AIG Women'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).
Selected others: -1 A Hewson (Eng), E Rhodes (Eng), A Fuller (Eng), L Ko (NZ), +1 M Yamashita (Jpn), +2 N Korda.
World fig 2 Jeeno Thitikul leads the archetypal circular of the AIG Women's Open by 2 shots aft a spectacular seven-under 64 astatine Royal Lytham & St Anne's.
The 23-year-old has 11 top-10 finishes successful majors but has ne'er won one, and went bogey-free successful a good commencement to her latest attempt.
South Korea's Haeran Ryu, aiming to go lone the 5th pistillate successful past to assertion 3 majors successful a calendar year, is 2nd alongside Japan's Shiho Kuwaki connected 5 under.
England's Lottie Woad and Charley Hull are some connected 2 under.
The world's champion golfers performed good successful the opening round, with satellite fig 1 Nelly Korda 1 of the fewer stars to autumn behind.
Korda remains disconnected the gait aft shooting a two-over-par 73 successful a circular that included 4 bogeys.
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