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Nicole Broch Estrup couldn't have asked for a better return. In her first round back on the LPGA after giving birth to son Max, the Dane fired a 7-under 64, her best round since 2019, at the ShopRite LPGA Classic.
Broch Estrup, 33, played her last round on the LPGA in February 2025 at the Founders Cup. She played her final event before maternity leave on the LET the following week at the Saudi International. Broch Estrup and husband Kasper welcomed Max on June 9, 2025.
"I've been looking forward to coming back for a long time," said Broch Estrup, "so to be here and just be able to travel with Max and Kasper (Estrup) as well, I feel very grateful to be out here again.
"Today's score is just an extra bonus really."
Broch Estrup, who is traveling with her family this week and utilizing the tour's daycare, ended the first round trailing Laetitia Beck, the first Israeli player in the tour's history, by one stroke at Seaview's Bay Course. Broch Estrup's husband, Kasper, is caddying for former Stanford player Aline Krauter, who shot 70.
After starting Thursday's round with three straight pars, Broch Estrup rattled off three consecutive birdies on Nos. 4-6. She then began a second streak on the eighth hole, pouring in four more.
"To be honest, I got really nervous, especially on the second streak," she noted. "It hit me on nine when I was – I had like, I don't know, a 20-footer for eagle. Left myself like a three-footer for birdie and then I started shaking to be honest.
"But having Max here and, you know, having Max in general just gives another perspective. My biggest goal is to not get in my own way. I feel like I was definitely not striking it well today, but I just kept a smile on my face and took the good bounces ... ao it was nice day in many ways."
Broch Estrup has never won on the LPGA. The last mom to win on tour was Stacy Lewis at the 2020 Scottish Open.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: LPGA player cards 64 in first round back after giving birth
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Broch Estrup, 33, played her last round on the LPGA in February 2025 at the Founders Cup. She played her final event before maternity leave on the LET the following week at the Saudi International. Broch Estrup and husband Kasper welcomed Max on June 9, 2025.
"I've been looking forward to coming back for a long time," said Broch Estrup, "so to be here and just be able to travel with Max and Kasper (Estrup) as well, I feel very grateful to be out here again.
"Today's score is just an extra bonus really."
Broch Estrup, who is traveling with her family this week and utilizing the tour's daycare, ended the first round trailing Laetitia Beck, the first Israeli player in the tour's history, by one stroke at Seaview's Bay Course. Broch Estrup's husband, Kasper, is caddying for former Stanford player Aline Krauter, who shot 70.
After starting Thursday's round with three straight pars, Broch Estrup rattled off three consecutive birdies on Nos. 4-6. She then began a second streak on the eighth hole, pouring in four more.
"To be honest, I got really nervous, especially on the second streak," she noted. "It hit me on nine when I was – I had like, I don't know, a 20-footer for eagle. Left myself like a three-footer for birdie and then I started shaking to be honest.
"But having Max here and, you know, having Max in general just gives another perspective. My biggest goal is to not get in my own way. I feel like I was definitely not striking it well today, but I just kept a smile on my face and took the good bounces ... ao it was nice day in many ways."
Broch Estrup has never won on the LPGA. The last mom to win on tour was Stacy Lewis at the 2020 Scottish Open.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: LPGA player cards 64 in first round back after giving birth
Continue reading...
