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With the best lap of her career in LPGA, Amy Olson took the lead in the first round of the CME Group Tour Championship. His 63 (-9) on Thursday gave him a one-shot lead over Brittany Lincicome and Nasa Hataoka and two over Lexi Thompson.

"It's just fun to play well" said Olson.

Olson, 26, is still looking for his first LPGA title. It almost made a spectacular breakthrough in Evian. After playing so solidly under pressure on the last round in France, she lost a one-stroke lead on the last hole, making a double bug after hitting her tee shot in a deep rough. She lost by a blow to Angela Stanford.

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“I would tell you golf is more painful than I ever imagined, but I recovered much faster than I thought, as painful as it was. "said Olson, who first made a name for himself by winning the title " 2009 US Girls Junior ”, then a record in the NCAA with 20 titles at North Dakota State University.

Olson left Evian impressing people with his ability to view defeat from greater distance.

"For us, golf is not all there is to life"said Nathan Anderson, the brother of Amy Olson, who took time off from his full-time job as an auditor at Deloitte this week to make the Caddy for his sister. “So if you lose a golf tournament, it won't ruin your life. At the same time, when it's something you've been working on all your life, you're trying to win a major tournament, you're there, you want it a lot, and it hurts. But that is not going to change who she is. "

Nathan was carrying his bag to Evian.

"I think looking at that, she sees that she won a 71 hole major tournament," did he declare. "She just has to make one more hole." … I think it's more of a confidence building than a demoralizing one. »

This is how Olson looks back on his experience.

"I think it's a good thing", she said. "I see so many positive things in my game."