Charley Hull made a bogey-free begin to her Women European Tour season to sit down 4 pictures off the early lead on the PIF Saudi Women Worldwide.
Hull, making her first LET look since profitable the Aramco Workforce Collection occasion in Riyadh final November, registered three birdies in an opening-round 69 at Riyadh Golf Membership.
The Englishwoman made a two-putt birdie on the par-five fifth and picked up one other shot on the par-four seventh, with Hull ending a run of pars by birdieing the par-four final to get to 3 beneath.
Hull sits tied-Twentieth after the opening day of the three-day match and is in contact with early chief Somi Lee, who blended eight birdies with a lone bogey to set the tempo with a seven-under 65.
Lee posted 4 birdies in a five-hole stretch across the flip and birdied every of her final three holes to edge forward of a congested leaderboard, with Solheim Cup participant Esther Henseleit a shot again in tied-second alongside England’s Annabell Fuller.
Henseleit and Fuller each made bogey-free begins to the week, whereas world No 4 Jeeno Thitikul is within the logjam sharing fourth spot on 5 beneath and former Solheim Cup participant Anne Van Dam is three off the tempo.
Cara Gainer – who claimed her maiden LET title on the Lalla Meryem Cup final week – began with a one-under 71.
Within the 36-hole workforce competitors, operating alongside the person occasion, Stephanie Kyriacou’s workforce holds a one-shot benefit over Lee’s workforce. One of the best two scores on every gap from a four-player workforce rely in the direction of the rating, with Kyriacou’s aspect ending the day on 18 beneath.
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