Woad Shares Lead After First Round As Professional

Women's Scottish Open, first-round clubhouse leaderboard

-5 Iturrioz (Spa), Maguire (Ire), Takeda (Jap), Woad (Eng); -4 Bae (USA), Katsu (Jap), Korda (USA), Lee (NZ), Metraux (Swi), Napoleaova (Phi), Young (Eng).

Selected others: -1 Fuller (Eng), Hull (Eng); E Hewson (Eng); +2 Darling (Sco); +5 Stark (Swe); +6 Dryburgh (Sco)

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Lottie Woad's first information arsenic a master ended pinch nan 21-year-old taking an early stock of nan lead astatine nan Women's Scottish Open astatine Dundonald Links.

The erstwhile amateur world number 1 from Surrey had held apical spot connected her ain aft six birdies successful 14 holes, including almost holing her tee changeable astatine nan short 11th.

But her only bogey of nan time astatine nan par-four 17th dropped Woad backmost alongside Ireland's Leona Maguire - herself a erstwhile number one-ranked amateur - Japan's Rio Takeda and Spaniard Nuria Iturrioz, who each changeable 5 under-par 67.

"I will decidedly return it, location was immoderate bully and immoderate bad, but wide it was beautiful fair," said Woad.

"The past mates of holes were tricky pinch nan upwind and I was conscionable playing for pars. It was beautiful stress-free astir of nan day."

Woad, who won nan Irish Open earlier this month, announced her determination to move master past week.

That came aft missing retired connected £400,000 prize money erstwhile finishing conscionable a changeable extracurricular nan play-off won by Grace Kim astatine nan Evian Championship, nan women's 4th awesome of nan year.

In a ample group 1 changeable down connected 4 nether are world number 1 and two-time awesome champion Nelly Korda and Minjee Lee, who won her 3rd awesome astatine past month's US PGA Championship.