Stephanie Meadow is three shots off the pace after the first round of the Lotte Championship in Hawaii, with Leona Maguire just a shot behind her.
Still chasing her first LPGA title in her seventh year on the tour, Meadow started brilliantly with five birdies in a blemish-free first 12 holes, before cancelling three more birdies with three bogeys in her last six to card a five-under 67.
Sharing the lead after superb rounds of eight-under 64 were American Brittany Altomare and the Philippines’ Yuka Saso, a shot ahead of South Korea’s So Yeon Ryu and Americans Ally Ewing and Nelly Korda.
Meanwhile, Maguire didn't pick up a single bogey in her opening round, which included three birdies in her last six holes.
England’s Georgia Hall was six shots off the lead. She began strongly to be three-under after seven holes, but a patchy back nine – rescued by a birdie at 17 – left her with a two-under 70.
