{"id":18944,"date":"2024-06-21T13:09:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/womens-pga-championship-lexi-thompson-leads-after-first-round\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T13:09:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:09:46","slug":"womens-pga-championship-lexi-thompson-leads-after-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/womens-pga-championship-lexi-thompson-leads-after-first-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s PGA Championship: Lexi Thompson leads after first round"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Lexi Thompson carded a 68 to move into a one-shot lead after the first round of the Women’s PGA Championship.<\/p>\n

The American’s four-under-par round at the Sahalee Country Club, near Seattle, put her a shot ahead of compatriot Nelly Korda and Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit.<\/p>\n

England’s Charley Hull and Ireland’s Leona Maguire sat two shots off the lead following opening rounds of 70.<\/p>\n

Thompson, who won her only major to date in 2014, plans to retire from full-time golf<\/a> at the end of the 2024 LPGA Tour season.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old started off with three birdies in a row and added three more, along with two bogeys, in her round.<\/p>\n

“It was overall just a great day,” said Thompson. “Can’t ask for better weather out there.<\/p>\n

“I played solid golf. Just tried to stay in the moment.<\/p>\n

“There was a lot of tough holes out there, so I just tried to visualise and pick small targets and take advantage of the few birdies that you get out there.”<\/p>\n

Korda, 25, is looking for her seventh victory of the year and her second major title of the season.<\/p>\n

Her round included a double bogey on the fourth along with six birdies and a bogey.<\/p>\n

“Overall, I played pretty well,” Korda said. “I think I just had one bogey and one double. If you try to be aggressive when you’ve hit it off line, it just bites you in the butt. So I did on that hole.”<\/p>\n

Hull’s round included a bogey on the sixth but she recovered with birdies on the seventh, 11th and 13th.<\/p>\n

“I felt like I played pretty well out there,” said Hull. “Hit it pretty well. Pulled my hip out with like three holes to go, so I need to get some physio because it was affecting my swing. Hopefully they can sort it out for me.”<\/p>\n

Defending champion Ruoning Yin of China reached one under after a 71.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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