olsson, five-under T4. HYo Joo Kim, five-under T4. Lexi Thompson, five-under T4.

Emily Pedersen, five-under T4. Lauren Stephenson, five-under T4. Leona Maguire, five-under Creamer is famed for his fighting spirit and she birdied two of her final three holes to finish at six-over, leaving her with a huge amount of