LPGA 2022, Dana Open presented by Marathon, Sylvania, OH, 1-4 Sept: Day One
From LPGA Communications:
After 18 holes in Sylvania, Ohio, Hye-Jin Choi, Ruoning Yin and Carlota Ciganda carded 6-under 65s to take the first-round lead at the Dana Open presented by Marathon.
Ciganda, a two-time LPGA Tour champion whose wins came in 2014, opened with two birdies in her first three holes and added four more after the turn on Nos. 10, 11, 13 and 18. It’s Ciganda’s best first-round score of 2022, as she makes her fifth appearance at the Dana Open...
Eight players sit in a tie for fourth at -5. Among them are major champions like Lydia Ko, a two-time Dana Open champion, and Lexi Thompson, who has earned two runner-up performances in Sylvania since 2017. Read more
From ESPN, by AP:
SYLVANIA, Ohio -- Chinese rookie Ruoning Yin turned her irritation over a bogey into six birdies over her last 10 holes Thursday for a 6-under 65 and a three-way tie for the lead in the Dana Open.
Hye-Jin Choi, who like Yin earned her LPGA Tour card last year for the first time, and Carlota Ciganda of Spain also had 65 at Highland Meadow.
The large group at 66 included Lexi Thompson, Lydia Ko and Leona Maguire of Ireland. Read more
From YardBarker:
Carlota Ciganda, Hye-Jin Choi and Ruoning Yin shot 6-under rounds of 65 Thursday to share the first-round lead at the Dana Open in Sylvania, Ohio.
Spanish veteran Ciganda and Korean rookie Choi had bogey-free rounds with six birdies, while Chinese 19-year-old Yin made five of her seven birdies on the back nine at Highland Meadows Golf Club.
They held a slight edge over a star-specked group tied at 5-under 66: Lexi Thompson, New Zealand's Lydia Ko, Leona Maguire of Ireland, Denmark's Emily Kristine Pedersen, Aline Krauter of Germany, South Korea's Hyo Joo Kim, Amy Olson and Lauren Stephenson. Read more
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