Evian Championship: Leona Maguire shares early lead with Lottie Woad in main combine as Charley Hull withdraws | Golf Information
Eire’s Leona Maguire fired a hole-in-one on her method to grabbing a share of the lead after the opening spherical of the Evian Championship in France.
Maguire aced her tee shot on the par-three second at Evian Resort Golf Membership, venue for the fourth girls’s main of the 12 months, on her method to an opening-round 65.
The 30-year-old – beginning on the again 9 – bogeyed the par-four tenth however birdied 4 of her subsequent eight holes, seeing her attain the flip in 33, earlier than her hole-in-one on the 164-yard second jumped her additional up the leaderboard.
Maguire added one other birdie on the par-five seventh to maneuver to 6 below, leaving her in a five-way tie for the early lead alongside Jennifer Kupcho, Andrea Lee, Grace Kim and Gabriela Ruffels.
KPMG Ladies’s PGA Championship winner Minjee Lee is a shot off the tempo in sixth, whereas defending champion Ayaka Furue and world No 1 Nelly Korda sit two strokes again after opening-round 67s.
Nelly Korda is trying to find a primary victory of the season
Jeeno Thitikul – who may overtake Korda as world No 1 this week – and 2023 champion Celine Boutier are additionally three again, as AIG Ladies’s Open champion Lydia Ko and Solheim Cup captain Anna Nordqvist each struggled to opening-round 73s.
Charley Hull was compelled to withdraw mid-round attributable to a virus, with the world No 19 on one below after 12 holes when she was taken off the course by stretcher – through golf buggy – after falling to the bottom twice and receiving medical therapy.
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Charley Hull withdrew from the Evian Championship mid-round attributable to a virus, with the Englishwoman taken off the course on a stretcher
Maguire celebrates first main ace
Leona Maguire (six below): “Simply performed very nice. Hit numerous fairways. Hit numerous greens. Gave myself some actually good possibilities type of 11, 12, 13 to start out the day. Yeah, fairly stress-free as it may be round right here.
“Clearly the hole-in-one on two was fairly particular. I feel my first one on the LPGA Tour, so a pleasant place to do it. It was only a very nice shot – appeared good all the best way. Then good to have the ability to stroll down this hill with no putter in your hand.”
Cara Gainer (three below): “Such an ideal begin. Tremendous proud of the day. Performed actually, very nice all day. Barely missed a fairway, in order that’s clearly actually necessary spherical this golf course.
So a number of fairways, hits a great deal of greens, and rolled in a number of good putts as properly. Sadly bogeyed the 18th gap – simply barely misjudged the wind with the strategy shot. That form of factor occurs round right here, so that you simply have to simply accept it and transfer on.”
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