Green makes cut after hectic finish

Hannah Green on Friday afternoon at the Evian 2019 championship.

The nine from Hannah Green on Friday started with a par and also ended with one.

But it is what happened in between that tells the story of how the 23-year-old grand champion overcame a weather delay, a number of loose shots and some other kind of pressure to cut off the Evian championship.

"I just did my score card, I looked at all the squares and circles and was like" Wow, that was pretty interesting from 11! ", Green said after having signed a second straight 1-over 72.

A birdie on the 11th par-4 brought Green to 1-over par for the tournament, a number that at that time seemed sufficient to secure a starting time on Saturday.

But then the reigning women's PGA champion hit a wall and made a bogey on 12 after a bad lie near the fairway, before back-to-back three putts on 13 and 14 made three beaten shots in three holes.

Suddenly Green fell to 4-over for a week and had a fight for her hands.

From the par-5 15th fairway, Green lasers a 3-wood over the right fall, her ball turned hard to the left down the slope and dripped to no more than four feet.

"I asked my caddy which line it should hit and I was about three meters farther than that," said Green.

"I heard a few blows and walked up there and I saw one near the pin.

"I knew Jin Young went left and" 6 "was right, so I realized it was mine. Then I was really surprised how few hits there were!"

If not satisfied with the modest response, Green did her best to get some life out of the galleries on the next tee.

Her short iron in the par-3 16th split the green and barely curled two feet behind the back of the cup.

She had no more than three feet for birdie when air horns were ringing over Evian Resort, indicating a postponement of play due to lightning.

She was not allowed to practice during the delay, but when the game resumed, Green proved that it would not have been necessary.

The Western Australian converted to birdie to climb back to 1-over for the tournament, but the drama did not stop there.

Green & # 39; s 3-wood from the 17th tee drifted to the left in a fairway bunker, her second fell 30 meters.

Ten feet for par turned out to be too far, World No.25 made bogey and now needed par at the latter.

Green gave herself a birdie putt from the rear pony to the rear right pin and although it didn't fall, she had done enough to make the cut in her first event after a month of free tour.

“I really wanted to cut. Especially in my first tournament back and when I played with two big champions, it was certainly busy, "said Green.

"I am just very happy that I have parried the last one. I felt that I did not make so many putts today, so that is the key for me for the next two days … hopefully."

The rain finally came when Green walked out of the scorer's hut, which was on course and then had to tackle the worst conditions of the week so far on their way back to the clubhouse.

After a few more hours on course, the cut came down to 2 over

Green joins fellow Australians Sarah Kemp, Katherine Kirk and Su Oh over the weekend with Minjee Lee missing the cut of two.

The fierce weather is expected to linger over the next two days, with game played on Saturday and three balls and a start with two tee's.

The field is chasing a Korean quartet, with Mi Hyang Lee alone at the top at 10-under through 36 holes.

The trio of Hyo Joo Kim, Sung Hyun Park and In Gee Chun are all one step back at 9-under for the week.