Charley Hull, Lottie Woad and Georgia Hall all endured tough days on the golf course, dropping below par for their first rounds as Jenny Shin and Lauren Coughlin surged to take the co-lead at the ISPS HANDA Scottish Open.
Both Shin and Coughlin shot scores of six-under-par 66 in windy conditions at Dundonald Links on Thursday. They sit one shot clear of South Korea’s A Lim Kim, with Sweden’s Lisa Pettersson on four under.
Solheim Cup captain Anna Nordqvist enjoyed a brilliant day on the course, wrapping up her opening round at two under par, and could have moved to join her compatriot Pettersson had she not made two bogeys on her final three holes.
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Charley Hull hit her birdie putt off the green and ended up making a NINE on the fifth hole
The wind appeared to pick up in the afternoon, with multiple players toiling against the conditions, including Hull, who wrapped up her round at six over par, thanks to a quadruple bogey on the par-five fifth.
Hull had been putting for a birdie and only deftly tapped the ball with her putter, but the ball caught a slope and ran off the back of the green. She failed to chip back onto the green twice, before getting back on and holing out, but it proved costly, with Hull wrapping up her round at six over par.
Defending champion Woad struggled to find momentum early on, going three over through her first four holes, as she went on to card a two-over-par 74.
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