The 40th edition of the Women's British Open kicked off on Thursday at the Turnberry Links, Scotland. 8 Frenchwomen took the start of the 4th Major of the season led by the favorites, Inbee Park and Stacy Lewis.
The difficult weather conditions announced promise a great deal of suspense, like the last edition where the American Mélissa Martin made the difference on the 18th.


In 2014 it was at the start of the final fairways, that the 99th player in the world who had led the game over the first two laps, found himself in 7th position with six other players, the 31-year-old American achieved a anthology shot armed with his three wood on his second shot, which came close to the flag and then entered the putt for eagle.

Martin, the only competitor to have played under par, won to everyone's surprise her first career Major title.

  • Women's British Open first round: Hyo Joo Kim - Photo credit: © LET

At the end of the first day, we find unsurprisingly a South Korean leading the Women's British Open, Hyo Joo Kim with a card of 65 (-7), followed by the New Zealander Lydia Ko n ° 2 world and American Cristie Kerr who split second at -6, followed by two other South Koreans Q Beak and So Yeon Ryu at -5.

On the French side, the first Gwladys Nocera is in 23rd position at -2, further in the depths of the ranking, Karine Icher and Jade Schaeffer at +2, Lucie André +3, Céline Boutier, amateur player, winner of the British Open Amateur 2015 and Marion Ricordeau at +4, Isabealle Boineau +6 and Anne-Lise Caudal +8.