Rohanna alone in 2nd after shooting 67
Rachel Rohanna sprinted out of the gate, slowed down a bit before the turn and then picked up momentum on the back nine to finish the first round of the PHC Classic at 5-under 67.
The Waynesburg Central graduate sits alone in second place, just one stroke behind Marion Ricardeau.
Rohanna opened with four straight birdies to hold the lead after four holes.
“I think (at) Green Bay three weeks ago I had five birdies in my first six holes, but I can’t remember how many in a row,” said Rohanna.
The four-hole span opened with a par-5, followed by a par-4 and par-3, and then another par-5.
“I had two tap-ins, a 40-footer and a two-putt,” Rohanna said of the birdie string.
She gave two strokes back with back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 7 and 8.
“It was very windy today. I’m happy to walk off with just two bogeys,” explained Rohanna. “The first one I was in a bunker and had a tough shot, but gave myself a 10-foot look at it. The second one I missed a 4-footer.”
Rohanna gained the lost two strokes back, plus adding a third stroke to the good, by getting birdie on the two par-5s and one of the par-3s on the back nine.
She played the front in 2-under 34 and the back 3-under 33.
Rohanna starts the second round Saturday on No. 10 with an 8:58 a.m. (Central) tee time.