After the first round of the LOTTE Championship in Hawaii, it is the Australian Hannah Green who takes the lead with a card of 66 (-6). The first French women are Céline Boutier and Perrine Delacour, placing themselves five strokes behind the leader with scores of -1.

Hannah Green leading after the Lotte Championship first round – via Twitter @LPGA

Hannah Green leading after the Lotte Championship first round – via Twitter @LPGA

The LPGA moved to Hawaii this week for the LOTTE Championship, and after the first round, Hannah Green is in first place. With eight birdies for two bogeys, she returned a card of 66 (-6) to take a lead on a wagon of five pursuers. With 14 greens in regulation, the Australian signs only 26 putts during this first day.

Lydia Ko, the defending champion and current world number 3, returns a first card of 69 (-3) and ranks 11th. She returns a bogey blank card with three birdies and is three shots behind leader Hannah Green.

The French left behind by the leader

The first French Céline Boutier and Perrine Delacour, rank 26th with cards of -1. The French number 1 scores five birdies for four bogeys. Perrine Delacour signs five birdies for two bogeys and a double bogey.

Céline Herbin for her first event of the year on the LPGA Tour, ranks 63rd at +1. She scores three bogeys for two birdies, and therefore a card of 73.

Agathe Laisné finds herself one shot behind Céline Herbin in +2. Her end of the game is probably not the one hoped for with a double on 16, followed by a bogey on 17. She nevertheless ends her game with a birdie on 18 to make a card of 74 synonymous with 73rd place .

Pauline Roussin-Bouchard had a difficult first day of the tournament: a scorecard with no birdie, with three bogeys, a double bogey on hole 1 and a triple bogey on hole 3. Her scorecard of 80 (+8 ) the 137th class.

To find the complete leaderboard of the LOTTE Championship: click here.

By Baptiste Laurensou.

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