Good start for Gwladys the Frenchwoman installed in third provisional rank two strokes behind her rival Hull for this first round, 5 birdies in 9 holes for the Frenchwoman, 6 in 8 holes for the English one shot from the leaders Carin Koch the Swedish captain the next Solheim Cup, current world number 5 and the Chinese Feng.

Four other French people made a good start, with regard to Valentine Derrey, Ariane Provot, Joanna Klatten and Marion Ricordeau. with cards under the par allowing them to be in the first half of the ranking.

The classification of French women:

10 Gwladys Nocera -3 69
14 Valentine Derrey -2 70
14 Ariane Provot -2 70
14 Joanna Klatten -2 70
26 Marion Ricordeau -1 71
44 Sophie Giquel-Bettan E 72
44 Isabelle Boineau D 72
59 Jade Schaeffer +1 73
69 Anne-Lise Caudal +2 74
84 Caroline Afonso +3 75
84 Alexandra Vilatte +3 75
100 Cassandra Kirkland +5 77
107 Julie Greciet +11 83
WD Celine Herbin

First round scores:

66 - Carin Koch (SWE), Shanshan Feng (CHN)

67 - Lee Soyoung (KOR), Becky Brewerton (WAL), Lee-Anne Pace (RSA), Charley Hull (ENG)

68 - Nikki Campbell (AUS), Pornanong Phatlum (THA), Caroline Masson (GER)

69 - Mireia Prat (ESP), Carlota Ciganda (ESP), Gwladys Nocera (FRA), Anna Nordqvist (SWE)

70 - Amy Boulden (WAL), Holly Aitchison (ENG), Ariane Provot (FRA), Valentine Derrey (FRA), Cheyenne Woods (USA), Joanna Klatten (FRA), Melissa Reid (ENG), Liz Young (ENG), Ashleigh Simon (RSA), Klara Spilkova (CZE), Cathryn Bristow (NZL), Stacey Keating (AUS)

71 - Marion Ricordeau (FRA), Pernilla Lindberg (SWE), Sarah Kemp (AUS), Rebecca Hudson (ENG), Sophie Walker (ENG), Caroline Martens (NOR), Kelsey Macdonald (SCO), Titiya Plucksataporn (THA), Rebecca Sorensen (SWE), Thidapa Suwannapura (THA), Becky Morgan (WAL), Katie Burnett (USA), Rebecca Codd (IRL), Nicole Broch Larsen (DEN), Stefania Croce (ITA), Maha Haddioui (MAR), Whitney Hillier (AUS), Kylie Walker (SCO)

72 - Margherita Rigon (ITA), Isabelle Boineau (FRA), Eleanor Givens (ENG), Aditi Ashok (IND), Bree Arthur (AUS), Lucy Williams (ENG), Laura Davies (ENG), Holly Clyburn (ENG), Stacy Lee Bregman (RSA), Krista Bakker (FIN), Noora Tamminen (FIN), Beth Allen (USA), Pamela Pretswell (SCO), Sophie Giquel-Bettan (FRA), Caroline Hedwall (SWE)

73 - Chloé Leurquin (BEL), Jade Schaeffer (FRA), Alison Whitaker (AUS), Isabell Gabsa (GER), Trish Johnson (ENG), Ann-Kathrin Lindner (GER), Virginia Espejo (ESP), Viva Schlasberg (SWE) ), Felicity Johnson (ENG), Florentyna Parker (ENG)

74 - Elisabeth Esterl (GER), Fabienne In-Albon (SWI), Vani Kapoor (IND), Minea Blomqvist (FIN), Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA), Mallory Fraiche (USA), Linda Wessberg (SWE), Malene Jorgensen (DEN), Maria Salinas (PER), Julia Davidsson (SWE), Hannah Burke (ENG), Veronica Zorzi (ITA), Connie Chen (RSA), Vikki Laing (SCO), Minjee Lee (AUS)

75 - Sophie Gustafson (SWE), Caroline Afonso (FRA), Maria Mcbride (SWE), Alexandra Vilatte (FRA), Georgia Hall (ENG), Sahra Hassan (WAL), Sophie Sandolo (ITA)

76 - Anais Maggetti (SWI), Patcharajutar Kongkraphan (THA), Kim Williams (RSA), Carly Booth (SCO), Camilla Lennarth (SWE), Patricia Sanz Barrio (ESP), Josephine Janson (SWE), Sally Watson (SCO) , Louise Larsson (SWE)

77 - Cassandra Kirkland (FRA), Henni Zuel (ENG), Steffi Kirchmayr (GER), Lydia Hall (WAL)

79 - Stephanie Na (AUS), Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ)

82 - Jamila Jaxaliyeva (KAZ)

83 - Julie Greciet (FRA)

WD - Céline Herbin (FRA)