She loves dirty bicycles and non -lined discs, and she can win US OPEN

Erin, Wis. – Let’s talk with dirt bicycles. Stay with us. No, you have not clicked Dirtbikes.com

Julia Lopez Ramirez has rode those since she was 3 years old. Dad did, so the girl followed, though Jose Antonio Ramirez has hurt himself several times, so he stopped his daughter from competing. But not riding. Lopez New Ramirez was at a Christmas.

You also learn a few things as you immerse themselves on the ground.

“Whenever I go home, I like to go and have my running,” she said. “Of course you do nothing crazy because you can definitely not be hurt in the middle of the seasons.

“But it’s something I really like and it’s exciting. Just no thoughts about it. You have to have present in that, like, don’t fall.”

Who knew that dirt bicycles could be such a shaky thought, but there Lopez Ramirez was on Saturday, leaving US Women Open Field in, well, its dust. On a day where Erin Hills Return mostly, the 22-year-old Spaniar shot a 68 better round of the third round to the second place, a shot behind Maja Stark leader. She stayed in the present. It didn’t. Eagle at 1. Birds at 7, 12 and 16. Only one bogey.

All mostly behind the discs, all lids. Lopez Ramirez is a bomber. Here are the statistics: in the holes measured in Erin Hills, it is on average 290.8 yard a pop, 12 yards ahead of the other nearest Hitter. Need more evidence of her ability? Check out the photo above, taken in the 18th hole. To the left is Rayee Feng, one of Lopez Ramirez’s game partners, and in the middle is Hannah GreenIts other partner – and all the way to the right is Lopez Ramirez. This is a serious advantage, especially in Erin Hills, which is being measured as one of the open courses of longer American women.

As for where everything comes, she would like to know too. Earlier during the week, Lopez Ramirez said she gets a lot. Maybe it’s fitness work. Maybe it’s a game she played with her coach growing up, competing to hit her farthest. Maybe it’s dirt bicycles; You need the forearm muscles to maneuver. Either way, it’s a picture. Her caddy, Lauren Whyte, is not for sure, neither. But she knows this:

“I just admire it from afar.”

Whyte has known Lopez Ramirez for a while. She was an assistant in Mississippi State when the Spaniard was there, and she accepted the invitation to be her caddy around the time Lopez Ramirez returned in favor. The results have been somewhat mixed. Former high -ranking amateur won its LPGA card in December through School Q. She made seven starts, made three cuts and earned $ 38,500. It is ranked 440th in the world. An urgent appendectomy operation earlier this year has also slowed.

Then it came this week. But how? For whyte, it is suitable for the course. Lopez Ramirez can attract the driver; In the course at the beginning of the year, it could not. “Probably is probably her favorite club in the bag,” said whyte.

For Lopez Ramirez, she only needed time.

“It’s big enough here,” she said. “Just being a novice, I think it’s very difficult to learn with rhythm, tournaments, just like what you have to do. I think at this point, I’m very learned how the tour works and how I’m going to feel like mentally I’m in a really good place and my swing is getting into a really good position.

“I think it’s kind of all clicks and just got a good week.”

What about Sunday?

The last round of a major?

Have you been on a motor bike? She is ready for golf.

“Honestly it’s very exciting,” Lopez Ramirez said. “I am very excited about tomorrow. I will simply continue to play my game, have a lot of fun there and play my game.

“What is what I want more. I think to be present, do my things I can, control the things that are in my hands and see how you go.”

“>>