Yani Tseng and Hee Young Park are leading the first round of the LPGA Founders Cup
Yani Tseng and Hee Young Park had tied for the leading position at the Ladies Professional Golf Association Founders Cup, after the completion of the first round on March 15.
Tseng, current no. 1 ranked player displayed an amazing performance and scored 7-under par and 65 strokes in total.
Her impressive scoring was matched by the South Korean professional Park, at the Wildfire Golf Club, J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa in Phoenix Arizona.
"Yesterday, I was reading the player guide and I look at all the records and I see lowest nine holes was me. I was 8 under," Tseng said. "I didn't pay attention about that until after I missed the putt the last hole".
The 23-year-old Taiwanese professional golf player carded six birdies in total. Out of which, four birdies and an eagle were from holes 13 to 17.
Such enormous scoring is appreciable, as she only carded one bogey on the fourth hole.
She wanted to finish the round by continuing the birdies, but was unable to be under-par on the final 18th hole of the round.
"I tried too hard on the last hole," Tseng said. "I think it's harder at the end because you are trying, you're saying, 'Oh, I have three, I have four.' And you want to go five, six, seven, and every hole is harder. You're just trying harder and harder".
Park also hit appealing strokes and eight massive birdies on the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 15th and 16th holes.
She only scored one bogey on the 9th and remained unsuccessful in scoring any eagles throughout the round.
She was happy at the day-end and is also confident to continue her leading performance throughout the tournament.
"Most of the shots were perfect," the South Korean professional said.
Jiyai Shin is on the second position and only one stroke behind the two leaders. She scored 6-under 66 and played a bogey-free round at the Wildfire Golf Club in Arizona.
The first round of the tournament completed on Thursday. Now all the players will be teeing off the second round.
It is expected that they will face high competitive strokes from the others. All the spectators are waiting for the tough battle between Tseng and Park.
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