Ariya Jutanugarn

Tokimatsu, Ichihara qualify for Open at Carnoustie

Control what you can control, your attitude, he told her. The person who controls that the best is going to be the happiest at the end of the day tomorrow.

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Jutanugarn is pouring it on her fellow competitors in ways that make Sundays outcome feel almost as inescapable as Subtropical Storm Albertos passing was earlier this week.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The skies are darkening over Shoal Creek again.

The top two players on the tours money list at the end of this week qualify for The Open, meaning Tokimatsu and Ichihara are now headed to Carnoustie.

The week didnt start the way Jutanugarn planned. Her golf clubs didnt show up with her Monday when her plane landed in Birmingham, so she didnt play the course. She said she binge watched Thai dramas, instead. Rain wiped out Tuesdays practice round after her clubs arrived. She got just nine holes in on Wednesday because of morning rain.

Canoe Brook Country Club (North and South Courses), Summit, N.J.

JT, Reed take turns asking questions at Memorial

Jutanugarn, 22, has shown she can go on dominating runs. She won three events in a row in the month of May two years ago. She seems to be gathering that kind of momentum again. She won the Kingsmill Championship two weeks ago. She hasnt finished worse than T-7 in her last four starts. She has nine top-10 finishes in her last 12 starts.

Tiger (72): Fought back and back was tight

This time its Ariya Jutanugarns shadow falling across the U.S. Womens Open.

Jutanugarn hit the shot to 15 feet, leaving the eagle putt short but tapping in for birdie to go up by two. She eventually built her lead to five before dropping a shot at the 16th.

Tiger cleans up birdie putt at No 5 and moves to 11 under. Thats 3 off the lead.

Woodmont Country Club (North Course), Rockville, Md.

Ryuko Tokimatsu and Kodai Ichihara qualified for the 2018 Open Championship on Sunday via the Japan Golf Tours Order of Merit.

Were tracking Tiger Woods on Sunday at Muirfield Village as he tries to rally for his sixth career victory at the Memorial Tournament.

The lightning bolts she threw at players Saturday were as unsettling as any of the real ones that have cracked around them this week.

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Ichihara won theJapan Golf Tour Championship on Sunday by one shot over Tokimatsu, who bogeyed the last two holes to let his second win of the season slip away.

Ansley Golf Club (Settindown Creek Course), Roswell, Ga.

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She was tense, so we had a little chat, Luark said.

The victory is Ichiharas first on the Japan Golf Tour and advanced him to second on the circuits money list, behind Tokimatsu.

After hitting his tee shot into a bunker at the par-4 sixth, Woods made a 7-footer for par to stay three back.

Her immense talent is trumping it all.

Brookside Country Club & Lakes Country Club, Columbus, Ohio

JT, Reed take turns asking questions at Memorial

A Japan qualifier was held in May, with three players punching their tickets. Heres a look at the 10 U.S. and one England qualifiers set for June 4. Number of available spots at each site is TBD and will be updated on Monday.

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Walton Heath Golf Club (Old and New Courses), Surrey, England

We had to play as if it were into the wind, Luark said.

Japan Memorial Golf Club, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan (3 qualifiers)

With a 5-under-par 67, Jutanugarn moved into a position this field ought to dread. She is atop the leaderboard. She has closed the door with a victory the last seven times she has held or shared the 54-hole lead in an LPGA event.

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Tokimatsu, 24, will be making his Open debut.

Les Luark pulled her aside early in the third round.

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He did two-putt from 45 feet at the par-5 fifth, however, to get to 11 under par and within three strokes of the lead.

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Ichihara, 36, will be playing The Open for the third time. He first made the field via International Final Qualifying in 2012, missing the cut at Royal Lytham and St. Annes. He returned via the Open Qualifying Series in 2016, finishing T-79.

Spieth misses cut in last event before U.S. Open

Spieth misses cut in last event before U.S. Open

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Tiger (72): Fought back and back was tight

Elevensectional qualifiers are scheduled Monday for spots into the 118th U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.

The Open Qualifying Series resumes at the Korea Open (June 21-24).

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Woods has good looks at birdie on the next two holes, as well, but missed from 20 feet at the second and from just outside of 10 feet at the third.

JT, Reed take turns asking questions at Memorial

Tiger Woods began the final round of the Memorial Tournament trailing leader Bryson DeChambeau by five shots, but he picked up one on the first hole Sunday.

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Afterward, Jutanugarn was asked how she would sleep on a four-shot lead.

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Shadow Hawk Golf Club, Richmond, Texas

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At 12 under overall, Jutanugarn is four shots ahead of Sarah Jane Smith (74) and six ahead of Hyo Joo Kim (68).

Springfield Country Club, Springfield, Ohio

Jutanugarn moved into a tie for the lead when Smiths run of consecutive pars ended with a bogey at the eighth. She took the outright lead when Smith bogeyed the ninth. She took command with the 4-iron she hit into the 11th green, a target guarded on three sides by water. From 198 yards, she thought about hitting 5-iron, but swirling winds made her reconsider.

My caddie helped me, Jutanugarn said.

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Jutanugarn awakened at 4 a.m. Saturday to finish up 10 holes of her suspended second round. She was four shots behind Smith when the day dawned, and she pulled within three by the end of the second round, but she wasnt happy with that. She said she felt uncomfortable.

Shes a spectacular player, obviously, Smith said. Her length is just one part of her game. Her short game is impeccable. She rolls the ball beautifully. Shes just the whole package. It was fun to watch her today.

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Lake Merced Golf Club & The Olympic Club (Ocean Course), Daly City, Calif.

Its a lot of work throwing lightning bolts.

Tiger (72): Fought back and back was tight

I think Im going to sleep pretty well, she said. I didnt sleep much last night, and Im so tired right now.

A. Jutanugarn in the drivers seat at Shoal Creek

Tiger (72): Fought back and back was tight

Tiger (72): Fought back and back was tight

Jutanugarn said her aim playing 28 holes Saturday wasnt to put up a certain number. She said she wanted to be proud of herself, of the effort.

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Ariya could feel herself pressing, trying too hard to make something happen.

Ridgeway Country Club & Colonial Country Club (South Course), Memphis, Tenn.

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