Charley Hull defied windy circumstances to make a bogey-free begin and get inside a shot of the early lead on the HSBC Girls’s World Championship in Singapore.
The Englishwoman carded three birdies in her opening-round 69 to sit down in second spot at Sentosa Golf Membership, as A Lim Kim set the early tempo after carding a four-under 68.
Hull was unable to make the most of any of the 4 par-fives however carded birdies on the third, tenth and 14th to maneuver into second place after the opening day, when solely 13 of the 66 gamers completed underneath par.
“I simply felt like I performed fairly stable,” Hull stated after her spherical. “You must choose your yardages very nicely. The greens are agency, so that you settle for hitting 30 ft away from the pin.”
Kim blended 5 birdies with a bogey on the par-five sixteenth to prime the leaderboard forward of Hull, whereas Australia’s Minjee Lee and China’s Ruoning Yin are among the many group of 4 gamers tied-third on two underneath.
“It was a bit up-and-down,” Lee stated. “I began with a birdie however I simply form of hit a couple of free drives right here and there. Put myself in positions that I did not actually wish to be in, however form of scrambled round, made a whole lot of up-and-downs.”
Hye-Jin Choi and Gaby Lopez are additionally inside two of the lead, with world No 2 Jeeno Thitikul and world No 3 Lydia Ko – the 2 highest-ranked gamers within the subject – each beginning the week with a one-under 71.
Fromer world No 1 Jin-Younger Ko – chasing a 3rd victory on the occasion – opened with a 73, whereas Eire’s Leona Maguire and defending champion Hannah Inexperienced each shot a first-round 75.
Nelly Korda and Rose Zhang are the one gamers from the world’s prime 15 not in motion in Singapore, which is the second occasion in a three-week Asian Swing on the LPGA Tour.
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