Pelican’s Championship 2021 R1
November 11-14
Pelican Golf Club, Belleair, Florida
$1,750,000
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Ireland’s Leona Maguire opened with a bogey-free 8-under 62, setting a new course record, to take the opening lead of the Pelican Women’s Championship on Thursday.

Pelican’s Championship 2021 R1

This was the second-lowest score of her career on the LPGA following her 61 in the final round of the Amundi Evian Championship earlier this year. She has now opened with an under-par round for the thirteenth time in 18 stroke-play events this season.

“It was pretty stress-free. I played the par-3s really well and birdied all of them, which helped. It was just really, really solid. Hit a lot of greens, gave myself a lot of chances and rolled some nice putts.”

Pelican’s Championship 2021 R1

Defending champion Sei Young Kim of South Korea lies two shots back after a bogey-free 64.

“Well, no bogeys today, so I got a little bit of confidence from the no mistakes,” said Kim. “Hopefully I can keep it going through final round.”

Pelican’s Championship 2021 R1

Seven players are tied in third place at 5-under including Lexi Thompson who was playing with Maguire and Kim and was equally bogey-free.

“I definitely felt good with my putter. I was playing aggressive and going for the few pins that I could,” said Thompson. “There are a few longer holes, but at the same time there are a lot of shorter holes as well, so taking advantage of those and getting pars on the harder ones is key.”

Pelican’s Championship 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	Leona Maguire	-8	62
2	Sei Young Kim	-6	64
T3	Lauren Coughlin	-5	65
T3	Christina Kim	-5	65
T3	Danielle Kang	-5	65
T3	Nelly Korda	-5	65
T3	Lexi Thompson	-5	65
T3	Nasa Hataoka	-5	65
T3	Jennifer Kupcho	-5	65
T10	Yu Liu	-4	66
T10	Esther Henseleit	-4	66
T10	Wei-Ling Hsu	-4	66
T10	Gaby Lopez	-4	66
T14	Ssu-Chia Cheng	-3	67
T14	Pornanong Phatlum	-3	67
T14	Aditi Ashok	-3	67
T14	Lydia Ko	-3	67
T14	Maria Fassi	-3	67
T14	Jessica Korda	-3	67
T14	Matilda Castren	-3	67
T14	Brooke M. Henderson	-3	67
T14	Brittany Altomare	-3	67
T23	Caroline Inglis	-2	68
T23	Pavarisa Yoktuan	-2	68
T23	Lauren Stephenson	-2	68
T23	Yuka Saso	-2	68
T23	Jin Young Ko	-2	68
T23	Brittany Lincicome	-2	68
T23	Celine Boutier	-2	68
T23	Ally Ewing	-2	68
T23	Marina Alex	-2	68
T23	Moriya Jutanugarn	-2	68
T23	A Lim Kim	-2	68
T23	Patty Tavatanakit	-2	68
T23	Jeongeun Lee6	-2	68
T23	Su Oh	-2	68
T23	Annie Park	-2	68
T38	Ryann O’Toole	-1	69
T38	Madelene Sagstrom	-1	69
T38	Lizette Salas	-1	69
T38	Caroline Masson	-1	69
T38	Amy Olson	-1	69
T38	Marissa Steen	-1	69
T38	Albane Valenzuela	-1	69
T38	Jillian Hollis	-1	69
T38	Nicole Broch Estrup	-1	69
T38	Mi Hyang Lee	-1	69
T38	Wichanee Meechai	-1	69
T38	Ariya Jutanugarn	-1	69
T38	Jaye Marie Green	-1	69
T51	Tiffany Chan	Par	70
T51	Isi Gabsa	Par	70
T51	Perrine Delacour	Par	70
T51	Megan Khang	Par	70
T51	Cheyenne Knight	Par	70
T51	Angela Stanford	Par	70
T51	Jennifer Song	Par	70
T51	Xiyu Lin	Par	70
T51	Stephanie Meadow	Par	70
T51	Alena Sharp	Par	70
T51	Emma Talley	Par	70
T51	Austin Ernst	Par	70
T51	Katherine Kirk	Par	70
T51	Giulia Molinaro	Par	70
T65	Sarah Kemp	+1	71
T65	Stacy Lewis	+1	71
T65	Sophia Popov	+1	71
T65	Amy Yang	+1	71
T65	Angel Yin	+1	71
T65	Kristen Gillman	+1	71
T65	Ashleigh Buhai	+1	71
T65	Mina Harigae	+1	71
T65	Pajaree Anannarukarn	+1	71
T65	Eun-Hee Ji	+1	71
T65	Yealimi Noh	+1	71
T65	Paula Reto	+1	71
T77	Maria Fernanda Torres	+2	72
T77	Linnea Strom	+2	72
T77	Pernilla Lindberg	+2	72
T77	Cristie Kerr	+2	72
T77	Jasmine Suwannapura	+2	72
T77	Ana Belac	+2	72
T77	Lindy Duncan	+2	72
T77	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	+2	72
T77	Sarah Schmelzel	+2	72
T86	So Yeon Ryu	+3	73
T86	Cydney Clanton	+3	73
T86	Daniela Darquea	+3	73
T86	Esther Lee	+3	73
T86	Sarah Jane Smith	+3	73
T86	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	+3	73
T86	Elizabeth Szokol	+3	73
T93	Mariajo Uribe	+4	74
T93	In Gee Chun	+4	74
T93	Mirim Lee	+4	74
T93	Jenny Coleman	+4	74
T93	Azahara Munoz	+4	74
T98	Mel Reid	+5	75
T98	Anne van Dam	+5	75
T98	Tiffany Joh	+5	75
T101	Jing Yan	+6	76
T101	Chella Choi	+6	76
T101	Maisie Filler (a)	+6	76
T101	Haeji Kang	+6	76
T105	Benyapa Niphatsophon	+7	77
T105	Destiny Lawson	+7	77
107	Gerina Piller	+8	78
W/D	Jenny Shin