Buick LPGA Shanghai R1

October 17-20
Qizhong Garden Golf Club, Shanghai, China
$2,100,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

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Amy Yang and Nasa Hataoka returned first-round 67s on Thursday and share the lead after 18 holes at the 2019 Buick LPGA Shanghai. Both players carded six birdies to just one bogey in their rounds, with Yang leading the field by hitting 17 of 18 greens.

“I’m happy how I played today,” said Yang, who won February’s Honda LPGA Thailand for her fourth career LPGA victory. “My swing felt very stable out there and hit some lot of solid shots out there and making some good putts, so it’s been a good round.”

Hataoka comes to Shanghai as one of the hottest players in women’s golf. The native of Ibaraki, Japan, has not finished outside the top seven in her last five events across the LPGA and JLPGA Tours, including two JLPGA major wins at the Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup and the Japan Women’s Open Golf Championship. She visited the LPGA Tour’s victory circle at the 2019 Kia Classic.

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Americans Jessica Korda and Angel Yin are tied for third at -4. Defending champion Danielle Kang is one of seven players tied for fifth at -3 alongside the English trio of Bronte Law, Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Mel Reid.

Law carded four birdies and a solitary bogey at Qizhong Garden Golf Club, while Solheim Cup team-mate Ewart Shadoff recovered from a double bogey on the fourth with the aid of an eagle and three birdies in her last five holes.

Reid, who was a vice-captain for Europe’s dramatic triumph at Gleneagles in September, carded five birdies and two bogeys in a three-under-par 69 which was also matched by Danielle Kang, Lydia Ko, Brooke Henderson and Jennifer Kupcho.

Former Women’s British Open champion Georgia Hall is four shots off the pace following a 71.

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
T1	Nasa Hataoka	-5	67
T1	Amy Yang	-5	67
T3	Angel Yin	-4	68
T3	Jessica Korda	-4	68
T5	Danielle Kang	-3	69
T5	Brooke M. Henderson	-3	69
T5	Bronte Law	-3	69
T5	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	-3	69
T5	Lydia Ko	-3	69
T5	Jennifer Kupcho	-3	69
T5	Mel Reid	-3	69

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T12	Shanshan Feng	-2	70
T12	Gerina Piller	-2	70
T12	Brittany Altomare	-2	70
T12	Na Yeon Choi	-2	70
T12	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-2	70
T17	Nelly Korda	-1	71
T17	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-1	71
T17	Marina Alex	-1	71
T17	Georgia Hall	-1	71
T17	Katherine Kirk	-1	71
T17	Su Oh	-1	71
T17	Annie Park	-1	71
T24	Jin Young Ko	E	72
T24	Jeongeun Lee6	E	72
T24	Carlota Ciganda	E	72
T24	Ruixin Liu	E	72
T24	Mi Hyang Lee	E	72
T24	Alena Sharp	E	72
T24	Azahara Munoz	E	72
T24	Ashleigh Buhai	E	72
T24	Sarah Schmelzel	E	72
T24	Caroline Masson	E	72
T24	Eun-Hee Ji	E	72
T24	Nicole Broch Larsen	E	72
T24	Jaye Marie Green	E	72
T37	Xiaowen Yin (a)	1	73
T37	Ariya Jutanugarn	1	73
T37	Sei Young Kim	1	73
T37	Hyo Joo Kim	1	73
T37	Kristen Gillman	1	73
T37	Gaby Lopez	1	73
T37	Moriya Jutanugarn	1	73
T37	Amy Olson	1	73
T45	In-Kyung Kim	2	74
T45	Jing Yan	2	74
T45	Muni He	2	74
T45	Minjee Lee	2	74
T45	Megan Khang	2	74
T45	Simin Feng	2	74
T45	Chella Choi	2	74
T45	Jasmine Suwannapura	2	74
T53	Taoli Yang	3	75
T53	Yuli Shi	3	75
T53	Yifan Ji	3	75
T53	Wei-Ling Hsu	3	75
T53	Xiang Sui	3	75
T53	Cheyenne Knight	3	75
T53	Sakura Yokomine	3	75
T53	Ruoning Yin (a)	3	75
T61	Yu Liu	4	76
T61	Pornanong Phatlum	4	76
T61	Xiyu Lin	4	76
T61	Jenny Shin	4	76
T61	Mi Jung Hur	4	76
T61	Cydney Clanton	4	76
T61	Lizette Salas	4	76
T68	Yezhou Lin	5	77
T68	Mirim Lee	5	77
T68	Paula Creamer	5	77
T68	Yanhong Pan	5	77
T68	Tiffany Joh	5	77
T73	Yunjie Zhang	6	78
T73	Huize Lian	6	78
T73	Ying Luo	6	78
T76	Charley Hull	7	79
T76	Anna Nordqvist	7	79
T76	Yuting Shi	7	79
T76	Jienalin Zhang	7	79
T80	Jiaze Sun (a)	8	80
T80	Celine Boutier	8	80