England’s Lottie Woad sits two pictures behind chief Megha Ganne in second after the opening spherical of the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Beginner (ANWA).
Woad picked up eight birdies in a spherical of 65 to put down an robust early marker.
The 21-year-old won the ANWA title final yr to kick-start a stellar 2024 – enjoying in her first majors, ending as the highest Briton on the Girls’s Open, serving to to win the Curtis Cup and ending it because the world’s top-ranked newbie.
Ganne’s nine-under-par spherical of 63 set a brand new ANWA scoring file. The earlier low at Champions Retreat Golf Membership was a seven-under 65 by Rose Zhang in 2023.
The opening two rounds of the occasion happen at Champions Retreat, with the match transferring to Augusta Nationwide for the ultimate day.
Scotland’s Hannah Darling ended the opening spherical in a tie for fifty fifth following a three-over-par spherical, whereas Englishwoman Persistence Rhodes is a shot additional again in a tie for 61st.
