Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Canada shoots 64 to take LPGA Tour lead at Palos Verdes

Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Canada matched her finest rating on the LPGA Tour with a 7-under 64 on Thursday to take the first-round lead within the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship.

The 35-year-old Leblanc completed on the entrance 9 at Palos Verdes Golf Membership, closing with three straight birdies. She had the lone bogey-free spherical of the day.

“I felt like I hit the ball very well immediately and at any time when I missed the inexperienced I used to be capable of make up and down,” Leblanc mentioned. “Made some actually good saves and simply stored the momentum going all through the spherical, so, yeah, the placing was good as effectively. These greens can get actually difficult. They’re laborious to learn, however I really feel like my caddie and I did job studying them immediately, so I’ll take it.”

LPGA Tour rookie Malia Nam was second after a 65. She’s one in every of seven former College of Southern California gamers within the discipline.

“(I’ve performed) this course in all probability over 100 instances,” Nam mentioned. “It’s very nice that we have been capable of apply right here.”

Former UCLA participant Alison Lee was at 66 with Yuka Saso, Lauren Hartlage and Madelene Sagstrom.

Seri Pak is the event host for the primary time. Pak is without doubt one of the most influential gamers in LPGA historical past, a pioneer for South Korean gamers to observe her path.

___

AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf