The first round of the 2023 United States Women’s Open is now complete from Pebble Beach, California, and we have a two-way tie for the lead. In first place is China’s Xiyu Lin and South Korea’s Hyo-Joo Kim. Both Kim and Lin are at -4. Kim already has a major title to her name as she won the 2014 Evian Championship. Lin meanwhile was in third place at the Women’s PGA Championship last month.
Lin had five birdies and one bogey. She birdied the second, fourth, sixth, 15th, and 18th holes, and bogeyed the ninth hole. Kim also had five birdies and one bogey. She birdied the second, fourth, fifth, eighth, and 17th holes, and bogeyed the ninth hole.
There are 18 more golfers in contention. Ireland’s Aine Donegan and Leona Maguire, Japan’s Nasa Hataoka, South Korea’s Haeran Ryu, and Americans Allisen Corpuz and Bailey Tardy are all at -3. South Korea’s Amy Yang and Jeongeun Lee6, American Amari Avery and Italy’s Bendetta Moresco are two strokes back at -2 in ninth place. Meanwhile, Canada’s Brooke Henderson, American Angel Yin, China’s Ruoning Yin, England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Japan’s Haru Nomura and Mao Saigo, South Korea’s Ji-Yai Shin, and Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit are tied for 13th place at -1. It should be noted that Donegan and Moresco are amateurs.
Of those golfers within three strokes of the leaders are five major champions. Lee6 won the 2019 United States Women’s Open. Henderson won the 2016 Women’s PGA Championship and 2022 Evian Masters. Shin won the 2008 and 2012 Women’s British Open. Tavatanakit won the 2021 ANA Inspiration, and Yin won the 2023 Women’s PGA Championship.
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