Women's PGA Championship: Leona Maguire three behind Lee-Anne Pace

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-5 L-A Pace (SA); -4 R Yin (Chn), X Lin (Chn), B Henderson (Can); -3 W Meechi (Tha)
Selected others:-2 L Maguire (Ire); Level M Reid (Eng); +1 G Dryburgh (Sco), C Thomas (Eng);+2 S Meadow (NI); +4 J Ewart (Eng), L Davies (Eng); +5 B Law (Eng); +8 C Hull (Eng), G Hall (Eng)
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Ireland's Leona Maguire is 3 shots disconnected the pb aft the opening circular of the Women's PGA Championship, the 2nd women's large of 2023.

Solheim Cup subordinate Maguire, 28, finished the greeting question with a stock of the pb connected two-under 69 earlier she was passed by the day starters.

World fig 193 Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa is the astonishment person aft the opening time astatine Baltusrol successful New Jersey.

The 42-year-old closed with 4 birdies successful her last 8 holes.

"I honestly did not expect to beryllium starring the tourney aft time one," Pace said.

"It's a very, precise hard play course. To beryllium successful my position, I'm conscionable truly blessed that I had a bully score."

Xiyu Lin and Ruoning Yin of China arsenic good arsenic Canada's Brooke Henderson are successful a stock of 2nd spot connected 4 under, with Wichanee Meechai of Thailand shooting a three-under 68.

Maguire is simply a changeable further backmost and is tied with Ayaka Furue of Japan and LPGA rookie Celine Borge of Norway.

The Irishwoman is 1 of the signifier players connected the circuit aft she stormed to her 2nd circuit triumph connected Sunday with a stunning back-nine 30 successful a closing 64 to assertion the LPGA Classic.

World fig 1 Jin Young Ko of South Korea opened with a one-over 72 portion second-ranked Nelly Korda struggled to a five-over 76 successful her archetypal commencement aft taking much than a period disconnected with backmost pain.

England's Melissa Reid was the lone British subordinate 1 not to endure an over-par circular arsenic she changeable a level 73.

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