Broadmoor East .K. Kim one of few to settle

OLORADO SPRINGS — At 4-under-par, South Korea's I.K. Kim leads the 66th U.S. Women's Open and may be the only player who has the quirks and bends of Broadmoor East figured out. Otherwise, the golf course is winning big.

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

Ouch.

"You're not that far away, but the scores say you are,"Karrie Webbsaid of her game, which, at 1-under par through 18 holes, rates better than most.

Hoping to hear "oohs" and "aahs"? Might as well haul a group up the winding Pikes Peak Highway and take in the views. Down here,

This is more about grinding. And surviving. Perhaps as it should be for an Open.

"You can never relax at a U.S. Open," said four-time tour winnerAngela Stanford, "but especially here. You never have a chance to let down."

Some might say weather has had the upper hand. This national championship is now two-for-two in abbreviated rounds, both suspended by lightning. The horn sounded this time at 6:09 p.m. Play resumed at 7:15, but losing those 66 minutes cost those on the course as many as four holes.

The tournament will pay for it over the weekend, needing calmer conditions for there to be any chance of a Sunday finish.

"That'sMother Nature, and you can't control that," saidPaula Creamer, the defending U.S. Women's Open champion. "You know it's going to be a long day."

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