England’s Charley Hull shot a formidable nine-under-par spherical of 63 to take a one-shot lead into the second spherical of the Ford Championship in Arizona.
Hull began her bogey-free spherical on the again 9, selecting up 4 photographs earlier than the flip and birdieing 5 holes down the stretch.
“I type of tweaked my driver at the start of the week and I actually, actually, actually hit it properly right this moment,” stated Hull, whose final LPGA win got here in 2022.
“I felt like that put me in lots of good positions. I used to be hitting it good and felt assured. I simply felt good on the market.”
Hull leads Nanna Koerstz Madsen by one after the Dane bogeyed the par-four fifth gap, whereas eight gamers are tied on seven below.
Defending champion and world primary Nelly Korda shot 67 on her return from a six-week break, leaving her tied for seventeenth place.
“Once you take that a lot day off and also you come again into competitors, you are rusty, [you feel] much more nerves,” Korda stated.
