36 Years Separate 1st & 2nd At LPGA's Swinging Skirts

In LPGA years, that's not a one generation divide, but two!

Steve Kroner of the San Francisco Chronicle with the round one game story from Lake Merced, where 54-year-old Juli Inkster trails (now) 18-year-old Lydia Ko by one.

Kroner writes of the amazing play by Inkster:

“I just think it’s really cool,” Stacy Lewis (69) enthused about Inkster’s performance. “You should take a picture and do a hashtag with 'Throwback Thursday’” with Inkster’s name on top of the leaderboard.

For a few moments in her post-round news conference, Inkster, 54, was among those surprised to see her in first place.

“I didn’t know I was” atop the leaderboard, she said.

Then after a bit of reflection, Inkster took a mulligan in terms of expressing doubt about her first-place standing.

“The way I played today,” Inkster said, “no, I’m not surprised.”