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.
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Choi takes 1st-round lead at the Shanghai LPGA event
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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.
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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