Only lightning could stop the streak of good golf Angela Stanford put together as play was suspended at the Amundi Evian Championship. The 46-year-old, making her final major championship start at the place that made her a major champion in 2018, was 5 under over her last four holes when Round 2 was suspended at 10:23 a.m. EDT due to dangerous conditions.
Japan’s Ayaka Furue leads the field by three at 12 under. She’s 6 under on the day through 13 holes. Australia’s Stephanie Kyriacou has two holes left and sits at 9 under with Haeran Ryu, who has only played 11 holes.
Stanford, who’d just teed off on the par-4 13th hole, sits in a share of fourth with Patty Tavatanakit at 8 under.
World No. 1 Nelly Korda, who has missed her last three cuts, including two majors, holed a nice par save on the 14th just before the horn blasted. She’s 1 over on the day and 1 under for the tournament. Those at even par or better are currently inside the cut line.
Officials anticipate it will be at least an hour-long delay before play resumes.
On Tuesday of Evian week, Stanford joined Golfweek’s Big Pickle podcast to talk about her decades-long career coming to a close and reminisce on that victory in France six years ago. She remains the only American to win Evian since it became a major championship in 2013. Should she go on to win this week, she’d be the oldest major champion in LPGA history.
Listen to the entire episode here:
