Christine Wolf - © LET

Wolf, who won the Hero Women's Indian Open 2019, carded a 64 (-8) to save the clubhouse lead and soon after finishing she was joined by Horsfield.

The LET winner had a clear round with six birdies and an eagle on her card to get into a strong position before the second round.

She said: “I started well, I birdied the first two par-5s that came up and managed to get really close to the flags on some holes, but the putts didn't go in on the nine ds. 'to go. Then all of a sudden the putter really heated up at the end. It was good ! "

Wolf, who his mom Andrea on her bag this week at Scandinavian Mixed, eagle on 16 and birdie on 17 to take the lead.

Speaking of her eagle, she said: “I hit a really nice drive in the middle of the course. My second shot was a bit in the wind so I wasn't sure which club to use and my mom, who is my caddy, told me to take the one that came 11m from the flag. My putt was slightly downhill towards the end and as soon as it hit the hill I thought it was staying on the line, just needed to be long enough and it came in. "

The English Steven Brown and Ashley Chesters, the Finnish Kalle Samooja and the Spaniard Pep Angles are one stroke behind the leaders (-7).

Felicity Johnson is a bit further after playing a 66 (-6) round and is T7 with Swedish amateur Vincent Norrman, South African Darren Fichardt and Welsh Oliver Farr.

The English golfer, who won the LET twice, played with Robert Rock and Justin Walters and was happy with her first round.

"I bugged first, I actually hit a really good shot in it, but I got past the back"said Johnson. “If you bogey in the first round after hitting a good shot, you can't really complain. It was easy golf. The par-5s that I was able to reach, I made birdies and I took advantage of them. Seven birdies, like everyone else, I always leave a few, but I'm really happy with the start of the week. "

Leonie Harm drew a card of 67 (-5) including two eagles to be three shots behind the leaders and tied for 11th with ten other players.

The German started her 2021 season on the LET with her best result finishing second at the Investec South African Women's Open and she is seventh at the Race to Costa del Sol.

Harm, who finished T49 at the US Women's Open last week, said: “It's good to get the eagles, I didn't particularly try to get them. The shots ended up getting pretty close and why not try putting the putt. They were both within 3-4 meters. At 10 I did an eagle and at 11 I did a double bogey right after, so in my head I said it was two cool leaves because in the end it's the same. It was so much fun! "

Sweden's Caroline Hedwall, who did not commit a bug, is one of those players who are also five under the par after the first day.

The mainstay of the Solheim Cup said: “It's really nice to come back to Sweden, I like playing here and the weather is nice this week. It was great fun playing with Joost (Luiten) and Pia (Babnik) today - we all played well which helps! I'm just trying to have fun. "

On the French side, they are eight to have made the trip to Sweden, three men and five women. First among them at the end of this first round, Robin Roussel occupies a good 22nd place thanks to a card of 68 (-4). Astrid Vayson de Pradenne and Robin Sciot-Siegrist, both authors of a score of 70 (-2), are tied for 56th and for the moment on the good side of the cut, while Camille Chevalier and Céline Herbin, in 71 (-1), is 79th on the other side. Finally Anne-Lise Caudal (72) is 94th in the par, and Agathe Sauzon and Benjamin Hébert (74) 128th at +2.

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