The American Brittany Altomare and the Philippine Yuka Saso share the lead of the Lotte Championship (-8) at the end of the first round, the South Korean So Yeon Ryu and the American Nelly Korda complete the top of the leaderboard, 3rd at -7 .
The two French women entered play under par, Céline Herbin (-2) and Perrine Delacour (-1) are in 48th and 65th place.