It was not a roller-coaster, but just that a lot of putts did not fall and she had three bogeys and one birdie on 17th, just as darkness stopped play.
This is the year's third successive Major for Aditi, who made the cut in the previous two and finished T-42 at ANA Inspiration and was T-29 at the KPMG Women's PGA Championships.
In the early part of the day, when the heat went past 90 degrees Fahrenheit, the humidity too made it difficult. Later a storm delayed play in the afternoon.
Feng enjoyed the pairing of the three Olympic medal winners. Shanshan, who won the bronze in Rio last year, played with gold medalist Inbee Park and Ko, who captured the silver.
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The 10-year LPGA veteran from China, Feng has seven tour wins including the 2012 KPMG Women's PGA Championship. She played the back nine first and went out in 31 then wilted a bit in the heat, finishing the morning wave with a six-under- par, 66. Yang, who has 16 top-10 finishes in majors without ever winning, is one stroke back at 67.
27-year-old Feng, who is sleeping, shopping and playing video games also enjoys wearing her Holstein cow outfit, says American food is her favourite.
"I would say yeah, I mean I'm a person that, you know, I like to be happy all the time," said Feng, adding, "Golf is just part of our lives. It's not everything."
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