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PALM DESERT, California: Brazilian-born Angela Park had a decorated
amateur career and now she is carrying that on with an impressive
rookie season on the LPGA Tour.
Park, who has already captured the LPGA’s
Rookie of the Year award, fired a five-under 67 to grab a share of
the first round lead at the Samsung World Championship on Thursday.
The 19-year-old rolled in seven birdies and made
two bogeys to share the lead with American Paula Creamer at the US$1
million event.
“I started off really well,” Park said. “I
think knowing the course out here and playing it a couple of times
gave me a little bit of an advantage.”
There are five golfers within two shots of Park
and Creamer.
South Korea’s Kim Mi-Hyun is tied for second
with two others after shooting a six-under 30 on the back nine.
Mexico’s Lorena Ochoa and Morgan Pressel are also one stroke off
the pace.
World No. 1 Ochoa stumbled at the end of her
round shooting a double bogey on the par-four, 355-yard 18th hole.
--AFP
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