AIG Ladies’s Open
-7 A Thitikul (Tha); -5 S Kuwaki (Jpn), H Ryu (Kor); -4 Y Noh (US), C Boutier (Fra); -3 C Iwai (Jpn), C Wannasaen (Tha); -2 P Martin (Esp), L Coughlin (US), C Hull (Eng), R Takeda (Jpn), M Saigo (Jpn), L Woad (Eng), S Tan (Sin).
Chosen others: -1 A Hewson (Eng), E Rhodes (Eng), A Fuller (Eng), L Ko (NZ), +1 M Yamashita (Jpn), +2 N Korda.
World quantity two Jeeno Thitikul leads the primary spherical of the AIG Ladies’s Open by two pictures after a spectacular seven-under 64 at Royal Lytham & St Annes.
The 23-year-old has 11 top-10 finishes in majors however has by no means received one, and went bogey-free in a wonderful begin to her newest try.
South Korea’s Haeran Ryu, aiming to turn out to be solely the fifth girl in historical past to say three majors in a calendar 12 months, is second alongside Japan’s Shiho Kuwaki on 5 underneath.
England’s Lottie Woad and Charley Hull are each on two underneath, whereas compatriot Alice Hewson led the match within the morning and completed one underneath.
“Profitable one [major] does not imply I’m going to have a very good, profitable profession,” Thitikul mentioned.
“Profitable one does not imply a lot, I’d relatively be a constant participant, extra than simply profitable one after which gone.
“Typically I had a tough time coping with all of the noise.”
The world’s greatest golfers carried out effectively within the opening spherical, with world primary Nelly Korda one of many few stars to fall behind.
Korda stays off the tempo after taking pictures a two-over-par 73 in a spherical that included 4 bogeys.
