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10/15 03:23 CDT Choi takes 1st-round lead at the Shanghai LPGA event
Choi takes 1st-round lead at the Shanghai LPGA event
SHANGHAI (AP) --- Hye-Jin Choi, seeking her first win on the LPGA Tour to add
to her 12 victories in her native South Korea, shot an 8-under 64 Thursday to
take a three-stroke lead after the first round of the Shanghai event.
Choi had four consecutive birdies on her final nine. Carlota Ciganda was in
second place after a 67.
Defending champion Jeeno Thitikul, who won in a five-hole playoff over Minami
Katsu here in 2025, shot 69 and was in a tie for seventh.
Thitikul won the LOTTE Championship in Hawaii earlier this month for her fourth
LPGA victory of the season and 11th overall.
It is the sixth Buick LPGA Shanghai and the first at Sheshan Golf Club, which
hosted the HSBC Champions tournament 11 times when it was a World Golf
Championship event.
Shanghai is the first of four tournaments on the late-season Asian Swing on the
LPGA Tour, with other events in South Korea, Malaysia and Japan over the next
three weeks.
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