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At 4-under-par IQ South Korea's Kim leads the 66 U.S. Women's Open and may be the only player who has the quirks and curves Broadmoor East discovered. Otherwise, the golf course is winning big.

With the second round still to be completed today, 17 of the 18 holes are played over par, including a quartet of par 3. Golfers are having consistent success only in the 560-yard par-5 No. 3.

Ouch.

"We're not that far, but the results say they are," said Karrie Webb of his game, at 1-under par through 18 holes, rates better than most.

Hoping to hear "oh!" And "aah"? It could also lead a group to the Pikes Peak winding road and enjoy the views. Below,
cheers and roars were almost nonexistent.

This is more grinding. And survive. As it should be for an Open.

"You can never relax in a U.S. Open," said four-time Tour champion, Angela Stanford, "but here especially. You never have the opportunity to defraud."

Some might say that the climate has had the upper hand. The national championship is now two for two rounds short, both suspended by lightning. The horn sounded this time to 6:09 pm Play resumed at 7:15, but losing those 66 minutes cost the course up to four holes.

The tournament will pay for it over the weekend, calmer conditions that need to have any chance of a Sunday afternoon.

"That's Mother Nature, and you can not control that," said Paula Creamer, Open champion U.S. defense of Women. "You know it will be a long day."

Kim was among those who had a particularly long. She did not even get to tee off Thursday before play was stopped at 12:37 p.m. She finished her first 18 holes on Friday at 1-under par 70, two strokes behind first round leader Stacy Lewis.

It took him 13 more holes Friday before Kim beat Lewis to the top of the leaderboard when Lewis fell from 4-low 2-under with a double bogey on the 432-yard No. 15. Darkness finally ended things 8:25 pm, with Kim takes four holes to complete his second round and finished two holes Lewis shy.

You should not feel bad. A total of 66 players, including first-round feeling of Amy Anderson, have not even begun his second round. 2-under through 18 holes Anderson still good enough for a tie for second with Lewis.

Anderson must be very tired of the practice range.

"Hit some balls, maybe putting a little and then go to rest," he said earlier in the day after playing six holes to complete his opening round.

Surprisingly, Kim has not done worse than the pair in a hole - the only player among the 156 participants who remain bogeys.

The classification has some names: Creamer (2 years), Webb (1 under) and Cristie Kerr (even par).

But other notable people have struggled. Pre-tournament favorite Yani Tseng Taiwan could not make a putt of decent length and sits at 3 over par. But it looks good compared to Morgan Pressel (5 years) and especially Michelle Wie (7 more).

Only 33 players - 11 groups - 36 holes have been completed on what should be the midpoint of the season.

Hey, playing this course is hard enough without having to keep an eye on the sky.

"I'm going to bed and try to be ready for tomorrow," Lewis said before leaving the course in the dark. "We play tomorrow at 7. I do not know how you do."