Evian Championship: Leona Maguire shares early lead with Lottie Woad in major mix as Charley Hull withdraws | Golf News
Leona Maguire from Ireland pulled a hole in one on her way to grab a share of the head after the first round of the Evian championship in France.
Maguire Aced his tee fired on the par-three seconds at the Evian Resort Golf Club, a place for the fourth major female of the year, en route to an opening lap 65.
The 30 -year -old man – from the back nine – a bogey the tenth by four, but crushed four of his following eight holes, seeing her reach the turn in 33, before his hole in the second of 164 yards jumped higher in the classification.
Maguire added another birdie to the seventh by five to move to six under, leaving it in equality of five for the first lead alongside Jennifer Kupcho, Andrea Lee, Grace Kim and Gabriela Ruffels.
The winner of the KPMG female championship, Minjee Lee, is a shot of the rhythm in sixth, while the title champion Ayaka Furue and the world N ° 1 Nelly Korda rests two strokes after the 67 in the first round.
Nelly Korda is looking for a first victory of the season
Jeeno Thitikul – who could exceed Korda as No. 1 of the world this week – and the 2023 Celine Boutier champion are also three back, while the female champion of the Aig Lydia Ko and the captain of the Solheim Cup Anna Nordqvist both had difficulties when the 73 opened.
Charley Hull was forced to withdraw in the middle of the round due to a virus, with the world n ° 19 on a minus after 12 holes when it was removed from the course by stretcher – via a golf buggy – after falling twice on the ground and received a medical treatment.
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Charley Hull withdrew from the Evian Championship in mid-turn due to a virus, the English woman took the course on a stretcher
Maguire celebrates the first AS major
Leona Maguire (six sous): “I played really well. Hit a lot of fairways. Hit a lot of greens. I gave myself a very good chance 11, 12, 13 to start the day. Yes, enough stress that it can be here.
“Obviously, the hole in one in two was quite special. I think my first on the LPGA tour, so a pleasant place to do it. It was just a very good blow – looked good. Then, well to be able to walk on this hill without a putter in your hand.”
Cara Gainer (three sous): “A very good start. Super happy with the day. I really played, really nice all day. Barely missed a fairway, so it’s obviously very important around this golf course.
So, a lot of fairways, strikes a lot of green vegetables and also rolled in some beautiful putts. Unfortunately, the 18th hole – simply evaluated the wind with the approach. This kind of thing is happening here, so you just have to accept it and move on. “”
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