American Brittany Lincicome and Malaysian Kelly Tan completed the first round of the KPMG PGA Women’s Championship with a record of 67 strokes, three under par, and shared the lead.
The day, which a group could not conclude due to the darkness and bad weather conditions that occurred at the Aronimink Golf Club, Newton Square (Pennsylvania), with strong gusts of wind, dshe knocked out six other players ranked third with 68 strokes (-2).
Among them the Navarrese Carlota Ciganda (four birdies and two bogeys) and the Mexican Gaby López, who made one more birdie (5) and also a bogey (3).
López and Ciganda tested positive this year for COVID-19, but recovered and were in great shape heading into the second day of the demanding Aronimink Club tour.
Lincicome, a two-time winner of the major ANA Inspiration among eight wins on the LPGA Tour, played flawlessly to keep up with Tan in the fight for his first title so far this year.
The 35-year-old Florida player seeks her first win since she had a baby last July.
Tan, 26, who has never finished better than 30th in any of her previous major tournaments, played with great conviction in the second half of the round., where he had four of the five birdies that ended the day after hitting a hole in one and committing two bogeys.
Tan’s previous best result in a major came in 2016 when she tied for 30th in the Women’s PGA.
For the first time in the history of women’s golf, players who are not among the top 50 in the world are winning major tournaments. Eight of the last great champions had never won one before.
While the Mexican María Fassi ranked 55 with a record of 73 strokes (+3), the Puerto Rican María Fernanda Torres and the Spanish Azahara Muñoz dropped to 73 by delivering, both, a 74-hit card (+4).
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