Jeong Jang, who has five top-three finishes this season but no victories, put herself in contention again on Thursday with a share of the lead at the Navistar LPGA Classic.
Jang was among a trio of players topping the leaderboard after one round of the US$1.4 million event.
Jang and Americans Jane Park and Jill McGill were all at seven-under-par 65 on the Senator Course at Capitol Hill, taking a one-shot lead over Briton Janice Moodie and Cristie Kerr.
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In all, 50 players were under par after one round of competition.
Behind Moodie and Kerr, world No.1 Lorena Ochoa of Mexico was in a group sharing sixth place two shots behind the leaders on 67.
Ochoa, making her first start since the Safeway Classic in late last month, was six-under on the front nine, boosted by an eagle at the par-five eighth.
Taiwan’s Candie Kung was at 69, Teresa Lu was at 70, Yani Tseng was at 71, Amy Hung had 72 and Lin Yu-ping had 74.
■BRITISH MASTERS
AFP, SUTTON COLDFIELD, England
Australia’s Marcus Fraser was the joint leader after the first round of the British Masters at the Belfry on Thursday as he battled to keep his tour card on a day Colin Montgomerie would rather forget.
Fraser posted a five-under par 67, a score only equaled later in the day by Sweden’s Mikael Lundberg.
Fraser’s total left him one shot ahead of defending champion Lee Westwood, playing just a few days after being a member of the European team that lost the Ryder Cup to the US in Kentucky.
Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell, the only other European team member playing in the £1.8 million (US$3.3 million) tournament, began with a par 72.
But it was a different story for Montgomerie. The 45-year-old Scot was unable to profit from his break and went round in 81.
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